Status: OUT
The Mediator pattern effectively simplifies complex object interactions by replacing many-to-many coupling with one-to-many mediation while keeping colleagues loosely coupled.
Mediator simplification holds unless the mediator itself becomes an unmaintainable monolith
Depends on (SL): gof-mediator-intent-encapsulate-interaction, gof-mediator-replaces-many-to-many-with-one-to-many, gof-mediator-colleagues-know-only-mediator