Would this be a reasonable mechanism for the formation of a diazomethene?
The accepted mechanism is here: 1 

KOH attacks the carbonyl of the urea, the tetrahedral intermediate breaks down with Me-N=N-O- leaving. This picks up a proton from solvent to give Me-N=N-OH. The second step is OH- removing a proton from the Me group of Me-N=N-OH which then loses OH- giving diazomethane.