Wikipedia:Times that 300 or more Wikipedians supported something
Arbitration Committee Elections
Regarding Policy
407 in favour of implementation in some form, and 217 opposed, with 44 other responses.
424 in support (354 opposed; 102 neutral)
312 supported, 33 opposed.
304 supported, 151 opposed.
Miscellaneous
687 supported changing the main page. 213 opposed it, making the Main Page change the first issue opposed by over 200 Wikipedians.
More than 1,800 participated; consensus led to the decision for a 24-hour shutdown on January 18 in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act . Note that all three numbers decrease significantly if accounts created solely to participate in the discussion are excluded.
591 supported making it a global blackout (vs. 479 for U.S.-only).
763 supported a full blackout with no editing (vs. a "soft" blackout).
In a poll, which ran from 4 August 2013 until 2 September, on the presentation of the VisualEditor Wikipedia editing tool,
472 people indicated support for making its use an opt-in choice during its beta software stage of development
117 people indicated support for an opt-out choice
257 people indicated support for not presenting the tool to anonymous users
181 people indicated support for disabling VisualEditor on all existing accounts and requiring explicit re-opt-in
168 people indicated support for displaying a warning about using beta software when pressing "edit".
355 people supported changing the default skin back to Vector 2010 .
1374 signatures as of 17 December 2024
Outside English Wikipedia
973 people (as of December 2015) signed a letter to the Wikimedia Foundation in support of:
Requests for adminship on German Wikipedia