Wikipedia:Centralized discussion/Archive/Archive 6

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Closed 2013

January 2013

An RFC asking whether navboxes should be accompanied by a section heading.

Added 13 December 2012, archived 11 January 2013

An RFC to discuss the addition of several considerations to the criterion 1 of the File renaming convention.

Added 1 January 2013, archived 24 January 2013

An RFC on a proposal to create a new process to allow for removal of adminship through community discussion.

Added 8 January 2013 archived 24 January 2013

Should we forbid a Clean Start to previously sanctioned users?

Added 30 December 2012, archived 24 January 2013

An RFC to discuss the resysopping policy and procedures.

Added 29 December 2012, archived 24 January 2013

A discussion on adopting the Feedback response guidelines as a Wikipedia guideline.

Added 9 December 2012, archived 25 January 2013

A proposal to add a link to The Signpost to Wikipedia's main menu.

Added 15 January 2013, archived 31 January 2013

February 2013

RFC as to whether Wikipedia should disable HTTP referrers.

Added 11 January 2013, archived 09 February 2013

An RFC on a proposal to create a new user group with an abbreviated set of administrator user-rights, as an option for administrators to request instead of requesting removal of the entire sysop user-right package.

Added 8 January 2013, Archived February 2 2013

An RFC to clarify a basic distinction in article titles: content (determined at WP:TITLE) and style (determined at WP:MOS).

Added 8 January 2013, archived 2 February 2013

Working out the details of adding Today's article for improvement (Template) to the Main Page

Added 7 January 2013, archived 2 February 2013

RFC on a proposal to elevate the WP:Copying within Wikipedia guideline to be designated an official policy of Wikipedia.

Added 9 January 2013, archived 2 February 2013

A proposal to amend the Request for adminship process to include clerks.

added 17 January 2013, archived 2 February 2013

A discussion on implementing Pending Changes Level 2 protection on two currently full-protected articles, and on the general idea of limited implementation.

Added 15 January 2013 Archived 8 February 2013

A proposal to include accessibility and equality in the "five pillars".

Added 11 January 2013, archived 18 February 2013

A discussion regarding interwiki links and Wikidata

Added 17 January 2013, archived 18 February 2013

A request for comment about clarifying the Manual of Style's advice on use of BC/AD and BCE/CE dates, to reduce disputes and confusion.

Added 5 February 2013, archived 18 February 2013

A request for comment about clarifying the meaning of "ambiguous" in WP:DISAMBIGUATION, particularly as it applies to WP:PRIMARYTOPIC.

Added 31 January 2013, archived 26 February 2013

A request for comment on article feedback.

Added 21 January 2013, archived 28 February 2013

March 2013

An urgent proposal on Meta-Wiki to lock the accounts of any global bots that continue to add interlanguage links after 24 hours' notice, in light of the global Wikidata client deployment.

Added 6 March 2013, archived 7March 2013

April 2013

Possibly taking over the WebCite service, or at least significantly supporting it. Discussion is on Meta, but is very important to what we do here.

added 5 February 2013, archived 6 April 2013

A request for comment is sought over whether to decommission the recurring items at In the news.

Added 14 February 2013, archived 6 April 2013

An RFC considering Birth date format conformity when used to disambiguate

Added and discussion started 4 March; Discussion closed and restarted at new locations March 6, archived April 6 2013

A proposal to disallow images licensed only under the GFDL-1.2 at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, due to its restrictive nature. Existing featured pictures will not be affected.

added 8 March 2013 archived 6 April 2013

A proposal that COI editors, especially if representing an employer, should curtail the ways in which they use talk pages to suggest extensive or controversial changes.

Archived April 6 2013

A discussion to finalize adding Today's articles for improvement on the Main Page

Archived 6 April 2013

Community input is requested on the scope and purpose of the newly opened WikiProject Conflict Resolution

RfA reform discussions. WP:Requests for adminship/2013 RfC/3, round 3, is now open for a one-week vote on two proposals that got support in Round Two, but relatively few votes. A third proposal, "Probation", has been added.

Archived 16 April 2013

RfC about project practices on April Fools' Day jokes.

Added 2 April 2013, archived 16 April 2013

RfC about a new speedy deletion criterion for rejected and long since abandoned Articles for Creation submissions.

Added 4 April 2013, archived 18 April 2013

May 2013

A proposal to unbundle autopatrolled from the administrator tools

Archived May 5 2013

RfC about a new user right called "Protected page editor".

Added 5 April 2013, archived 6 May 2013

A proposal to revert most old indefinite rangeblocks under controlled conditions.

added 17 April 2013, archived 6 May 2013

RfC on what graphic, if any, the sockpuppet templates should use.

Added 27 April 2013, archived 6 May 2013

RfC on utilizing Wikidata Phase 2.

Added 22 April 2013, archived 15 May 2013

RfC about whether the authors of copyrighted images should be credited in a footnote in the article where the image is used.

Added 30 March 2013, archived May 24 2013

A proposal to merge WP:AFD, WP:PM, and WP:ATD-R into a single Articles for discussion process.

Added 18 April 2013, archived 24 May 2013

RfC on the use of the account creator flag for purposes other than account creation.

Added 23 April 2013, archived 24 May 2013

RfC about the new speedy deletion criterion G13's scope.

Added 18 April 2013, archived 24 May 2013

RfC on WP:MOS-AM, possible change to article content guideline.

Added 29 April 2013, archived 25 May 2013

Should plays list awards or only the most prestigious awards?

Archived May 25 2013

RfC on the return of the orange talk page notification banner (removed as of April 30).

Added 2 May 2013, archived 25 May 2013

RfC on WP:DIPLOMAT, possible change to biography notability guideline.

Added 25 April 2013, archived 27 May 2013

June 2013

RfC on the implementation of a new platform linking to libraries

Added 19 May 2013, archived 20 June 2013

RfC on whether to implement pending changes protection level 2

Added 18 May 2013, archived 20 June 2013

RfC on the Main Page's design, content, and purpose

Added 6 May 2013, archived 23 June 2013

RfC on the Main Page's design, content, and purpose

Added 6 May 2013, archived 23 June 2013

Petition to the WMF on handling of interface changes

Added 7 May 2013, archived 25 June 2013

A discussion regarding HotCat being on by default for all registered users.

Added 29 June 2013, archived 30 June 2013

July 2013

RfC on adding expiry options to watchlisted pages.

Added 30 April 2013, archived 8 July 2013

Comment is sought on several proposals for reform of the reference desk.

Added 3 June 2013, archived 12 July 2013

Should English Wikipedia conduct a readership survey?

Added 2 May 2013, archived 22 Julye 2013

RfC on images in "Today's Featured Article" on the main page

Added 16 May 2013, archived 22 Julye 2013

Clarify if publication of main page items is subject to RfC.

Added 7 June 2013, archived 22 July 2013

Where should TemplateData be placed for templates that are integrated with the VisualEditor?

Added 1 July 2013, archived 22 July 2013

Should detailed stats on X!'s edit counter remain opt-in? Voice your input here. Note: This is an RfC on meta.

Added 21 June 2013, archived 24 July 2013

August 2013

Further discussion on a proposal to remove most indefinite rangeblocks.

Added 26 June 2013, archived 2 August 2013

A proposal to clarify the scope of the no legal threats policy.

Added 31 July 2013, archived 13 august 2013

Who should be allowed to edit other people's article talk page comments when we roll out WP:FLOW?

Added 28 June 2013, archived 13 august 2013

RFC on the use of the AfC process with new users.

Added 12 July 2013, archived 27 August 2013

September 2013

A proposal to formally close the article incubator and delete any remaining "incubated" articles a short time later.

Added 25 June 2013, archived 1 September 2013

RFC on proposed adjustments to the governance of featured-article forums.

Added 7 July 2013, closed 7 September 2013.

A proposal to close down the notability noticeboard.

Added 14 September 2013, archived 26 September 2013‎

A requested move for the Main Page.

Added 21 September 2013, archived 29 September 2013

An RfC on how the Arbitration Committee election RFC should be conducted.

Added ?, archived 2 October 2013

An RfC about whether to revise the instructions concerning "oppose" comments in Requests for comment/User conduct.

Added 9 September 2013, archived 5 October 2013

Arbitration Committee consultation on an update of discretionary sanctions.

Added 13 September 2013, ended and archived on 23 October 2013

October 2013

A RfC on establishing standard naming conventions for tornado outbreak articles, including a possible topic-specific override to WP:COMMONNAME.

Added 9 September 2013, closed 12 October 2013, archived 29 October 2013

An RfC on how to handle the many links to archive.is inserted into articles by the unapproved.

Added 21 September 2013, closed 31 October 2013

An RfC on whether organisations should be included in templates such as Template:Islamophobia, Template:Racism topics and Template:Antisemitism.

Added 10 September 2013, closed 31 October 2013

November 2013

An RfC on whether to reduce the API limit for logged out users to 1 edit per 30 seconds.

Added 2 October 2013, closed 1 November 2013

An RfC on the rules for the 2013 Arbitration Committee Election

Added 1 October 2013, archived 2 November 2013

A proposal on a new design for the Main Page.

Added 21 September 2013, archived 4 November 2013

An RfC on including featured portals on the Main Page.

Added 29 September 2013, archived 5 November 2013

An RfC on creation of a new "Draft" namespace.

Added 11 November 2013, archived 19 November 2013

A discussion as to whether Wikipedia:Paid editing policy proposal should become policy. (Discussion open 14 Oct, closed mid-November)
An RfC on whether Wikipedia:No paid advocacy (WP:BRIGHTLINE) should become policy. (RfC open 14 Oct, closed mid-November)

December 2013

Discussion about HTTPS and external links (Discussion opened 16 November, archived 2 December)
Editors are invited to consider candidates for the 2013 English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee elections. Voting will close on 9 December. (Voting began on November 26. Archived December 10)
An RfC for a new policy page establishing a "minimal, independent limit on financial conflict of interest direct editing" (Archived 10 December)
An RfC on whether to add a new user group for the m:MassMessage tool. (Added November 20. Archived December 19)
Proposal to move the {{orphan}} tags to the talk page. (Added November 25. Archived December 19)
Proposal to add Pending Changes to least-watched BLPs (Added November 27. Archived December 19)
An RfC on the status of pseudo-namespace redirects.

Added 7 December 2013, archived 27 December 2013

Proposal to change duration of BLPPROD from 10 to 7 days.

Added 5 December 2013, archived 27 December 2013