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Biographies
[edit]| The preceding RfC has been closed with consensus to change the infobox image. Which of the above images is preferred? Given there are five options here instead of a "yes/no" question, please consider leaving a ranking in your comment, e.g., see mine below, to help with consensus and compromise. Cremastra (talk · contribs) 16:25, 26 July 2025 (UTC) |
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Russia
| As I discussed from Template talk:Infobox person#Subordinate countries in infoboxes, should we propose not to include "Russian SFSR" (or other Soviet republics) from biographical infoboxes what Mike Novikoff recommends per MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. Most edits are made to Vasily Utkin, Oleg Gazmanov, Valentina Tereshkova and Yuri Gagarin. Absolutiva 02:24, 24 July 2025 (UTC) |
| Hi! There has been an active disagreement here, for which any independent and un-involved review and comment is requested. Thank you! M. Billoo 16:34, 23 July 2025 (UTC) |
Should the following sentence be added to the end of the second paragraph in the section on First child sexual abuse accusations and first marriage (1993–1995)?
In February 2003, LAPD detective and pedophilia expert Bill Dworin said the photos "corroborated the description that the boy gave us." |
Should we include his Palestinian identity in the lead (e.g. include "of Palestinian origin" in the lead sentence)? Previous discussions: |
| Should the article have an infobox? Started because of a similar thread at Maddie Ziegler which resulted in an infobox and a lack of consensus here Dronebogus (talk) 16:58, 17 July 2025 (UTC) |
| Should the wives of peers/knights who are entitled to appropriate stylings (eg. The Lady Cryer for Ellie Reeves; Lady Nugee for Emily Thornberry; etc), but who do not use them, be referred to as:
Option A. Use the full/official/legal title in both the lede sentence and the infobox (ex. Ellie Claire Reeves, Baroness/Lady Cryer and The Lady Cryer in the lede and infobox, respectively); Note: There is precedent for most of these options: option A is used for Caroline Dinenage; B is used for Thornberry (or more closely, Amelia Gentleman; and C is used for Reeves. estar8806 (talk) ★ 00:26, 17 July 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:Killing of Austin Metcalf
| The prior RfC ended in "no consensus" when the suspect was a minor and uncharged. He is now eighteen and was indicted for first-degree murder. Should their name be included in the article? |
| Which of these two paintings (1:British Museum, 2:Smithsonian) would be more appropriate as the lead image for the article on Babur (1483–1530), the Turco-Mongol founder of the Mughal Empire? (extended for more comments per WP:RfC) पाटलिपुत्र (Pataliputra) (talk) 04:09, 10 July 2025 (UTC) |
| How should J.K. Rowling and her views on transgender issues be described in the article? (You may rank in order of preference.) 22:42, 8 July 2025 (UTC) |
| Which image should serve as the lede for Gabriel García Márquez? Emiya1980 (talk) 03:04, 8 July 2025 (UTC) |
Which pronouns should be used in the article when referring to Crisp?
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Should this be in the lead?:
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Economy, trade, and companies
[edit]Should we include his Palestinian identity in the lead (e.g. include "of Palestinian origin" in the lead sentence)? Previous discussions: |
| Which of the following proposed versions of JEL classification codes should become the version of the article: |
History and geography
[edit]Talk:Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
| Should the RSS be termed far-right instead of right-wing in the article? Relisting to get a wider range of comments.-- Toddy1 (talk) 08:25, 27 July 2025 (UTC) |
| The preceding RfC has been closed with consensus to change the infobox image. Which of the above images is preferred? Given there are five options here instead of a "yes/no" question, please consider leaving a ranking in your comment, e.g., see mine below, to help with consensus and compromise. Cremastra (talk · contribs) 16:25, 26 July 2025 (UTC) |
| The RGB values used for the Pantone colours do not seem to be right. I have created this table describing the possible colours from the 2012 and 2024 Olympic guides. Pantone colours are converted to RGB per connect |
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Russia
| As I discussed from Template talk:Infobox person#Subordinate countries in infoboxes, should we propose not to include "Russian SFSR" (or other Soviet republics) from biographical infoboxes what Mike Novikoff recommends per MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. Most edits are made to Vasily Utkin, Oleg Gazmanov, Valentina Tereshkova and Yuri Gagarin. Absolutiva 02:24, 24 July 2025 (UTC) |
Should the following sentence be added to the end of the second paragraph in the section on First child sexual abuse accusations and first marriage (1993–1995)?
In February 2003, LAPD detective and pedophilia expert Bill Dworin said the photos "corroborated the description that the boy gave us." |
How should the lede be worded?
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| Should the result in the infobox be changed from
to
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| Should the wives of peers/knights who are entitled to appropriate stylings (eg. The Lady Cryer for Ellie Reeves; Lady Nugee for Emily Thornberry; etc), but who do not use them, be referred to as:
Option A. Use the full/official/legal title in both the lede sentence and the infobox (ex. Ellie Claire Reeves, Baroness/Lady Cryer and The Lady Cryer in the lede and infobox, respectively); Note: There is precedent for most of these options: option A is used for Caroline Dinenage; B is used for Thornberry (or more closely, Amelia Gentleman; and C is used for Reeves. estar8806 (talk) ★ 00:26, 17 July 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:Historic Site of Anti-Mongolian Struggle
| Should this article include a link to https://brunch.co.kr/@jehsk52/65 in the Wikipedia:External links section? WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:14, 16 July 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:Persecution of Muslims during the Ottoman contraction
| Which of the options should be implemented?
A: Insert the following text into Death Toll subsection in Total number of casualties section:
B: Insert the following text into World War I and the Turkish War of Independence section
C: Neither or another option |
| Should this article describe remigration as "promoted voluntary return" in the lede? Should it be presented as-is, attributed to the groups which describe it as such, removed entirely, or something else? Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:55, 14 July 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:July 2025 Central Texas floods
| Should the article's background section include (Option 1) or exclude (Option 2) this four-sentence analysis/news article by CNN, which connected the July 2025 Central Texas floods regarding a 2024 climate change study? The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 03:46, 11 July 2025 (UTC) |
| Which of these two paintings (1:British Museum, 2:Smithsonian) would be more appropriate as the lead image for the article on Babur (1483–1530), the Turco-Mongol founder of the Mughal Empire? (extended for more comments per WP:RfC) पाटलिपुत्र (Pataliputra) (talk) 04:09, 10 July 2025 (UTC) |
Should the last sentence of the first paragraph of the lede paragraph be removed? The sentence in question reads: This claim has recently faced criticism as several public figures and researchers in Indonesia began to question the direct lineage to Muhammad. |
| Should the phrase "with partial diplomatic recognition" be removed from the intro? IJA (talk) 18:23, 6 July 2025 (UTC) |
Should the first sentence of the section Formation of inland Akan polities read:
Or
? |
Language and linguistics
[edit]In the Dialects section of Akan language, should the dialect tree be changed from
to
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| Should the two following changes be made in Akan language?
A. In the Name section of Akan language, change the first sentence
to
B. In the first sentence of the second paragraph of the lede, change
to
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In the Dialects section of Akan language, should
be changed to
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| A disagreement has arisen regarding whether the Egyptian Arabic template should be applied to names of dishes in Egyptian cuisine articles, especially when the spelling does not differ from Standard Arabic. If I have misrepresented a position, please clarify below.
Editors are invited to comment on the following two options: Option 1: Use Egyptian Arabic template only when the spelling of the name explicitly does not conform to Standard Arabic orthography The supporter of this view argues that using the Egyptian Arabic template when the term conforms to Standard Arabic orthography and lexicology can be considered nationalistic advocacy. They maintain that the template should be reserved for cases where the term is clearly in vernacular Egyptian Arabic, but that Standard Arabic should take precedence in cases where the two overlap, even if its within the context of Egyptian Arabic. Option 2: Use Egyptian Arabic template regardless of overlap with Standard Arabic (due to shared usage within Egyptian Arabic) The supporter of this view argues that the Egyptian Arabic template is appropriate for labeling culinary items and varieties in Egyptian culture, even if those forms, within the context of Egyptian Arabic, partially or fully overlap with Standard Arabic. He notes that many culinary items have entirely different nomenclature across other Arabic dialects, and as such, their designation as Egyptian Arabic in Egyptian contexts is necessary for linguistic and cultural precision. He notes that even when there is lexilogical similarities Egyptian Arabic has a broader orthographic tolerance than Standard Arabic, often allowing standard and non-standard spellings more capable of reflecting local pronunciation and usage. Thus the template can better reflect these localized forms, as they are recognizable to Egyptian speakers. Turnopoems 𓋹 ✎ 12:12, 2 July 2025 (UTC) |
Maths, science, and technology
[edit]Talk:July 2025 Central Texas floods
| Should the article's background section include (Option 1) or exclude (Option 2) this four-sentence analysis/news article by CNN, which connected the July 2025 Central Texas floods regarding a 2024 climate change study? The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 03:46, 11 July 2025 (UTC) |
Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers
| Should the {{Convert}} template support the unit Tmcft? |
| Should the following sentences be removed from the Lead of Polyvagal Theory?
There is consensus among experts that the assumptions of the polyvagal theory are untenable.[3] Ian Oelsner (talk) 16:59, 14 June 2024 (UTC) |
Art, architecture, literature, and media
[edit]| The RGB values used for the Pantone colours do not seem to be right. I have created this table describing the possible colours from the 2012 and 2024 Olympic guides. Pantone colours are converted to RGB per connect |
| Hi! There has been an active disagreement here, for which any independent and un-involved review and comment is requested. Thank you! M. Billoo 16:34, 23 July 2025 (UTC) |
Should the following sentence be added to the end of the second paragraph in the section on First child sexual abuse accusations and first marriage (1993–1995)?
In February 2003, LAPD detective and pedophilia expert Bill Dworin said the photos "corroborated the description that the boy gave us." |
| Should the article for Deadlock say that the game can be played on Linux using Proton?
Options:
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| Should the article have an infobox? Started because of a similar thread at Maddie Ziegler which resulted in an infobox and a lack of consensus here Dronebogus (talk) 16:58, 17 July 2025 (UTC) |
| Which of these two paintings (1:British Museum, 2:Smithsonian) would be more appropriate as the lead image for the article on Babur (1483–1530), the Turco-Mongol founder of the Mughal Empire? (extended for more comments per WP:RfC) पाटलिपुत्र (Pataliputra) (talk) 04:09, 10 July 2025 (UTC) |
| How should J.K. Rowling and her views on transgender issues be described in the article? (You may rank in order of preference.) 22:42, 8 July 2025 (UTC) |
| Which image should serve as the lede for Gabriel García Márquez? Emiya1980 (talk) 03:04, 8 July 2025 (UTC) |
| To give a short summary, I've actually went through all Wikipedia policies and precedents, and everything is quite simple. The album page should have the name "." (MOS:ALBUM, "The article name should be the title of the album"). This is in line with all the precedents like such as ÷, !, _. Even in complex Unicode cases the rule is upheld: While(1<2), <|°_°|>, (A→B) Life. The only example against this (correct me if I'm wrong) is Love Symbol which isn't a Unicode character in the first place anyway.
However, there is a technical limitation that a) Wikipedia page name can't contain a single dot (no such page exists) and b) per renaming discussion above unlike other single-character album names, a dot is especially technically challenging to serve as a valid reference due to its size and function. So page title Period (Kesha album) is not under question. My
Discussion above seems to support this at the moment (4 opinions for this versus 1 opinion against). In principle we can also count all the reverted edits from all the other users. Due to this being a special case and ongoing back-and-forth edits opinions from the wider community are very much welcome.--Vinokurov Demis (talk) 03:40, 5 July 2025 (UTC) |
Which pronouns should be used in the article when referring to Crisp?
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| Which of the following two paragraphs, A or B should be used to describe the Frank Bennett cover of Creep (Radiohead song)? |
| Consensus does not appear to exist on the tense of this article: whether the band should be referred to in the present tense (e.g., "Fun (stylized as fun.) is an American pop rock band...") or the past tense (e.g., "Fun (stylized as fun.) was an American pop rock band..."). I am thus proposing two options: that the band be referred to in the present tense ("is", "current members", etc) or the past ("was", "former members", etc). MrSeabody (talk) 05:11, 29 June 2025 (UTC) |
Politics, government, and law
[edit]Talk:Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
| Should the RSS be termed far-right instead of right-wing in the article? Relisting to get a wider range of comments.-- Toddy1 (talk) 08:25, 27 July 2025 (UTC) |
| The preceding RfC has been closed with consensus to change the infobox image. Which of the above images is preferred? Given there are five options here instead of a "yes/no" question, please consider leaving a ranking in your comment, e.g., see mine below, to help with consensus and compromise. Cremastra (talk · contribs) 16:25, 26 July 2025 (UTC) |
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Elections and Referendums
| There's been an ongoing debate on pages for elections in the US about what kind of sourcing you need to move a candidate from the "Filed paperwork" or "Potential" section to "Declared." A lot of editors seem to agree that an FEC filing is not enough, because it is very common for people to file with the FEC without ever actually campaigning. Ideally, we want to cite a news article that says the candidate is running. However, it's easy to find candidates who've filed with the FEC and launched a campaign website but who haven't been mentioned in any news articles. Moreover, some news articles say that a candidate is running purely because they've filed with the FEC, even though the candidate has no online campaign presence and the author of the news article doesn't seem to have reached out to them to confirm they're actually running. In my eyes, there are three proposals for how to deal with this:
1. Maintain the current system. A candidate can only be moved to "Declared" if there is an article from a reliable news source that says they're running. 2. Allow someone to be listed in "Declared" if they have filed with the FEC or the relevant state/local elections agency. 3. Allow someone to be listed in "Declared" with two citations: first, a filing with the FEC or the relevant state/local elections agency, and second, a self-published source from the candidate that says they're running--e.g. a campaign website, campaign social media account, or fundraising page where the candidate explicitly says they're running (so "I'm exploring a candidacy" or something like that wouldn't be good enough). Which do you think is the best path? BottleOfChocolateMilk (talk) 15:57, 25 July 2025 (UTC) |
| Should this further reading section be restored? Helper201 (talk) 21:55, 24 July 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:2025 New York City Democratic mayoral primary
| Which colour scheme should be used for candidates in the election result maps and infobox? DimensionalFusion (talk · she/her) 19:18, 23 July 2025 (UTC) |
| Should the wives of peers/knights who are entitled to appropriate stylings (eg. The Lady Cryer for Ellie Reeves; Lady Nugee for Emily Thornberry; etc), but who do not use them, be referred to as:
Option A. Use the full/official/legal title in both the lede sentence and the infobox (ex. Ellie Claire Reeves, Baroness/Lady Cryer and The Lady Cryer in the lede and infobox, respectively); Note: There is precedent for most of these options: option A is used for Caroline Dinenage; B is used for Thornberry (or more closely, Amelia Gentleman; and C is used for Reeves. estar8806 (talk) ★ 00:26, 17 July 2025 (UTC) |
| Should this article describe remigration as "promoted voluntary return" in the lede? Should it be presented as-is, attributed to the groups which describe it as such, removed entirely, or something else? Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:55, 14 July 2025 (UTC) |
What mention should Mamdani's Columbia University application race selection receive?
To the closer, please also consider responses above in section above. Bluethricecreamman (talk) 14:10, 14 July 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:Killing of Austin Metcalf
| The prior RfC ended in "no consensus" when the suspect was a minor and uncharged. He is now eighteen and was indicted for first-degree murder. Should their name be included in the article? |
| How should J.K. Rowling and her views on transgender issues be described in the article? (You may rank in order of preference.) 22:42, 8 July 2025 (UTC) |
| Which image should serve as the lede for Gabriel García Márquez? Emiya1980 (talk) 03:04, 8 July 2025 (UTC) |
| Should the phrase "with partial diplomatic recognition" be removed from the intro? IJA (talk) 18:23, 6 July 2025 (UTC) |
| Which political position should be used for this organisation – Far-right or Right wing? DimensionalFusion (talk · she/her) 17:18, 6 July 2025 (UTC) |
Religion and philosophy
[edit]Talk:Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
| Should the RSS be termed far-right instead of right-wing in the article? Relisting to get a wider range of comments.-- Toddy1 (talk) 08:25, 27 July 2025 (UTC) |
Society, sports, and culture
[edit]| The preceding RfC has been closed with consensus to change the infobox image. Which of the above images is preferred? Given there are five options here instead of a "yes/no" question, please consider leaving a ranking in your comment, e.g., see mine below, to help with consensus and compromise. Cremastra (talk · contribs) 16:25, 26 July 2025 (UTC) |
| Should this further reading section be restored? Helper201 (talk) 21:55, 24 July 2025 (UTC) |
| Should the article for Deadlock say that the game can be played on Linux using Proton?
Options:
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Talk:Historic Site of Anti-Mongolian Struggle
| Should this article include a link to https://brunch.co.kr/@jehsk52/65 in the Wikipedia:External links section? WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:14, 16 July 2025 (UTC) |
| Should this article describe remigration as "promoted voluntary return" in the lede? Should it be presented as-is, attributed to the groups which describe it as such, removed entirely, or something else? Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:55, 14 July 2025 (UTC) |
| How should J.K. Rowling and her views on transgender issues be described in the article? (You may rank in order of preference.) 22:42, 8 July 2025 (UTC) |
Should the last sentence of the first paragraph of the lede paragraph be removed? The sentence in question reads: This claim has recently faced criticism as several public figures and researchers in Indonesia began to question the direct lineage to Muhammad. |
Which pronouns should be used in the article when referring to Crisp?
|
| A disagreement has arisen regarding whether the Egyptian Arabic template should be applied to names of dishes in Egyptian cuisine articles, especially when the spelling does not differ from Standard Arabic. If I have misrepresented a position, please clarify below.
Editors are invited to comment on the following two options: Option 1: Use Egyptian Arabic template only when the spelling of the name explicitly does not conform to Standard Arabic orthography The supporter of this view argues that using the Egyptian Arabic template when the term conforms to Standard Arabic orthography and lexicology can be considered nationalistic advocacy. They maintain that the template should be reserved for cases where the term is clearly in vernacular Egyptian Arabic, but that Standard Arabic should take precedence in cases where the two overlap, even if its within the context of Egyptian Arabic. Option 2: Use Egyptian Arabic template regardless of overlap with Standard Arabic (due to shared usage within Egyptian Arabic) The supporter of this view argues that the Egyptian Arabic template is appropriate for labeling culinary items and varieties in Egyptian culture, even if those forms, within the context of Egyptian Arabic, partially or fully overlap with Standard Arabic. He notes that many culinary items have entirely different nomenclature across other Arabic dialects, and as such, their designation as Egyptian Arabic in Egyptian contexts is necessary for linguistic and cultural precision. He notes that even when there is lexilogical similarities Egyptian Arabic has a broader orthographic tolerance than Standard Arabic, often allowing standard and non-standard spellings more capable of reflecting local pronunciation and usage. Thus the template can better reflect these localized forms, as they are recognizable to Egyptian speakers. Turnopoems 𓋹 ✎ 12:12, 2 July 2025 (UTC) |
| Consensus does not appear to exist on the tense of this article: whether the band should be referred to in the present tense (e.g., "Fun (stylized as fun.) is an American pop rock band...") or the past tense (e.g., "Fun (stylized as fun.) was an American pop rock band..."). I am thus proposing two options: that the band be referred to in the present tense ("is", "current members", etc) or the past ("was", "former members", etc). MrSeabody (talk) 05:11, 29 June 2025 (UTC) |
Wikipedia style and naming
[edit]Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Russia
| As I discussed from Template talk:Infobox person#Subordinate countries in infoboxes, should we propose not to include "Russian SFSR" (or other Soviet republics) from biographical infoboxes what Mike Novikoff recommends per MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. Most edits are made to Vasily Utkin, Oleg Gazmanov, Valentina Tereshkova and Yuri Gagarin. Absolutiva 02:24, 24 July 2025 (UTC) |
| Hello editors. Disagreement over the lead section of the Sokoban article has led to edit warring. I'd like to present both discussed leads and seek your input regarding their prose, content, and style.
Please review both lead versions below. Your comments and preference, supported by Wikipedia policies and guidelines, would be greatly appreciated. A) Lead Version A (Video game type-focused opening): "Sokoban is a puzzle video game in which the player pushes boxes around in a warehouse, trying to get them to storage locations. Designed in 1981 by Hiroyuki Imabayashi, it was first published in Japan in 1982 by his company Thinking Rabbit for the NEC PC-8801 computer. The game was later ported to various platforms and followed by new titles. It became popular in Japan and internationally, inspiring unofficial versions, a subgenre of box-pushing puzzle games, and artificial intelligence research." B) Lead Version B (Specific 1982 game-focused opening, creator not in lead): "Sokoban[a] is a 1982 puzzle video game developed and published by Japanese studio Thinking Rabbit. In the game, the player pushes boxes around in a warehouse, trying to get them to storage locations. It was first released in Japan in 1982 for the NEC PC-8801 computer. The game was later ported to various platforms and followed by new titles. It became popular in Japan and internationally, inspiring unofficial versions, a subgenre of box-pushing puzzle games, and artificial intelligence research." Specific Questions for Discussion Overall Framing: Which version (A or B) do you believe provides the most appropriate lead for the Sokoban article? Specifically, should the lead primarily introduce Sokoban as: A) A puzzle video game type/genre, with details about the first title in 1982 following. B) The specific 1982 original video game. Clarity: When evaluating the above, please consider how the words of the lead matches the information in the article. For example, the ai research is about general Sokoban puzzles, not about the 1982 release. Creator Mention: Do you believe Hiroyuki Imabayashi (the creator) should be mentioned in the lead and the infobox as a basic fact? Your input and reasoning are highly valued. Carloseow (talk) 04:34, 8 July 2025 (UTC) |
| To give a short summary, I've actually went through all Wikipedia policies and precedents, and everything is quite simple. The album page should have the name "." (MOS:ALBUM, "The article name should be the title of the album"). This is in line with all the precedents like such as ÷, !, _. Even in complex Unicode cases the rule is upheld: While(1<2), <|°_°|>, (A→B) Life. The only example against this (correct me if I'm wrong) is Love Symbol which isn't a Unicode character in the first place anyway.
However, there is a technical limitation that a) Wikipedia page name can't contain a single dot (no such page exists) and b) per renaming discussion above unlike other single-character album names, a dot is especially technically challenging to serve as a valid reference due to its size and function. So page title Period (Kesha album) is not under question. My
Discussion above seems to support this at the moment (4 opinions for this versus 1 opinion against). In principle we can also count all the reverted edits from all the other users. Due to this being a special case and ongoing back-and-forth edits opinions from the wider community are very much welcome.--Vinokurov Demis (talk) 03:40, 5 July 2025 (UTC) |
Wikipedia policies and guidelines
[edit]Wikipedia talk:Speedy deletion
| Should the following be added as a new criterion for Speedy Deletion? Ca talk to me! 17:01, 21 July 2025 (UTC) |
Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)
| Should WP:AIGI be modified to incorporate MOS:AIUPSCALE? D. Benjamin Miller (talk) 21:48, 19 July 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:Killing of Austin Metcalf
| The prior RfC ended in "no consensus" when the suspect was a minor and uncharged. He is now eighteen and was indicted for first-degree murder. Should their name be included in the article? |
WikiProjects and collaborations
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Wikipedia technical issues and templates
[edit]Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers
| Should the {{Convert}} template support the unit Tmcft? |
This template, {{IPA}}, currently does not have an option to disable links to relevant IPA help pages. For example, {{IPA|fr|asdf|}} → [asdf]. The link goes to Help:IPA/French and the link cannot be disabled. Should there be an option to disable such links?
For context, see this thread above. grapesurgeon (seefooddiet) (talk) 21:34, 4 July 2025 (UTC) |
Wikipedia proposals
[edit]Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Elections and Referendums
| There's been an ongoing debate on pages for elections in the US about what kind of sourcing you need to move a candidate from the "Filed paperwork" or "Potential" section to "Declared." A lot of editors seem to agree that an FEC filing is not enough, because it is very common for people to file with the FEC without ever actually campaigning. Ideally, we want to cite a news article that says the candidate is running. However, it's easy to find candidates who've filed with the FEC and launched a campaign website but who haven't been mentioned in any news articles. Moreover, some news articles say that a candidate is running purely because they've filed with the FEC, even though the candidate has no online campaign presence and the author of the news article doesn't seem to have reached out to them to confirm they're actually running. In my eyes, there are three proposals for how to deal with this:
1. Maintain the current system. A candidate can only be moved to "Declared" if there is an article from a reliable news source that says they're running. 2. Allow someone to be listed in "Declared" if they have filed with the FEC or the relevant state/local elections agency. 3. Allow someone to be listed in "Declared" with two citations: first, a filing with the FEC or the relevant state/local elections agency, and second, a self-published source from the candidate that says they're running--e.g. a campaign website, campaign social media account, or fundraising page where the candidate explicitly says they're running (so "I'm exploring a candidacy" or something like that wouldn't be good enough). Which do you think is the best path? BottleOfChocolateMilk (talk) 15:57, 25 July 2025 (UTC) |
Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)
Should the site tagline display featured and good content status in the following style?
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Wikipedia talk:Redirects for discussion
| This has been brought up from time to time at WP:RFD in the past few years, so here's the respective discussion and question: Should the main RfD be redesigned to hide older active nominations from directly appearing on the main RfD page? Steel1943 (talk) 16:55, 30 June 2025 (UTC) |
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- ^ Owen, Edward Roger John; Pamuk, Şevket (1999). A History of Middle East Economies in the Twentieth Century. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 11. ISBN 0-674-39831-9.
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