Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Convention disputes

Resolved convention disputes

 * These convention disputes have been resolved, or at least are no longer active. Please indicate what resolution was arrived at. Please list latest ones at top.

Archived in 2005

 * Bible source text: should articles about a whole chapter of the bible also contain the text of the entire chapter. Result was that they should not, by a margin of 25 votes to 11, with 3 abstensions.
 * Block on demand - Should admins grant users' requests for a temporary block? Discussion died out, no consensus reached.
 * Using subpages in the article name space. A discussion on VfD regarding Votes for deletion/Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire 26 June 2005 has turned into a discussion on the policy of using transclusion to present information in the article space. See also Wikipedia talk:Template namespace and Talk:2005 English cricket season and Village pump (policy), before joining the discussion. ''Concluded that transclusion not allowed in policy at Template namespace
 * Stub types for deletion - A process for the deletion of stub templates and stub categories in one go set up by the WikiProject Stub sorting. Last chance to object. Now live
 * Poképrosal - Should the guidelines at WP:FICT be applied to Pokémon characters? There is a strong majority (>75%) that the WP:FICT guideline does apply. However, Pokemon contributors assert that an encyclopedic article can be written about any Pokemon, and have organized to prove this. See Poképrosal. Thus, it may be prudent to wait a month or two and see how many Pokestubs will be left.
 * Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates is newly formed and trying to come up with consensus on criteria and nominate its first candidates. Come join the party! See also the new What is a featured list. Is live
 * Suspend use of stub icons -- Seeks a consensus in favor of temporarily disabling all stub icons. Currently abandoned
 * Village pump (proposals) - Which name should Wikipedia use to refer to the Hindu god: Shiva, Siva or &#346;iva (note accent)? No consenus has yet emerged. Resolution unknown, debate deleted.
 * Content labeling proposal - this is currently pretty much deadlocked and in danger of degenerating into an "I'm right, your wrong" type shouting match. More opinions are required. Rejected or abandoned.
 * Userspace policy proposal - there has been recent controversy about what is and is not permissible in user space. It is important to assert which policies (if any) do apply in userspace, and to what extent, and what should be done about transgression.
 * Simplified Ruleset : Challenge! Behavioural guidelines; smallest subset (compatible with wikipedia policy) which still keeps folks out of trouble (KISS principle) ; find it! RQ comments, assistance, simplification.
 * University of Maryland, College Park/Vote - policy proposal which would dictate certain naming conventions for university articles.
 * Scientific point of view; comments requested.
 * Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/proposal would be a major revision. See Differences with the current style guide, Manual of Style/proposal, and Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style.
 * Categorization policy is a bold proposal to make WP categorization more consistent and stable.
 * The above archived since they'd become stale.


 * Wikipedia_talk:Avoid_weasel_terms should we use weasel words? -- Apparently died out in early 2005.


 * Wikipedia talk:Requests for comment - Should the manner of handling uncertified RFCs be altered? -- Discussion died out in January 2005. Strong minority opposition.


 * Wikipedia talk:User page: Whether to add the following --"It is bad form to edit pages in another's user space to change the national variety of English used." Answer: No.


 * Wikipedia talk:Arbitration policy/Proposed amendment ratification vote - Should the "Snowspinner Amendment" be removed and subjected to a separate vote? Apparently resolved in the fall of 2004.


 * Divulging personal details - Discussion of when to include personal details of people who have chosen to remain anonymous. Discussion died out in late 2004.


 * Wikipedia talk:Protection policy - Should we implement a software change so that pages in the user namespace are only editable by that particular user? Apparently decided in late 2004.


 * Wikipedia talk:Cleanup/Leftovers - Not a dispute, but I would like more opinions from people in a discussion on a somewhat backwater talk page. Apparently decided in late 2004.


 * Wikipedia talk:Categories for deletion phrases: content created by User:132.205.15.42, as a jump-start to a discussion (this goes hand in hand with a rewrite of the content of the template). Apparently resolved in the fall of 2004.


 * Proposed new VfD rule: No repeat submission of articles that have already passed the VfD process (w/ consensus to keep) within the next three months. Apparently resolved in the fall of 2004.


 * Categorization of people - 2nd version of integrated content. Apparently resolved in the fall of 2004.


 * Wikipedia talk:Category schemes - Non-Wikipedia categorization systems - Apparently resolved in the fall of 2004.


 * Wikipedia_talk:Series_templates - This is a proposed policy on series boxes in the Template namespace. Please add comments about which format is suitable for these boxes, to gain some form of consensus, and make the policy enforceable. - Apparently resolved in the fall of 2004.

Archived before 2005

 * Template talk:Sep11 - should the link to the September 11 Memorial be part of the series box, or should it be a separate notice? - the sep11: link ended up outside the box.
 * Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (dates and numbers) &mdash; should BCE/CE be preferred to BC/AD for dates? (Both naming systems are acceptable.)
 * Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)/archive8 &mdash; should metric conversions of acres use m&sup2;, hectares or km&sup2;? (Resolved that km&sup2; preferred but when describing areas of agriculture, forests, parks, wilderness, etc., hectares are an acceptable (not mandatory) alternative)
 * Talk:2003 North America blackout and Talk:2003 U.S.-Canada blackout &mdash; Which name to use for this subject. (Resolved in favour of 2003 North America blackout)
 * Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style for Japan-related articles &mdash; Should a link to Japanese language appear next to Japanese text in the head of each article? (Majority view is that in most articles should not have such a link.)
 * Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style for Japan-related articles &mdash; dispute over the inclusion of multiple romanizations in the opening paragraph of articles on Japanese subjects. (Consensus is that redirects from alternate romanizations are acceptable, inclusion in the opening paragraph is not.)
 * Manual of Style for Japan-related articles &mdash; should the names of characters and things in manga which the official English version uses circumflexes be commonly mentioned in circumflexes? (Consensus is that macrons are used, except in article titles, where diacritics are omitted.)
 * Talk:Rail transport in the United Kingdom/Alternate naming schemes &mdash; another *discussion* - UK versus GB, Ireland versus NI ... (Consensus was that railways in the British Isles had evolved based on geographical divide (Great Britain / Ireland) rather than political division (England/Scotland/Wales/Northern Ireland/Republic of Ireland).)
 * Wikipedia_talk:Possibly_unfree_images - are UN images free? (Resolved that neither UN nor NATO images are acceptable on Wikipedia.)