Wikipedia:Update/1/Content policy changes, 2015


 * Article titles
 * New subsection, WP:TITLE, expanding on a sentence above this subsection: "Sometimes, the subject of an article will undergo a change of name. When this occurs, COMMONNAME still applies, but we give extra weight to sources written after the name change is announced. If the sources written after the change is announced routinely use the "new" name, Wikipedia should follow suit and change relevant titles to match.  If, on the other hand, sources written after the name change is announced continue to use the "old" name, Wikipedia should continue to do so as well, per WP:COMMONNAME."


 * Verifiability
 * In WP:V, added: [Whether and how quickly material should be initially removed for not having] "an inline citation to" [a reliable source depends on the material]


 * Article titles
 * In WP:TITLE, added: "Commas and round brackets are the only characters that can be used to separate a disambiguator in an article title, that is apart from a limited use of ":" (colon) for subtitles of some creative works and lists split over several pages."
 * WP:TITLE was rewritten.
 * In WP:TITLE, added: "Similarly various apostrophe(-like) variants (’ʻ ʾ ʿ ᾿ ῾ ‘ ’ c), should generally not be used in page titles. A common exception is the apostrophe character (') itself (e.g. Anthony d'Offay), which should, however, be used sparingly (e.g. Quran instead of Qur'an). If, exceptionally, other variants are used a redirect with the apostrophe variant should be created (e.g. 'Abdu'l-Bahá redirects to `Abdu'l-Bahá)."


 * No original research
 * In WP:NOR, added: "A source may be considered primary for one topic but secondary for a different one, and sources can contain both primary and secondary source material for the same topic."


 * Verifiability
 * In WP:V, removed: [When quoting a non-English source (whether in the main text, or in a footnote] "or on the talk page", [a translation into English should always accompany the quote.]


 * What Wikipedia is not
 * In WP:NOT, added: "Simple listings without context information. Examples include, but are not limited to: listings of business alliances, clients, competitors, employees (except CEOs, supervisory directors and similar top functionaries), equipment, estates, offices, products and services, sponsors, subdivisions and tourist attractions. Information about relevant single entries with encyclopedic information should be added as sourced prose. Lists of creative works in a wider context are permitted."
 * In WP:NOT, added: [Certain scientific extrapolations are considered to be encyclopedic, such as chemical elements documented by IUPAC before isolation in the laboratory,] "provided that scientists have made significant non-trivial predictions of their properties."
 * WP:NOT was rewritten.

No significant changes to the policies this quarter.


 * Article titles
 * In WP:TITLE, added "In other words, adding the state name is in deference to common name, not disambiguation."
 * In WP:TITLE, added: [Many such differences involve capitalization, punctuation,] "accentuation," [or pluralization]
 * In WP:TITLE, added: "Consensus among editors determines if there does exist a good reason to change the title."


 * Biographies of living persons
 * In WP:BLP, subsections added: WP:BLP, WP:BLP


 * Content policy changes, 2014
 * Content policy changes, 2013
 * Content policy changes, 2012
 * Content policy changes, 2011
 * Content policy changes, July 2010 to December 2010
 * Content policy changes, January 2010 to June 2010
 * Content policy changes, July 2009 to December 2009
 * Content policy changes, January 2009 to June 2009
 * Content policy changes, July 2008 to December 2008