Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-05-25/Discussion report

The following is a brief overview of discussions taking place on the English Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.

Proposals

 * "Wikipedia is not... plot" is currently disputed and its wording and inclusion in the policy are being discussed at Wikipedia talk:What Wikipedia is not.
 * Discussion continues over Notability (fiction) and how it should be handled
 * There is discussion at the village pump about moving the edit link to an easier and more user-friendly position.

Requests for comment

 * Should Neutral point of view/FAQ remain a policy? If not, what parts of it should be moved to the main policy page? See discussion.
 * There is an active discussion on whether Wikipedia should use "flu", "influenza", or a combination.
 * There is a discussion on whether or not Upload should be changed to more strongly encourage uploading free media at Commons.
 * There is a proposal to stabilise the pagenames of articles on baronets by either forbidding the use of baronet titles in page names or making them universal.

Other discussions

 * Discussion on where deletion discussions should be held for disambiguation pages.