Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2012-08-13/Discussion report

Proposals

 * Main page redesign
 * A competition has begun to find a better alternative to the current main page, which was last redesigned in March 2006.


 * Activate section 0 edit link for everyone
 * Adding an edit button to the lead section of an article to help aid editing is being proposed. This edit button would allow users to edit the lead section without having to open an edit screen with the whole article.


 * Add link to menu bar
 * To help aid newer editors it has been suggested to add a link to an editor's subpages to the top bar. Through some discussion it has been suggested to add a gadget to aid newcomers.


 * Additions to the sidebar
 * There has been a suggestion to add links to sidebar for the Article creation wizard and the Teahouse.


 * Image placeholders
 * A wikiproject has decided to use image placeholders for a month to help aid the image search for their project. Is it time to reconsider this aspect to help aid other projects?


 * Signature policy
 * There has been a proposal to change the signature policy. It has been suggested to allow images and templates.


 * Speedy deletion of machine translations
 * currently informs users not to add machine translations into articles, but to follow guidelines at Wikipedia:Translation. Should a new criterion for speedy deletion be made to delete machine translations from other projects?

Requests for comment

 * Changing the Mediation Committee
 * Users are requesting input on how the Mediation Committee should be changed or if it should be closed.


 * De-adminship
 * There are currently 5 methods for how administrators can lose their rights with 3 being controlled by the administrator. Should more community based action be available to remove administrator rights or once elected to become administrator, are you one for life?


 * Does US FoP apply to foreign works?
 * The license of is being discussed in regards to photos of buildings in countries with a limited freedom of panorama provision. This license states "while architectural works completed after December 1st, 1990 are protected by copyright laws, photography is not an infringement of it".


 * Citation needed
 * Should the [citation needed] tag be changed to "unverified information"?


 * Global ban discussion
 * As mentioned in previous Discussion reports, the community is still trying to work on the details of the global ban policy regarding problematic editors.