Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2012-10-22/Discussion report

Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include:

Proposals

 * Redesign of Help:Contents
 * A redesign of Wikipedia's main help page has been proposed.


 * Reforming dispute resolution
 * The Wikipedia dispute resolution process has been under fire for a lack of volunteers which causes backlogs. Your help is requested to discuss proposed changes to the dispute resolution process.


 * Good Article Main Page section
 * A section for good article of the day has been proposed to be added to the main page.


 * Good Article Did you Know
 * A new criterion has been proposed that would allow good articles that have been promoted within 5 days to be eligible for the Did You Know process.


 * '''Limit block permissions
 * A proposal is being discussed to limit block rights to a selected group to limit blocks that are immediately removed.

Requests for comment

 * Syntax highlighting
 * A discussion of different forms of highlighting has been started to find out what should be highlighted and if it should be enabled by default.


 * Civility enforcement
 * Civility is one of the five pillars of Wikipedia yet there are issues regarding civil behavior. This discussion will attempt to resolve issues with civility and responses to those issues.


 * Arbitration Committee Elections
 * Arbitration Committee elections are coming up in December and the community wants help to determine the structure for the proceedings.


 * Actresses categorization
 * The policies at categorization in regards to using Category:Actors and Category:Actresses are under discussion.


 * Abortion advocacy movement coverage
 * Feedback is wanted to help decide the fate of the articles Support for the legalization of abortion and Opposition to legal abortion in regards to scope and title.