Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2013-01-14/Discussion report

Proposals

 * Moderator user group
 * A new user group was proposed that would contain an abbreviated set of the administrator user-rights.

Requests for comment

 * Resysopping policy
 * A change to the policy of resysopping former administrators is under discussion. This discussion hopes to clear up cases of when to resysop admins and when they should go through the RFA process again.


 * Copying within Wikipedia guideline to policy
 * Copying within Wikipedia is currently a guideline. Should it be turned into a policy?


 * Flag Manual of Style
 * The way flags are used in sporting articles is under review. Should articles be updated to reflect the guideline, or should the guideline be updated?


 * Article title
 * Should a section be added to the article titles guideline to recognize how titles are styled currently to avoid arguments between the relationship of WP:MOS and WP:TITLE?


 * Today's article for improvement
 * After being successfully proposed, there are still unanswered questions regarding "Today's article for improvement". Questions still needing answers include how many are displayed per day, how the articles are chosen and what the edit notice on the article page will look like.


 * Accessibility and equality
 * A recommendation to modify the third pillar to include the word "read" was brought up. Also brought up was a request to add the statement that "Readers and editors are welcome, regardless of ethnicity, creed, gender, age, sexuality or disability. Wikipedia's content and tools will aim to meet industry-standard web accessibility guidelines."


 * Noreferrer
 * Should noreferrer be enabled for all external links on Wikipedia?


 * Changing file names
 * A clarification is under discussion regarding criterion 1 of the criteria for changing file names. The criterion currently reads "Uploader requested". The proposal would put some limitations on when this criterion would apply.


 * Previously sanctioned users and clean start
 * A discussion in under way to determine what are the circumstances when an user can do a clean start. Should all users have a chance at a clean start? When should the Arbitration Committee deny users from making a clean start?