Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2013-06-12/Discussion report



This is mostly a list of Non-article page requests for comment believed to be active on 11 June 2013 linked from subpages of RfC, and recent watchlist notices and CentralNotices. The latter two are in bold. Items that are new to this report are in italics even if they are not new discussions. If an item can be listed under more than one category it is usually listed once only in this report. Clarifications and corrections are appreciated; please leave them in this article's comment box at the bottom of the page.

Style and naming

 * ''Manual of Style/Capital letters for short prepositions
 * Italics or quote marks for titles of media franchises?
 * Exact birth and death dates in article ledes?
 * Eliminate the "no fair use images" rule for TFAs?
 * "How far should we go in finding a free image for a TFA blurb"?

Policies and guidelines

 * Manual of Style/Trademarks
 * Does "Rules for Fools" have consensus?
 * RfC on validity of RfC on main page items
 * Conflict of interest guideline amendment
 * User-conduct RfC for user:Wwwhatsup; external links
 * New Articles for creation criteria for speedy deletion
 * Naming conventions: use English or local language?
 * Scope of "Manual of Style/Accessibility"
 * Capitalization of names of music bands
 * Disambiguation to Wikisource articles
 * When should userpages be protected?
 * How to use the newly created Forward to Libraries (FTL) service
 * Editing restrictions: Biographies of living persons enforcement log, current sanctions
 * Identifying reliable sources: children's and large print works
 * Implement pending changes level 2?

WikiProjects and collaborations

 * WikiProject Eurovision, Eurovision Song Contest

Technical issues and templates

 * Members of the European Parliament 1999–2004 template
 * Make X!'s edit counter detailed statistics public for everyone by default?
 * VisualEditor is coming, request for help with testing
 * Derivative works and cultural references templates for novels
 * Implement a mainpage link to Hindi Wikipedia?

Proposals

 * Bot flags
 * Refdesk reform
 * Non-admin access to Special:UnwatchedPages
 * Should there be a DYK entry for Wikipediocracy?
 * Request for SWF functionality

English Wikipedia notable requests for permissions
(This section will include active RfAs, RfBs, CU/OS appointment requests, and Arbcom elections)
 * None at the time of writing this report

Meta

 * Trademark practices
 * Create a global group for Wikidata bots?
 * Scope of the Ombudsman Commission
 * Funds Dissemination Committee elections (votes being accepted until 23:59 22 June 2013 UTC)
 * Funds Dissemination Committee Ombudsperson elections (votes being accepted until 23:59 22 June 2013 UTC)
 * WMF Board election (votes being accepted until 23:59 22 June 2013 UTC)

Upcoming online meetings

 * None announced