Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2013-11-06/Discussion report



This is mostly a list of Non-article page requests for comment believed to be active on 5 November 2013 linked from subpages of RfC, recent watchlist notices and SiteNotices. 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

 * Use of horizontal lines on date pages
 * "Should Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Television#Broadcast be removed?"
 * Styles for units of measure
 * Placement of commas after dates and names

Policies and guidelines

 * "Should IP block exemptions be granted without a need requirement to editors in good standing?"
 * Sockpuppet investigations "code letters" categorizations
 * ''"Best practice guidelines for Public Relations professionals"
 * Should the external links section of the "Young Justice (TV series)" article include a link to the Young Justice Wiki?
 * Proposal to merge some criteria for speedy deletion
 * Promote "Wikipedia:No paid advocacy" to a site policy? There are two draft policies under discussion.
 * Promote "Wikipedia:Rough consensus" to a site guideline?

WikiProjects and collaborations

 * "Which image is more substantial to primarily identify a TV series: a promo advertisement, or a title card (or logo, free or un-free)?"
 * "Should 'Wikipedia:WikiProject Disambiguation/Malplaced disambiguation pages' be given a prominent note at the top indicating that the page itself is not an official policy or guideline?"

Technical issues and templates

 * In the "Infobox television" template, "Should the production_website parameter be renamed to website_2?"
 * Restore the links on the "Bullying" template that were removed in April?
 * Should the "Non-free review" template be used only on file pages or should it also be used on articles?

Proposals

 * All tagged proposal RFCs are listed in other sections of this report.

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

Meta

 * "The first Wikimedia Research Hackathon takes place in cities around the world." on 9–10 November 2013
 * "Wikidata celebrates its first birthday. Thanks to all who made this possible!"
 * "The new Evaluation portal launches to support the community in evaluation practices."
 * Start Wikireference as a new Wikimedia project?
 * Start Wikifiction as a new Wikimedia project?
 * Trademark practices
 * Scope of the Ombudsman Commission
 * Draft Privacy Policy – comments accepted until 15 January 2014

Upcoming online meetings

 * "Beta Features, Media Viewer, and Typography Refresh and VisualEditor Beta Opt-in", 8 November 18:30 UTC to 22:00 UTC
 * "Inaugural L2 (Labs2) Research Hackathon", 9 November 1:00 UTC to 10 November 2:00 UTC
 * "Engineering Community Team", 12 November 17:00 UTC
 * "An update about the recent projects and events at Wikimedia Language Engineering", 13 November 15:00 UTC
 * "Wikidata – a status update and answers for all your questions", 13 November 17:00 UTC
 * "VisualEditor", 2 December 19:00 UTC
 * "VisualEditor", 3 December 1:00 UTC
 * "Engineering Community Team", 17 December 17:00 UTC

Wikimedia blog posts

 * "Wikimedia Research Newsletter, October 2013"
 * "Help design Wikipedia’s next-generation discussion system"
 * "Wikimedia Foundation Report, September 2013"
 * "Announcing the search for the Wikimedia Foundation’s Chief Communications Officer"
 * "Wikipedia editor profile: Tony the Marine"
 * "Designing a user-friendly trademark policy for some of the world’s most recognizable marks"
 * "The Autonym Font for Language Names"
 * "Call for community input on the funding proposals from 11 Wikimedia organisations"
 * "Gamestorming: Making of The Wikipedia Adventure"
 * "Airtel Wikipedia Zero partnership to pilot Wikipedia via text"
 * "As Arab countries participate in Wiki Loves Monuments for the first time, stakes are especially high in Syria"
 * "Swedish Museums freely sharing images from their collections"
 * "Presenting about Wikipedia to academic audiences"
 * "Inspiration from the Wikimedia Affiliates’ coolest projects"
 * "Request for proposals: New datacenter in the continental US"
 * "Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Sue Gardner’s response to paid advocacy editing and sockpuppetry"
 * "Scientific multimedia files get a second life on Wikipedia"
 * ''Join the inaugural Wiki Research Hackathon on November 9"
 * "Speaking about free knowledge and the law at Yale ISP"
 * "A farewell letter from Jay Walsh, Communications Director"
 * "Amical Wikimedia awarded for its contribution to the Internet in Catalan"