Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2014-01-01/Discussion report



This is mostly a list of non-article page requests for comment believed to be active on 31 December 2013 linked from subpages of RfC, recent watchlist notices and SiteNotices. The last 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

 * Date ranges
 * Fractions
 * Proposed merger of "Family name" into the "Surname" article
 * Article splitting policies and the "Hungarian passport" article
 * Choice of colors in "The Walking Dead (TV series)" article; use of rollback privilege

Policies and guidelines

 * Non-free content policy for photos of living persons
 * Prominence of the medical disclaimer
 * Use of the "main" template
 * Notability criteria for pornographic actors
 * "Creating a guideline for graphs and charts on articles"
 * Reliable sources regarding gun control
 * Review of username policy and enforcement
 * "Pseudo-namespace shortcut redirects" in mainspace

WikiProjects and collaborations

 * WikiProject Articles for Creation and the Draft namespace

Technical issues and templates

 * "Infobox single" pluralization
 * Revision history search
 * URLs in infoboxes
 * Placement of TemplateData

Proposals

 * Structure of the "Album" article
 * Close the Article Incubator?
 * Use of the Draft namespace
 * Create a new namespace for template documentation?

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

Meta

 * "A new draft of the trademark policy is proposed, and discussion begins on its talk page."
 * Scope of the Ombudsman Commission
 * Draft Privacy Policy – comments accepted until 15 January 2014

Upcoming online meetings

 * WMF metrics and activities meeting, 2014-01-09 19:00 UTC
 * "VisualEditor", 2014-01-15 23:00 UTC
 * "VisualEditor", 2014-01-22 23:00 UTC
 * "VisualEditor", 2014-02-15 17:00 UTC
 * "VisualEditor", 2014-02-16 00:00 UTC

Wikimedia blog posts

 * "Wikimedia Research Newsletter, December 2013"
 * "WMF Board publicly rolls out its updated governance handbook"
 * "Handling our user data – an appeal and a response"
 * "New draft feature provides a gentler start for Wikipedia articles"
 * "November notes from Brussels"
 * "OpenDyslexic font now available on Polish Wikipedia"
 * "New Individual Engagement Grantees to engage community with tools and outreach"''
 * "Sue Gardner to receive first Knight Innovation Award"