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This a request for comment on the above question and previous section. Is the Mackinac Center for Public Policy a Conservative group and should be described as such? And does the polices listed above overrule the more widely available references describing their relationships and them as Conservative vs Free-Market? ] (]) 02:35, 18 December 2024 (UTC)}}
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Should ] be amended to:
Further, policy matters are also discussed at ].
* '''Option 1'''{{snd}}Require former administrators to request restoration of their tools at the ] (BN) if they are eligible to do so (i.e., they do not fit into any of the exceptions).
* '''Option 2'''{{snd}}<s>Clarify</s> <ins>Maintain the status quo</ins> that former administrators who would be eligible to request restoration via BN may instead request restoration of their tools via a voluntary ] (RfA).
* '''Option 3'''{{snd}}Allow bureaucrats to SNOW-close RfAs as successful if (a) 48 hours have passed, (b) the editor has right of resysop, and (c) a SNOW close is warranted.


'''Background''': This issue arose in one ] and is currently being discussed in an ]. ] (]/]) 21:14, 15 December 2024 (UTC)}}
This list is only for when policy and guideline issues are still ''problematic'' after ''inconclusive'' talks. Don't list here, unless steps prior to "further dispute resolution", as described in ], have been concluded. Please always make a '''link''' to where the main body of prior inconclusive talk can be found.
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There are several questions, as follows:
#Should the lead of the current guideline be replaced with lead of the rewrite?
#Should the "Common newcomer scenarios" section and the "How to avoid being a "biter" section of the current guideline be replaced with "How to avoid biting" section of the rewrite?
#Should the "Ignorantia juris may excuse" section of the current guideline be replaced with the "It is okay not to be aware of guidelines" section of the rewrite?
#Should the "What to do if you feel you have "bitten" or "have been bitten" section of the current guideline be replaced with the "I have bitten someone—what do I do?" section of the rewrite?
The proposed rewrite can be found here: ]. Please refrain from making significant changes to the rewrite while the RfC is ongoing. Also see the idea lab discussion: {{sectionlink|Misplaced Pages:Village_pump_(idea_lab)#Rewriting_WP:BITE}}. After the last RfC,
] has done work on cleaning up the "Understanding newcomers" section. ] <i><sup style="display:inline-flex;rotate:7deg;">]</sup></i> 14:28, 11 December 2024 (UTC)}}
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The RfC is whether to retain or remove Syrian mercenaries from the belligerents section of the infobox. ] (]) 02:58, 10 December 2024 (UTC)}}
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Should the sentence in the instructions to this template "If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article" be reworded? ] (]) 10:14, 4 December 2024 (UTC)}}
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RfC: Should the following paragraph be added to ]?


{{tqb|10. <s>Meet the following criteria for the the respective single seater series:</s> <u>A driver who has met at least one of the following criteria for single seater racing:</u>
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* Completion of one full season ''or'' a race winner in a ] series.
* Completion of one full season ''or'' a race winner in ]/].
* Podium finish in the ] (single seater).
* Champion or runner up in a ] series.}}


note: strikethrough text was replaced by underlined text after the proposal per the discussion.
*]. Proposed in response to the overwhelming vandalism level at ]. Thoughts and comments are appreciated. 05:36, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
*] A centralized discussion page to invite discussion on and form a consensus regarding the fair use of images within articles regarding comics. 08:01, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
*] Dispute over whether or not a consensus was ever actually reached to make this a guideline.
*], a propsed amendment to the policy on "Neutral point of view" as applied to articles which describe a specific point of view.
*] as an editor and author I am simply tired of having to watch and edit articles which are continuously vandalized by anonymous (i.e., identified only by IP number). Please let's discuss a policy of banning them altogether as a policy.
*] is an attempt to create a policy that would solve all our disputes about geographic names (to avoid ]s). We are discussing current proposals on the talk page.
*] discusses the need, or lack thereof, of signatures in images
*] is brief and perhaps less clear than it should be.
*] is back (in pog form). User input is requested on both the ubjects of what schools to include, and how to name school articles. 02:25, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
*] is intended to gauge public opinion on whether ArbCom members should be elected or an appointed. 19:36, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
*] The subject of this article asserts that the article is an ] and insists he is a private person and that the article should be deleted19:16, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
* ] (WP:ET) - for replacing excessive or 'permanent' templates in article and moving them to talk. Editable to references specific talk/dispute sections. (Crossposted at ])-]|] 07:13, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
*]——Should the ] be changed to give administrators unlimited power? This proposed policy change affects the political balance of power at Misplaced Pages, issues of content control, and goes to the heart of socio-political philosophy. Also at issue is the question of whether the signatures of supporters of the original IAR, including Jimbo Wales, are still relevant now that the IAR has changed. Dispute resolutions have been attempted on the ] talk page and in the ], and have resulted in and . 17:49, 9 November 2005 (UTC)


] (]) 01:01, 30 November 2024 (UTC)}}
*] - The longstanding guideline is being edit warred for the fourth or fifth time this year, and the revision (which contradicts later sections of the guideline) requires prior discussion of significant changes, in effect gutting the policy. 18:39, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
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*] - what does one do when the Arbitration Committee ]?
I propose the following text be added to WP:SUSPECT:

:''Given the legal presumption of innocence, criminal proceedings including those against prominent public persons, should not be mentioned on the ] of the encyclopdia until the cases are resolved either by conviction or acquittal. Any appellate proceedings shall have no bearing on whether or not to post the initial findings of a duly constituted court of law."
*] - an editor has marked this as a guideline. Is this appropriate at this stage?
I have decided to post this as an RfC as this would involve a non-trivial amendment to ] and the issue has become a contentious point of debate involving several nominations at ]. -] (]) 17:55, 26 November 2024 (UTC)}}

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*] and ] are badly in need of direction.

*] - stalled discussion regarding audience of technical articles

*] — As currently defined, ] is in conflict with ], which significantly impairs the ability of users in ], ], ] and the ], among others, to illustrate government-related articles, as in many cases (political biographies, military decorations, etc.) there's simply no viable way around using Crown-copyrighted images. Discussion is to clarify to what extent ] can be applied to these types of images. ] 23:45, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

*] is a proposal for a new namespace similar to the category namespace but image-specialised. ] 19:58, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

*] has attempted to defined consensus at 60% for moving pages merely to ease the work of admins. This is not compatible either with general practice of how consensus is built on Misplaced Pages. The page also encourages ] (not ]s as a way of solving disputes and disagreement, rather than encouraging people to discuss the issues first. This goes against core policy such ] and has led to very problematic disputes surrounding several article moves.

Latest revision as of 16:01, 22 December 2024

The following discussions are requested to have community-wide attention:

Talk:Mackinac Center for Public Policy

This a request for comment on the above question and previous section. Is the Mackinac Center for Public Policy a Conservative group and should be described as such? And does the polices listed above overrule the more widely available references describing their relationships and them as Conservative vs Free-Market? ContentEditman (talk) 02:35, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Village pump (policy)

Should Misplaced Pages:Administrators#Restoration of admin tools be amended to:
  • Option 1 – Require former administrators to request restoration of their tools at the bureaucrats' noticeboard (BN) if they are eligible to do so (i.e., they do not fit into any of the exceptions).
  • Option 2 – Clarify Maintain the status quo that former administrators who would be eligible to request restoration via BN may instead request restoration of their tools via a voluntary request for adminship (RfA).
  • Option 3 – Allow bureaucrats to SNOW-close RfAs as successful if (a) 48 hours have passed, (b) the editor has right of resysop, and (c) a SNOW close is warranted.

Background: This issue arose in one recent RfA and is currently being discussed in an ongoing RfA. voorts (talk/contributions) 21:14, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages talk:Please do not bite the newcomers

There are several questions, as follows:
  1. Should the lead of the current guideline be replaced with lead of the rewrite?
  2. Should the "Common newcomer scenarios" section and the "How to avoid being a "biter" section of the current guideline be replaced with "How to avoid biting" section of the rewrite?
  3. Should the "Ignorantia juris may excuse" section of the current guideline be replaced with the "It is okay not to be aware of guidelines" section of the rewrite?
  4. Should the "What to do if you feel you have "bitten" or "have been bitten" section of the current guideline be replaced with the "I have bitten someone—what do I do?" section of the rewrite?

The proposed rewrite can be found here: Misplaced Pages:Please do not bite the newcomers/rewrite. Please refrain from making significant changes to the rewrite while the RfC is ongoing. Also see the idea lab discussion: Misplaced Pages:Village pump (idea lab) § Rewriting WP:BITE. After the last RfC, User:Alalch E. has done work on cleaning up the "Understanding newcomers" section. Ca 14:28, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Second Nagorno-Karabakh War

The RfC is whether to retain or remove Syrian mercenaries from the belligerents section of the infobox. Cinderella157 (talk) 02:58, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

Template talk:Expand language

Should the sentence in the instructions to this template "If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article" be reworded? Fangz (talk) 10:14, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages talk:Notability (sports)

RfC: Should the following paragraph be added to WP:NMOTORSPORT?

10. Meet the following criteria for the the respective single seater series: A driver who has met at least one of the following criteria for single seater racing:

note: strikethrough text was replaced by underlined text after the proposal per the discussion.

GalacticVelocity08 (talk) 01:01, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages talk:Biographies of living persons

I propose the following text be added to WP:SUSPECT:
Given the legal presumption of innocence, criminal proceedings including those against prominent public persons, should not be mentioned on the main page of the encyclopdia until the cases are resolved either by conviction or acquittal. Any appellate proceedings shall have no bearing on whether or not to post the initial findings of a duly constituted court of law."

I have decided to post this as an RfC as this would involve a non-trivial amendment to WP:POLICY and the issue has become a contentious point of debate involving several nominations at WP:ITNC. -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:55, 26 November 2024 (UTC)


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