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*] - Described at ], this is proposed as a partial replacement for the much-misused ] convention. 06:29, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
Should this template (a modified version of the political party infobox) be used on US political party pages? (]) ] (]) 14:57, 16 December 2024 (UTC)}}
*] - Proposal to standardize all chronological lists to earliest-to-latest style, with the exception of certain special cases. General community input wanted. 11:34, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
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*] - There is some discussion over whether the Manual of Style should be changed to allow ] to be referred to as the "Prophet ]". 10:07, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
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*] has been suggested to be moved to ] several times, as cat flap is uk-centric, not as common usage, and obviously biased towards cats, while dogs use them as well. i see no good reason to not just move the bloody thing, aside from the gang of brits on the talk page who seem to obsess over this and impose their regional POV. ] 03:30, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
Should the naming convention for disambiguating ] be updated to be "(band)" instead of "(group)"? ] (]) 22:51, 8 December 2024 (UTC)}}
*] - concern over the wisdom of programatically changing date formats - 23:05, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
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*] - dispute over the interpretation of the MoS regarding the use of AD/CE 22:23, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
*] - Whether the languages should be ordered by their English names or their Pinyin names. 20:17, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
*] - A dispute on the inclusion of spoiler templates and their effect and purpose for the encyclopedia. Massive discussions have resolved little and both sides have not yet reached an compromise. 14:18, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
*] -- The page about running and jumping sports currently uses the "official" international name, which is all but unknown in common usage in the U.S. (where "athletics" means something completely different). Should the page keep the name ], or be called ]? -- 22:29, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
*] and ] - Disagreement about whether the names of dances are proper nouns and should be capitalized. This started on the Lindy Hop article but has moved to the Dance WikiProject since it has ramifications for all dance articles. --] 14:37, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
*] -- Whether there is a dispute or not, more specificly if the category should use the <nowiki>{{CategorisationDisputedPeople}}</nowiki> template. // 18:01, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
*<strike>] -- Whether to write out "percent" or use symbol "%" in article body. 07:13, 1 July 2006 (UTC)</strike>
*<strike>] -- To clarify when numbers should be spelled out in words ("twelve") and when written as numerals ("12"). 07:13, 1 July 2006 (UTC)</strike>
*] -- On linking more than once within an article, where appropriate, for readers jumping to a section via TOC or linked from another article or externally to a specific section, or where a topic more important later in the article than it is at the terms first usage 20:06, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
*] is a discussion on when operational names can be used to refer to military conflicts. 18:06, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
*] There is a dispute about whether the portal should be named Taiwan or Republic of China, though more editor consensus would be appreciated and any links to policy stating which name should be used would be helpful. 16:42, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
*] has a current debate over articles to link to for disambiguation purposes. Even aside from any content-type issues, there is what seems to be a fairly straightforward disambiguation style problem in a top-level page like "Democracy" deep linking to a number of individual articles on the political history of a specific country (i.e. ]). One editor disagrees, and more views on this are requested. - 22:43, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
*] &ndash; on whether ] ] <span class=plainlinks></span>, an article on designation and terminology, exist, or be merged and/or be made a redirect to ] or ] or elsewhere. ] ] <span class=plainlinks></span> shares similar (if not the same) situation. 13:45, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
*] &ndash; regarding how Hong Kong should be listed on the lists of ] and ]. 13:38, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

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Template talk:Infobox US political party

Should this template (a modified version of the political party infobox) be used on US political party pages? (previous attempt at seeking a consensus) RiverMan18 (talk) 14:57, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages talk:Naming conventions (music)

Should the naming convention for disambiguating boy bands be updated to be "(band)" instead of "(group)"? RachelTensions (talk) 22:51, 8 December 2024 (UTC)


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