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==Potential reforms'''

*''The first six options were presented when this process was opened on June 3, 2013 at 17:17 UTC. Further proposals may be added as this process is underway, they should be timestamped when added so that it is clear they came later and may not have been seen by early participants''.

'''Option one:Make the ref desk work like an actual reference desk'''

The reference desk will cease providing direct answers of any kind. Discussions will be kept brief and stricly limited in scope. It will only provide direction to appropriate resources such as pertinent Misplaced Pages articles the sources used by them, and other reliable sources. The reference desk will be kept in compliance with the principle that ] or a ]. Comments which are general discussion of topics or speculation will be removed. A standardized question process such as is used at real reference desks may be developed to make it possible for almost any Wikipedian to competently assist those posing questions.

'''Endorsements of option one'''

# <s>This would be my preferred option. </s> After seeing how the refdesk regulars are reacting to any and all attempts at reform option two is now my first choice, but I still endorse this idea should that not happen. ] (]) 17:22, 3 June 2013 (UTC)}}
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The following discussions are requested to have community-wide attention:

Talk:Main Page

Per the above thread, it is proposed that the link to Wikinews in the "In the News" section be removed. 20:01, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Village pump (proposals)

Currently, there are about 200 indefinite rangeblocks on various IPs, most of which are non-required now. A previous proposal on this Village Pump, which sought to remove these old rangeblocks under controlled conditions passed successfully. This proposal is to finalize all the various details on that proposal, and to carry forward with it.

TheOriginalSoni (talk) 06:37, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages talk:Requests for comment

Proposed, to add a section to the page Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment, the section to be titled "RfC on main page items" and the content to consist of the sentence "Publication of a main page item (such as 'today's featured article') is suspended while a valid RfC on the item is open".

The intent and probable effect of this addition is twofold:

  1. To establish, by clear inference, that RfC on main page items are indeed permitted and operative.
  2. To specify how main page items are to be handled in these cases.

Survey

  • Neutral Oppose. Herostratus' wall-of-text below has convinced me that RfCs and DYK noms are very different types of discussion, so his suspending one discussion to open another wasn't (or shouldn't have been) as counter-productive as it first appeared to me. That said, I don't think it's an ideal situation, and shouldn't be explicitly endorsed by the guidelines (per WP:BEANS). And given that, as far as I'm aware, there's only ever been one such RfC in the history of Misplaced Pages, the proposed rule doesn't seem necessary at this point. These RfCs ought to be sufficiently rare that the validity of each can be discussed individually. So, in short, I'm voting for status quo – RfCs on main page items should be neither explicitly allowed nor forbidden.DoctorKubla (talk) 07:27, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment/The bot flag

How should we handle inactive bots and keep bots on Misplaced Pages more organised. Started: 10:20 6 June 2013 UTC ·addshore· 10:22, 6 June 2013 (UTC)


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