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In order to get more input from the Misplaced Pages community on important questions, it is sometimes useful to conduct a survey of community opinion. This page lists surveys or polls that are currently being held on various talk pages.

You may also wish to see Misplaced Pages:Requested moves which is a list of active page move discussions.

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Instructions for listing surveys

Please add new opinion surveys to the list under the appropriate heading. Add a short description of what the survey is about. Note the starting date of the survey and the date the survey will end, if applicable.

After a survey period ends, it may be removed from the list (however, it should remain for at least a short time after the survey ends, to allow anyone interested to view the results). If no closing date is indicated, the survey may be removed from the list when it appears the question is no longer being actively considered. Survey lists are not archived here; to find older surveys and polls, consult this page's history.

Purpose of surveys

Surveys may be used as part of dispute resolution, or to solicit opinions before making significant changes. They can be useful in developing consensus when community opinion is not immediately obvious in normal discussion. For example, a survey may bring in opinions from people who agree with one position, but don't join the discussion because they don't feel they have anything original to add.

For ideas on designing a survey, see Misplaced Pages:Survey guidelines. The results of a survey are not binding, and may be subject to interpretation. A survey may sometimes be called a poll, and it may involve voting for different options, but it is not the same thing as an election. For information on elections related to Misplaced Pages, see Misplaced Pages:Elections.

Opinion surveys should be used to determine whether a consensus exists, not to decide which side "wins". Successful surveys and polls generate consensus, because some people who disagree will nevertheless recognize and accept the consensus opinion of the community.

Current surveys

Most recent at top of each section. No signatures, please.

Policies and requirements

Software and features

  • Misplaced Pages:Proposal for intuitive table editor and namespace - Opinions wanted on a proposal for 1. A new Table: namespace, to unclutter the wiki markup and treat tables more like images. 2. New dedicated table editor(s) that will present the table as formatted but allow editing of individual cells, for ease of use in the wiki way.

Conventions and formatting

Article content and structure, and WikiProjects

Article title/move surveys

Also check Misplaced Pages:Requested moves

Ongoing surveys

Deletions

Article Improvement

Comments but no voting

  • Peer review - review of articles, usually before submitting them as Featured article candidates

Other ongoing surveys

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