Wikipedia:Centralized discussion/Archive

This page contains archived centralized discussion listings. The listings are grouped by the date in which they were archived, not when they were first posted, so this page is a record of the archiving rather than the posting. The links in the listings go to discussions which may have their own dedicated page or to talkpages which are subject to their own archiving, as such the links may not always lead directly to the actual discussions. Updates are ongoing.

While it may be useful to examine previous discussions on a topic, especially if planing to re-open a discussion on that topic, consensus does change. The relevance of past discussions depends on how long ago the discussion took place, how many people were involved, and the manner in which the information was presented. Decisions on whether to link to previous discussions will depend on the circumstances.

Category:Wikipedia proposals has more discussions (approved, rejected, and proposed) some of which may not have been listed for centralized discussion.

January 2013

An RFC asking whether navboxes should be accompanied by a section heading. Added 13 December 2012, archived 11 January 2013 An RFC to discuss the addition of several considerations to the criterion 1 of the File renaming convention. Added 1 January 2013, archived 24 January 2013 An RFC on a proposal to create a new process to allow for removal of adminship through community discussion. Added 8 January 2013 archived 24 January 2013 Should we forbid a Clean Start to previously sanctioned users? Added 30 December 2012, archived 24 January 2013 An RFC to discuss the resysopping policy and procedures. Added 29 December 2012, archived 24 January 2013 A discussion on adopting the Feedback response guidelines as a Wikipedia guideline. Added 9 December 2012, archived 25 January 2013 A proposal to add a link to The Signpost to Wikipedia's main menu. Added 15 January 2013, archived 31 January 2013

February 2013

RFC as to whether Wikipedia should disable HTTP referrers. Added 11 January 2013, archived 09 February 2013 An RFC on a proposal to create a new user group with an abbreviated set of administrator user-rights, as an option for administrators to request instead of requesting removal of the entire sysop user-right package. Added 8 January 2013, Archived February 2 2013 An RFC to clarify a basic distinction in article titles: content (determined at WP:TITLE) and style (determined at WP:MOS). Added 8 January 2013, archived 2 February 2013 Working out the details of adding Today's article for improvement (Template) to the Main Page Added 7 January 2013, archived 2 February 2013 RFC on a proposal to elevate the WP:Copying within Wikipedia guideline to be designated an official policy of Wikipedia. Added 9 January 2013, archived 2 February 2013 A proposal to amend the Request for adminship process to include clerks. added 17 January 2013, archived 2 February 2013 A discussion on implementing Pending Changes Level 2 protection on two currently full-protected articles, and on the general idea of limited implementation. Added 15 January 2013 Archived 8 February 2013 A proposal to include accessibility and equality in the "five pillars". Added 11 January 2013, archived 18 February 2013 A discussion regarding interwiki links and Wikidata Added 17 January 2013, archived 18 February 2013 A request for comment about clarifying the Manual of Style's advice on use of BC/AD and BCE/CE dates, to reduce disputes and confusion. Added 5 February 2013, archived 18 February 2013 A request for comment about clarifying the meaning of "ambiguous" in WP:DISAMBIGUATION, particularly as it applies to WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. Added 31 January 2013, archived 26 February 2013 A request for comment on article feedback. Added 21 January 2013, archived 28 February 2013

March 2013
An urgent proposal on Meta-Wiki to lock the accounts of any global bots that continue to add interlanguage links after 24 hours' notice, in light of the global Wikidata client deployment. Added 6 March 2013, archived 7March 2013

April 2013

Possibly taking over the WebCite service, or at least significantly supporting it. Discussion is on Meta, but is very important to what we do here. added 5 February 2013, archived 6 April 2013 A request for comment is sought over whether to decommission the recurring items at In the news. Added 14 February 2013, archived 6 April 2013 An RFC considering Birth date format conformity when used to disambiguate Added and discussion started 4 March; Discussion closed and restarted at new locations March 6, archived April 6 2013 A proposal to disallow images licensed only under the GFDL-1.2 at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, due to its restrictive nature. Existing featured pictures will not be affected. added 8 March 2013 archived 6 April 2013 A proposal that COI editors, especially if representing an employer, should curtail the ways in which they use talk pages to suggest extensive or controversial changes. Archived April 6 2013 A discussion to finalize adding Today's articles for improvement on the Main Page Archived 6 April 2013 Community input is requested on the scope and purpose of the newly opened WikiProject Conflict Resolution RfA reform discussions. WP:Requests for adminship/2013 RfC/3, round 3, is now open for a one-week vote on two proposals that got support in Round Two, but relatively few votes. A third proposal, "Probation", has been added. Archived 16 April 2013 RfC about project practices on April Fools' Day jokes. Added 2 April 2013, archived 16 April 2013 RfC about a new speedy deletion criterion for rejected and long since abandoned Articles for Creation submissions. Added 4 April 2013, archived 18 April 2013

May 2013

A proposal to unbundle autopatrolled from the administrator tools Archived May 5 2013 RfC about a new user right called "Protected page editor". Added 5 April 2013, archived 6 May 2013 A proposal to revert most old indefinite rangeblocks under controlled conditions. added 17 April 2013, archived 6 May 2013 RfC on what graphic, if any, the sockpuppet templates should use. Added 27 April 2013, archived 6 May 2013 RfC on utilizing Wikidata Phase 2. Added 22 April 2013, archived 15 May 2013 RfC about whether the authors of copyrighted images should be credited in a footnote in the article where the image is used. Added 30 March 2013, archived May 24 2013 A proposal to merge WP:AFD, WP:PM, and WP:ATD-R into a single Articles for discussion process. Added 18 April 2013, archived 24 May 2013 RfC on the use of the account creator flag for purposes other than account creation. Added 23 April 2013, archived 24 May 2013 RfC about the new speedy deletion criterion G13's scope. Added 18 April 2013, archived 24 May 2013 RfC on WP:MOS-AM, possible change to article content guideline. Added 29 April 2013, archived 25 May 2013 Should plays list awards or only the most prestigious awards? Archived May 25 2013 RfC on the return of the orange talk page notification banner (removed as of April 30). Added 2 May 2013, archived 25 May 2013 RfC on WP:DIPLOMAT, possible change to biography notability guideline. Added 25 April 2013, archived 27 May 2013

June 2013

RfC on the implementation of a new platform linking to libraries Added 19 May 2013, archived 20 June 2013 RfC on whether to implement pending changes protection level 2 Added 18 May 2013, archived 20 June 2013 RfC on the Main Page's design, content, and purpose Added 6 May 2013, archived 23 June 2013 RfC on the Main Page's design, content, and purpose Added 6 May 2013, archived 23 June 2013 Petition to the WMF on handling of interface changes Added 7 May 2013, archived 25 June 2013 A discussion regarding HotCat being on by default for all registered users. Added 29 June 2013, archived 30 June 2013

July 2013

RfC on adding expiry options to watchlisted pages. Added 30 April 2013, archived 8 July 2013 Comment is sought on several proposals for reform of the reference desk. Added 3 June 2013, archived 12 July 2013 Should English Wikipedia conduct a readership survey? Added 2 May 2013, archived 22 Julye 2013 RfC on images in "Today's Featured Article" on the main page Added 16 May 2013, archived 22 Julye 2013 Clarify if publication of main page items is subject to RfC. Added 7 June 2013, archived 22 July 2013 Where should TemplateData be placed for templates that are integrated with the VisualEditor? Added 1 July 2013, archived 22 July 2013 Should detailed stats on X!'s edit counter remain opt-in? Voice your input here. Note: This is an RfC on meta. Added 21 June 2013, archived 24 July 2013

August 2013

• Further discussion on a proposal to remove most indefinite rangeblocks.

Added 26 June 2013, archived 2 August 2013

• A proposal to clarify the scope of the no legal threats policy.

Added 31 July 2013, archived 13 august 2013

• Who should be allowed to edit other people's article talk page comments when we roll out WP:FLOW?

Added 28 June 2013, archived 13 august 2013

• RFC on the use of the AfC process with new users.

Added 12 July 2013, archived 27 August 2013

September 2013

• A proposal to formally close the article incubator and delete any remaining "incubated" articles a short time later.

Added 25 June 2013, archived 1 September 2013