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The Closure requests noticeboard is for posting requests to have an uninvolved editor assess, summarize, and formally close a discussion on Wikipedia. Formal closure by an uninvolved editor or administrator should be requested where consensus appears unclear, where the issue is a contentious one, or where there are wiki-wide implications, such as when the discussion is about creating, abolishing or changing a policy or guideline.

Many discussions do not need formal closure and do not need to be listed here.

Many discussions result in a reasonably clear consensus, so if the consensus is clear, any editor—even one involved in the discussion—may close the discussion. The default length of a formal request for comment is 30 days (opened on or before 13 April 2024); if consensus becomes clear before that and discussion has slowed, then it may be closed earlier. However, editors usually wait at least a week after a discussion opens, unless the outcome is very obvious, so that there is enough time for a full discussion.

On average, it takes two or three weeks after a discussion has ended to get a formal closure from an uninvolved editor. When the consensus is reasonably clear, participants may be best served by not requesting closure and then waiting weeks for a formal closure.

If the consensus of a given discussion appears unclear, then you may post a brief and neutrally-worded request for closure here; be sure to include a link to the discussion itself and the {{Initiated}} template at the beginning of the request. Do not use this board to continue the discussion in question. A helper script is available to make listing discussions easier.

If you disagree with a particular closure, please discuss matters on the closer's talk page, and, if necessary, request a closure review at the administrators' noticeboard. Include links to the closure being challenged and the discussion on the closer's talk page, and also include a policy-based rationale supporting your request for the closure to be overturned.

See Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Closure review archive for previous closure reviews.

Any uninvolved editor may close most discussions, so long as they are prepared to discuss and justify their closing rationale.

Because requests for closure made here are often those that are the most contentious, closing these discussions can be a significant responsibility. Closers should be familiar with all policies and guidelines that could apply to the given discussion. All closers should be prepared to fully discuss the closure rationale with any editors who have questions about the closure or the underlying policies, and to provide advice about where to discuss any remaining concerns that those editors may have. Closers who want to discuss their evaluation of consensus while preparing for a close may use WP:Discussions for discussion.

A request for comment from February of 2013 discussed the process for appealing a closure and whether or not an administrator could summarily overturn a non-administrator's closure. The consensus of that discussion was that closures should not be reverted solely because the closer was not an administrator. However, special considerations apply for articles for deletion and move discussions—see Wikipedia:Deletion process#Non-administrators closing discussions and Wikipedia:Requested moves/Closing instructions#Non-admin closure for details.

To reduce editing conflicts and an undesirable duplication of effort when closing a discussion listed on this page, please append {{Doing}} to the discussion's entry here. When finished, replace it with {{Close}} or {{Done}} and an optional note, and consider sending a {{Ping}} to the editor who placed the request. A request where a close is deemed unnecessary can be marked with {{Not done}}. After addressing a request, please mark the {{Initiated}} template with |done=yes. ClueBot III will automatically archive requests marked with {{Already done}}, {{Close}}, {{Done}} {{Not done}}, and {{Resolved}}.

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Wikipedia:Village_pump (proposals)#RfC on draftifying a subset of mass-created Olympian microstubs

(Initiated 437 days ago on 2 March 2023) No !votes in almost a week, can probably be closed now. BilledMammal (talk) 04:02, 25 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Biography#Proposal: Moving post-nominals from lead sentences to article bodies

(Initiated 436 days ago on 4 March 2023) No active votes in two weeks. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 06:03, 28 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The ed17, was going to close but saw there was a vote yesterday. If there are no votes for another week feel free to {{ping}} me and I'll close. — Ixtal ^{( T / C )} ⁂ Non nobis solum. 21:26, 30 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Ixtal: Thanks and apologies! At the time I wrote this, no one had chimed in for awhile. Now there's been two in two days. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 23:52, 30 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Minneapolis#RfC: George Floyd in the lead of Minneapolis

(Initiated 429 days ago on 10 March 2023) and WP:SNOW; would like formal closure on a talk page with a contentious history so we can archive talk and start anew on prep for WP:FAR. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:29, 5 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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XFD backlog
V	Apr	May	Total
CfD	22	24	46
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MfD	2	0	2
FfD	2	3	5
RfD	37	40	77
AfD	0	22	22

Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2023_February_25#Category:Rulers

(Initiated 463 days ago on 4 February 2023) Very complicated CfD with many wall of text posts. Relisted twice, and no participation since March 7. –LaundryPizza03 (d c̄) 11:29, 2 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2023_March_9#Queer_categories

(Initiated 446 days ago on 21 February 2023) Another discussion-heavy and controversial CfD. Minimal participation since 2nd relist, and only remaining open CfD on this date. –LaundryPizza03 (d c̄) 04:24, 3 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Doing... ■ ∃ Madeline ⇔ ∃ Part of me ; 11:46, 5 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done ■ ∃ Madeline ⇔ ∃ Part of me ; 12:19, 5 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard/Archive 102#Sexual violence in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: section on Ukrainian forces

(Initiated 508 days ago on 21 December 2022) Please review this discussion. Gitz (talk) (contribs) 17:57, 5 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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 :{{u|The ed17}}, was going to close but saw there was a vote yesterday. If there are no votes for another week feel free to {{tl|ping}} me and I'll close. — [[User:Ixtal|Ixtal]] <sup>( [[User talk:Ixtal|T]] / [[Special:Contributions/Ixtal|C]] ) </sup> &#8258; <small> [[Non nobis solum]]. </small> 21:26, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
 ::{{ping|Ixtal}} Thanks and apologies! At the time I wrote this, no one had chimed in for awhile. Now there's been two in two days. [[User:The ed17|Ed]]&nbsp;<sup>[[User talk:The ed17|[talk]]]&nbsp;[[WP:OMT|[majestic titan]]]</sup> 23:52, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
+=== [[Talk:Minneapolis#RfC: George Floyd in the lead of Minneapolis]] ===
+{{Initiated|19:56, 10 March 2023 (UTC)}} and [[WP:SNOW]]; would like formal closure on a talk page with a contentious history so we can archive talk and start anew on prep for [[WP:FAR]]. [[User:SandyGeorgia|'''Sandy'''<span style="color: green;">Georgia</span>]] ([[User talk:SandyGeorgia|Talk]])  15:29, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
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