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Arbcom election procedures, Wiki Loves Monuments, Privacy policy, FDC, and more

As mentioned in "In the news" on Wikipedia's main page, the Library of Birmingham in the United Kingdom has opened. This interior photo was taken a week before opening. The article reports that the library "has been described as the largest public library in the United Kingdom, the largest public cultural space in Europe, and the largest regional library in Europe."

This is mostly a list of Non-article page requests for comment believed to be active on 5 September 2013 linked from subpages of Wikipedia:RfC, recent watchlist notices and SiteNotices. The latter two are in bold. Items that are new to this report are in italics even if they are not new discussions. If an item can be listed under more than one category it is usually listed once only in this report. Clarifications and corrections are appreciated; please leave them in this article's comment box at the bottom of the page.

Style and naming

Policies and guidelines

The present building of the Supreme Court of the United States. An RfC regarding election procedures for the English Wikipedia Arbitration committee has started, and Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 is underway.

WikiProjects and collaborations

Technical issues and templates

Proposals

English Wikipedia notable requests for permissions

(This section will include active RfAs, RfBs, CU/OS appointment requests, and Arbcom elections)

Meta

The new logo for Wikivoyage

Upcoming online meetings


"Video of the monthly Wikimedia Foundation metrics and activities meeting covering the month of July (August 1, 2013)", from the Wikimedia Foundation Report, July 2013