Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2013-11-13/Discussion report
Discussion report
Commas, draft namespace proposal, education updates
This is mostly a list of Non-article page requests for comment believed to be active on 15 November 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
- "Should the website of a known trolling and hacking group be included in this article...?"
- "Should this proposal, Wikipedia:Conflict of interest limit, be made into a policy?"
- "Should IP block exemptions be granted without a need requirement to editors in good standing?"
- Should the external links section of the "Young Justice (TV series)" article include a link to the Young Justice Wiki?
- Sockpuppet investigations "code letters" categorizations
- "Best practice guidelines for Public Relations professionals"
- Proposal to merge some criteria for speedy deletion
WikiProjects and collaborations
Technical issues and templates
- In the "Infobox television" template, "Should the website parameter be renamed to official_website and production_website parameter renamed to official_website_2?"
- Restore the links on the "Bullying" template that were removed in April?
- Should the "Non-free review" template be used only on file pages or should it also be used on articles?
Proposals
English Wikipedia notable requests for permissions
(This section will include active RfAs, RfBs, CU/OS appointment requests, and Arbcom elections)
Meta
- "Wikimedia Central and Eastern European Meeting 2013 opens in Modra, Slovakia."
- "The first Wikimedia Research Hackathon takes place in cities around the world." on 9–10 November 2013
- "Wikidata celebrates its first birthday. Thanks to all who made this possible!"
- Trademark practices
- Scope of the Ombudsman Commission
- Draft Privacy Policy – comments accepted until 15 January 2014
Upcoming online meetings
- "Beta Features, Media Viewer, and Typography Refresh and VisualEditor Beta Opt-in", 22 November 18:00 UTC
- "VisualEditor", 2 December 19:00 UTC
- "VisualEditor", 3 December 1:00 UTC
- "Engineering Community Team", 17 December 17:00 UTC
Wikimedia blog posts
- "The treasure behind Görlitz’s age-old walls"
- "Enter the video game museum through Wikipedia"
- "Wikimedia engineering report, October 2013"
- "Open letter for free access to Wikipedia on mobile in South Africa"
- "Wikimedia Sverige hosts translation sprint in Stockholm"
- "Telenor Wikipedia Zero partnership will provide free access to Wikipedia on mobile in Myanmar"
- "Introducing Beta Features"
- "New Wiki Education Foundation directs program in U.S., Canada"
- "Any language allowed in Wikidata"
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