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Draft namespace, VisualEditor meetings: Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include...

Discussion report

Draft namespace, VisualEditor meetings

By Pine

This photo of Phra Si Sanphet temple in Ayutthaya, Thailand is the Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Day for December 24, 2013. The photo is by Wikimedia contributor user:Poco a poco.

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This is mostly a list of non-article page requests for comment believed to be active on 22 December 2013 linked from subpages of Wikipedia:RfC, recent watchlist notices and SiteNotices. The last 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

The front cover of a modern Hungarian passport. A Wikipedian has started a discussion about splitting the "Hungarian passport" article.

• Proposed merger of "Family name" into the "Surname" article
• Article splitting policies and the "Hungarian passport" article
• Choice of colors in "The Walking Dead (TV series)" article; use of rollback privilege

Policies and guidelines

• Reliable sources regarding gun control
• Review of username policy and enforcement
• "Pseudo-namespace shortcut redirects" in mainspace
• "Creating a guideline for graphs and charts on articles"
• Do not automatically protect Today's featured article?
• Where Wikipedia should discuss identity policy

WikiProjects and collaborations

• WikiProject Articles for Creation and the Draft namespace

Technical issues and templates

• Use of URLs in infoboxes
• Placement of TemplateData

Proposals

• Use of the Draft namespace
• Create a new namespace for template documentation?
• Change the duration of BLP proposed deletion discussions from 10 days to 7 days?

English Wikipedia notable requests for permissions

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

• Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Acather96

Meta

• "A new draft of the trademark policy is proposed, and discussion begins on its talk page."
• Scope of the Ombudsman Commission
• Draft Privacy Policy – comments accepted until 15 January 2014

Upcoming online meetings

• "VisualEditor", 2014-01-15 23:00 UTC
• "VisualEditor", 2014-01-22 23:00 UTC
• "VisualEditor", 2014-02-15 17:00 UTC
• "VisualEditor", 2014-02-16 00:00 UTC

As noted in the Wikimedia blog, An Individual Engagement Grant was approved for the Wikimaps Atlas project.

Wikimedia blog posts

• "New draft feature provides a gentler start for Wikipedia articles"
• "November notes from Brussels"
• "OpenDyslexic font now available on Polish Wikipedia"
• "New Individual Engagement Grantees to engage community with tools and outreach"
• "Sue Gardner to receive first Knight Innovation Award"

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