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Biographies
[edit]Talk:The Keys to the White House
Should the article be substantially in the form of Version 1 or Version 2? The most salient difference is how the article should present disputes about the prediction for the 2016 presidential election, but there are several other issues as well. Here is a diff showing the edit by which Version 1 was replaced by Version 2, a change that has since been reverted. JamesMLane t c 20:31, 18 October 2024 (UTC) |
There are two questions:
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Should the following content regarding the conspiracies and controversies of John Rustad, as supported by the multiple reliable sources listed, be included in the article, either in the lead of the article or in the body of the article with a summary in the lead of the article? PoliticalPoint (talk) 04:28, 17 October 2024 (UTC) |
In the first sentence of the article about David Lammy, how should he be described?
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Should this story be included in the article?
"In January 2022, Mbappé was involved in a minor traffic accident, after the car he was in was struck by a drunk driver. He did not suffer any major injuries." -- FMSky (talk) 08:07, 12 October 2024 (UTC) |
What should be present in the first sentence of the article?
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Which of the following photos should serve as the lede image for Edward Heath? Emiya1980 (talk) 22:48, 26 September 2024 (UTC) |
Should we add a "Personal life" section to reference her relationships, health struggles, activism, and religion? natemup (talk) 04:06, 26 September 2024 (UTC) |
Should the lead include claims of Indian interference in the lead? Gotitbro (talk) 13:38, 25 September 2024 (UTC) |
Should the "Julian Assange" article specifically mention the Swedish allegations of "sexual offences" (in those words) in the introduction? Jack Upland (talk) 00:29, 24 September 2024 (UTC) |
Simple enough can we say "He was also noted for spreading false claims." in the lede or words to that effect? Slatersteven (talk) 12:36, 19 September 2024 (UTC) |
Economy, trade, and companies
[edit]Talk:Ranked-choice voting in the United States
Should articles in American English refer to the alternative vote as "instant-runoff" or "ranked-choice voting" in their titles? – Closed Limelike Curves (talk) 02:53, 18 October 2024 (UTC) |
Shall we continue to use lowercase or capitalize the first character, and thus use Bitcoin? Note Talk:Bitcoin/FAQ says to use lowercase bitcoin in all cases, and this dates to 2014. And does this consensus apply to inbound wikilinks? Thanks! Jtbobwaysf (talk) 21:41, 8 October 2024 (UTC) |
Talk:Universal basic income by country
Is this - "A universal basic income (or a citizen's dividend) is also supported by the Sustainable Australia Party.[1]" - acceptable to add to the article? Helper201 (talk) 17:11, 8 October 2024 (UTC) |
Talk:Nashville International Airport
Should BNA have maps showing domestic and international destinations? King airaglub (talk) 21:51, 28 September 2024 (UTC) |
Talk:Myers–Briggs Type Indicator
Should the word "pseudoscientific" be in the first sentence of the lead? Vells (talk) 07:21, 22 September 2024 (UTC) |
History and geography
[edit]Talk:The Keys to the White House
Should the article be substantially in the form of Version 1 or Version 2? The most salient difference is how the article should present disputes about the prediction for the 2016 presidential election, but there are several other issues as well. Here is a diff showing the edit by which Version 1 was replaced by Version 2, a change that has since been reverted. JamesMLane t c 20:31, 18 October 2024 (UTC) |
Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Korea-related articles
Which romanization system do you think we should use for historical Korean topics, McCune–Reischauer (MR) or Revised Romanization of Korean (RR)? We currently use MR. seefooddiet (talk) 21:36, 17 October 2024 (UTC) |
Talk:Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge
Should the content in this article [1] that details the murder of Giulio Regeni be truncated to a single sentence summary with a wikilink to the main article (Murder of Giulio Regeni)? Chetsford (talk) 14:23, 17 October 2024 (UTC) |
Should this article include an infobox? --Grnrchst (talk) 12:58, 16 October 2024 (UTC) |
Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard
Currently, OurCampaigns is listed as an unreliable source. Should it also be deprecated or even blacklisted to prevent its continued use and allow for mass removal? Wowzers122 (talk) 18:10, 14 October 2024 (UTC) |
Is the lede for this article basically OK (except for maybe some minor tweaks)? or is it Not OK and needs some major changes? Herostratus (talk) 05:05, 14 October 2024 (UTC) |
Comments would be appreciated to achieve an accurate and supportable consensus regarding references to Storrs-Mansfield, Connecticut - an unincorporated village which is sometimes referred to as Storrs. The community is notably home to the main campus of the University of Connecticut, and, naturally reflects cultural differences both as a New England fixture but also due to some misplaced or incorrect historical usage.
The request would be to alter the lead section of the article to read as follows:
Several points of discussion, including the preference and differences between census-designated place boundaries and postal town boundaries are included on the article talk page. It is not appropriate to immediately dismiss the need for a new consensus, due to the substantial official and community usage of both names. Thank you, Jonathanhusky (talk) 19:58, 8 October 2024 (UTC) |
In my personal opinion, the lede doesn't really need to include the genocides. For example, Japan's featured article doesn't mention the events in WW2. At least we should only say "Christian" instead of listing all the ethnic groups for the ones commited by the Ottomans. Perhaps even the ones committed to the Muslims are unnecessary. So, here are the options:
Option 1: "In the 19th and early 20th centuries, persecution of Muslims during the Ottoman contraction and in the Russian Empire resulted in large-scale loss of life and mass migration into modern-day Turkey from the Balkans, Caucasus, and Crimea. Under the control of the Three Pashas, the Ottoman Empire entered World War I in 1914, during which the Ottoman government committed genocides against its Armenian, Greek, and Assyrian subjects." (it will stay as it is) Option 2: "In the 19th and early 20th centuries, persecution of Muslims during the Ottoman contraction and in the Russian Empire resulted in large-scale loss of life and mass migration into modern-day Turkey from the Balkans, Caucasus, and Crimea. Under the control of the Three Pashas, the Ottoman Empire entered World War I in 1914, during which the Ottoman government committed genocides against its Christian subjects." (shortening) Option 3: "In the 19th and early 20th centuries, persecution of Muslims resulted in large-scale loss of life and mass migration into modern-day Turkey. Under the control of the Three Pashas, the Ottoman Empire entered World War I in 1914, during which the Ottoman government committed massacres against its Christian subjects." (more shortening) Option 4: "Under the control of the Three Pashas, the Ottoman Empire entered World War I in 1914." (all the migration, massacre and genocides are removed from the article.) Other: something else I missed. Youprayteas talk/contribs 17:54, 8 October 2024 (UTC) |
Which map should be used? (Listed below) (the main issue is the map's sources) Zabezt (talk) 15:14, 1 October 2024 (UTC) |
Should the infobox template for countries be expanded to include greenhouse gas emissions? |
Which of the following photos should serve as the lede image for Edward Heath? Emiya1980 (talk) 22:48, 26 September 2024 (UTC) |
Language and linguistics
[edit]There is a debate about the appropriateness of the current "Etymology" section. Should the current information be kept or should it be trimmed? cyclopiaspeak! 08:23, 26 September 2024 (UTC) |
Maths, science, and technology
[edit]Shall we continue to use lowercase or capitalize the first character, and thus use Bitcoin? Note Talk:Bitcoin/FAQ says to use lowercase bitcoin in all cases, and this dates to 2014. And does this consensus apply to inbound wikilinks? Thanks! Jtbobwaysf (talk) 21:41, 8 October 2024 (UTC) |
Should the infobox template for countries be expanded to include greenhouse gas emissions? |
There is a debate about the appropriateness of the current "Etymology" section. Should the current information be kept or should it be trimmed? cyclopiaspeak! 08:23, 26 September 2024 (UTC) |
Art, architecture, literature, and media
[edit]There are two questions:
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In light of the recent rebranding, there’s been a lot of back and forth about whether X (social network) and Twitter are different media services. We’ve seen many discussions on this topic, but there’s still no clear consensus on how to move forward.
The closer of a recent RM noted this: |
Should the article contain the flag-reenactment and Japanese reaction sections added in this and this edit? --Aquillion (talk) 17:28, 4 October 2024 (UTC) |
Should we add a "Personal life" section to reference her relationships, health struggles, activism, and religion? natemup (talk) 04:06, 26 September 2024 (UTC) |
Should we refer to season numbers, primarily, as their networks' season number instead of overall season number? </MarkiPoli> <talk /><cont /> 17:59, 24 September 2024 (UTC) |
Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard
The reliability of the Jewish Chronicle is:
RFCbefore, Previous RFC Selfstudier (talk) 09:09, 22 September 2024 (UTC) |
Politics, government, and law
[edit]Talk:The Keys to the White House
Should the article be substantially in the form of Version 1 or Version 2? The most salient difference is how the article should present disputes about the prediction for the 2016 presidential election, but there are several other issues as well. Here is a diff showing the edit by which Version 1 was replaced by Version 2, a change that has since been reverted. JamesMLane t c 20:31, 18 October 2024 (UTC) |
Is Jordan a constitutional monarchy or semi-constitutional monarchy? See discussions above and in other sections. HapHaxion (talk / contribs) 15:55, 18 October 2024 (UTC) |
Talk:Ranked-choice voting in the United States
Should articles in American English refer to the alternative vote as "instant-runoff" or "ranked-choice voting" in their titles? – Closed Limelike Curves (talk) 02:53, 18 October 2024 (UTC) |
Talk:Conservative Party of British Columbia
Should the following content regarding the conspiracies and controversies of the Conservative Party of British Columbia, as supported by the multiple reliable sources listed, be included in the article, either in the lead of the article or in the body of the article with a summary in the lead of the article? PoliticalPoint (talk) 04:37, 17 October 2024 (UTC) |
Should the following content regarding the conspiracies and controversies of John Rustad, as supported by the multiple reliable sources listed, be included in the article, either in the lead of the article or in the body of the article with a summary in the lead of the article? PoliticalPoint (talk) 04:28, 17 October 2024 (UTC) |
Talk:Conservative Party of British Columbia
Should the following description of the Conservative Party of British Columbia as Right-wing to Far-right, as supported by the multiple reliable sources listed, be included in the lead of the article, the infobox of the article, or both? PoliticalPoint (talk) 04:18, 17 October 2024 (UTC) |
Should this article include an infobox? --Grnrchst (talk) 12:58, 16 October 2024 (UTC) |
In the first sentence of the article about David Lammy, how should he be described?
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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard
Currently, OurCampaigns is listed as an unreliable source. Should it also be deprecated or even blacklisted to prevent its continued use and allow for mass removal? Wowzers122 (talk) 18:10, 14 October 2024 (UTC) |
Should this article have "left-wing" changed to "left wing to far-left" in the first sentence of the lead, as in this edit? --Aquillion (talk) 14:58, 13 October 2024 (UTC) |
In my personal opinion, the lede doesn't really need to include the genocides. For example, Japan's featured article doesn't mention the events in WW2. At least we should only say "Christian" instead of listing all the ethnic groups for the ones commited by the Ottomans. Perhaps even the ones committed to the Muslims are unnecessary. So, here are the options:
Option 1: "In the 19th and early 20th centuries, persecution of Muslims during the Ottoman contraction and in the Russian Empire resulted in large-scale loss of life and mass migration into modern-day Turkey from the Balkans, Caucasus, and Crimea. Under the control of the Three Pashas, the Ottoman Empire entered World War I in 1914, during which the Ottoman government committed genocides against its Armenian, Greek, and Assyrian subjects." (it will stay as it is) Option 2: "In the 19th and early 20th centuries, persecution of Muslims during the Ottoman contraction and in the Russian Empire resulted in large-scale loss of life and mass migration into modern-day Turkey from the Balkans, Caucasus, and Crimea. Under the control of the Three Pashas, the Ottoman Empire entered World War I in 1914, during which the Ottoman government committed genocides against its Christian subjects." (shortening) Option 3: "In the 19th and early 20th centuries, persecution of Muslims resulted in large-scale loss of life and mass migration into modern-day Turkey. Under the control of the Three Pashas, the Ottoman Empire entered World War I in 1914, during which the Ottoman government committed massacres against its Christian subjects." (more shortening) Option 4: "Under the control of the Three Pashas, the Ottoman Empire entered World War I in 1914." (all the migration, massacre and genocides are removed from the article.) Other: something else I missed. Youprayteas talk/contribs 17:54, 8 October 2024 (UTC) |
Talk:Universal basic income by country
Is this - "A universal basic income (or a citizen's dividend) is also supported by the Sustainable Australia Party.[1]" - acceptable to add to the article? Helper201 (talk) 17:11, 8 October 2024 (UTC) |
Should the party be described in the lead as centrist or conservative? JSwift49 14:15, 8 October 2024 (UTC) |
Should the subject in the article (the Islamic Action Front) be classified as Right-wing or Far-right? ⛿ WeaponizingArchitecture |
Which map should be used? (Listed below) (the main issue is the map's sources) Zabezt (talk) 15:14, 1 October 2024 (UTC) |
Which of the following photos should serve as the lede image for Edward Heath? Emiya1980 (talk) 22:48, 26 September 2024 (UTC) |
Should the "Julian Assange" article specifically mention the Swedish allegations of "sexual offences" (in those words) in the introduction? Jack Upland (talk) 00:29, 24 September 2024 (UTC) |
Should the short description for the page include the label "white-supremacist"?
A review of the term as used by reliable sources cited on the page can be seen here. ClifV (talk) 16:17, 23 September 2024 (UTC) |
Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard
The reliability of the Jewish Chronicle is:
RFCbefore, Previous RFC Selfstudier (talk) 09:09, 22 September 2024 (UTC) |
Should Eurocommunism be placed in the infobox? Helper201 (talk) 20:48, 19 September 2024 (UTC) |
Talk:International Churches of Christ
Should the International Churches of Christ (ICOC) be referred to as a "cult" in the lead with the current attribution?
The version of the article at the time of writing this RfC can be found at Special:PermaLink/1246510854, with the section in the lead reading: |
Religion and philosophy
[edit]Request for Comment: Does the section on Josephology give undue weight to this article?
I am seeking community input regarding the current description of the Josephology in this "Catholic theology" article. I believe that Josephology is central to Catholic theology as major doctrinal topics like Christology, Triadology, or Mariology, which are more widely recognized as pillars of Catholic theology. I propose that the description of Josephology should be there to ensure that the article maintains a balanced and proportionate representation of Catholic theology. Jeaucques Quœure (talk) 03:23, 12 October 2024 (UTC) |
Talk:International Churches of Christ
Should the International Churches of Christ (ICOC) be referred to as a "cult" in the lead with the current attribution?
The version of the article at the time of writing this RfC can be found at Special:PermaLink/1246510854, with the section in the lead reading: |
Society, sports, and culture
[edit]Talk:Ranked-choice voting in the United States
Should articles in American English refer to the alternative vote as "instant-runoff" or "ranked-choice voting" in their titles? – Closed Limelike Curves (talk) 02:53, 18 October 2024 (UTC) |
Talk:Major professional sports teams of the United States and Canada
Should all team nicknames be listed, instead of just the most recent?
The article states "For brevity, only the most recent names for teams that have had multiple nicknames in their current media market are listed." While "New Jersey Nets" and "Washington Bullets" are listed, although they have stayed in the same media market respectively, "San Francisco Warriors" is not listed as a previous name for the Golden State Warriors, who have also stayed in the same media market. So, for the sake of completeness, should all of a team's previous names be listed? One drawback to this option would be the number of names that would have to be listed for some teams. For example, the Pittsburgh Steelers had multiple names during their early years, including a couple during WWII when their players combined with another team's. Alielmi1207 (talk) 22:52, 17 October 2024 (UTC) |
Should this article have "left-wing" changed to "left wing to far-left" in the first sentence of the lead, as in this edit? --Aquillion (talk) 14:58, 13 October 2024 (UTC) |
Should the Hazaras people be included in this template, a navbox? This RfC was malformatted, so I'm assuming this is what @Joseph—the guy who opened this RfC—meant to do. Aaron Liu (talk) 21:33, 11 October 2024 (UTC) |
Shall we continue to use lowercase or capitalize the first character, and thus use Bitcoin? Note Talk:Bitcoin/FAQ says to use lowercase bitcoin in all cases, and this dates to 2014. And does this consensus apply to inbound wikilinks? Thanks! Jtbobwaysf (talk) 21:41, 8 October 2024 (UTC) |
Talk:Myers–Briggs Type Indicator
Should the word "pseudoscientific" be in the first sentence of the lead? Vells (talk) 07:21, 22 September 2024 (UTC) |
Talk:International Churches of Christ
Should the International Churches of Christ (ICOC) be referred to as a "cult" in the lead with the current attribution?
The version of the article at the time of writing this RfC can be found at Special:PermaLink/1246510854, with the section in the lead reading: |
Wikipedia style and naming
[edit]Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Korea-related articles
Which romanization system do you think we should use for historical Korean topics, McCune–Reischauer (MR) or Revised Romanization of Korean (RR)? We currently use MR. seefooddiet (talk) 21:36, 17 October 2024 (UTC) |
Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Linking
There are two common ways to link to a place name with an "A, B, C" format where the article is titled [[A, B]]. Both can be read as fair interpretations of the guidance to "link only the first unit".
Which style(s) is/are acceptable? If both, is one preferable to the other? Note: See previous discussion above and above. This is not a question about whether "New York" should be linked to New York (state) in this example; basically everyone agrees that it should not be. 20:57, 17 October 2024 (UTC) |
Talk:Dakota Access Pipeline protests
Should "Standing Rock Protests" appear as an alternative name in the lead sentence? إيان (talk) 21:56, 23 September 2024 (UTC) |
Wikipedia policies and guidelines
[edit]Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)
Following the previous month's discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#Fringe Theories Noticeboard, religious topics, and WP:CANVAS, the questions were raised as to the future of WP:FTN and WP:FRINGE:
Question 1: Should WP:Fringe theories/Noticeboard (WP:FTN) be disbanded and deactivated?
Question 2: Should the Wikipedia guideline WP:Fringe theories (WP:FRINGE) be disbanded? You may give specific options for resolving guideline sections, including:
Affirm or reject either, both, none, with any number of suboptions (nothing must be mutually exclusive). This RfC follows from discussion from the previous month at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#Fringe Theories Noticeboard, religious topics, and WP:CANVAS. Please continue discussion here. SamuelRiv (talk) 00:26, 18 October 2024 (UTC) |
Wikipedia talk:Talk page guidelines
WP:TPO details several instances of comments that are appropriate to remove from talk pages, such as vandalism, spam, gibberish, and test edits. Does this apply to archived talk pages as well? I will post a more detailed statement and further context in the replies. Gnomingstuff (talk) 17:30, 16 October 2024 (UTC) |
Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)
Should either of the following proposals to amend the criteria for In the news be adopted?
Proposal 1: Amend the ITN significance criteria (WP:ITNSIGNIF) to state: The significance criteria are met if an event is reported on the print front pages of major national newspapers in multiple countries (examples of websites hosting front pages: [2] and [3]). Proposal 2: Abolish ITNSIGNIF and amend the ITN update requirement (WP:ITNUPDATE) to state that a sufficient update is one that adds substantial due coverage of an event (at least two paragraphs or five sentences) to an article about a notable subject. Proposal 3: Mark WP:ITN as historical and remove the "In The News" template from the Main Page, effectively closing the process in lieu of an alternate means of featuring encyclopedic content on Wikipedia. You may also propose your own amendments. voorts (talk/contributions) 22:53, 7 October 2024 (UTC) |
Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard
Discogs is entirely deprecated as a ref. But should the text in photos of record labels and album jackets (only) be made an exception? Herostratus (talk) 20:34, 28 September 2024 (UTC) |
Talk:Dakota Access Pipeline protests
Should "Standing Rock Protests" appear as an alternative name in the lead sentence? إيان (talk) 21:56, 23 September 2024 (UTC) |
Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)
Is there consensus to have administrator recall based on the consensus reached during Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/2024 review? 03:11, 22 September 2024 (UTC) |
WikiProjects and collaborations
[edit]Talk:Nashville International Airport
Should BNA have maps showing domestic and international destinations? King airaglub (talk) 21:51, 28 September 2024 (UTC) |
Wikipedia technical issues and templates
[edit]Template talk:Infobox aircraft occurrence
Should the officially-determined causes be included in the Summary field of this infobox? Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 09:23, 16 October 2024 (UTC) |
Should we limit usage of this template to files which are fully or partly own work? —Matrix(!) {user - talk? - |
Wikipedia proposals
[edit]Template talk:Infobox aircraft occurrence
Should the officially-determined causes be included in the Summary field of this infobox? Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 09:23, 16 October 2024 (UTC) |
Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)
Should either of the following proposals to amend the criteria for In the news be adopted?
Proposal 1: Amend the ITN significance criteria (WP:ITNSIGNIF) to state: The significance criteria are met if an event is reported on the print front pages of major national newspapers in multiple countries (examples of websites hosting front pages: [4] and [5]). Proposal 2: Abolish ITNSIGNIF and amend the ITN update requirement (WP:ITNUPDATE) to state that a sufficient update is one that adds substantial due coverage of an event (at least two paragraphs or five sentences) to an article about a notable subject. Proposal 3: Mark WP:ITN as historical and remove the "In The News" template from the Main Page, effectively closing the process in lieu of an alternate means of featuring encyclopedic content on Wikipedia. You may also propose your own amendments. voorts (talk/contributions) 22:53, 7 October 2024 (UTC) |
Should we limit usage of this template to files which are fully or partly own work? —Matrix(!) {user - talk? - |
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