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Biographies
What is the appropriate due coverage of the comments Lorenz made about the murder of Brian Thompson and the controversy surrounding them? See details and sources in the previous discussion here.
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| Should the article include the guard’s actions (grabbing the camera lens and touching Hersant’s shoulder) and the court’s findings regarding Sewell’s claims on racial motivation and self-defence? |
The current lead contains a simple mention of Trumpism. Should a brief description be added to this mention? A proposed wording for the added text, which is also up for debate here: characterized by right-wing populism, "America First" nationalism, and economic protectionism.— Goszei (talk) 04:51, 16 December 2024 (UTC) |
Talk:Science of Identity Foundation
| Should the article about the Science of Identity Foundation contain a section about the "Association to Tulsi Gabbard and her family"? Should it say that "Tulsi Gabbard has since distanced herself from SIF"?
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| Should the article on Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov include the following infobox? |
| Should Masha Amini be referred to as Kurdish-Iranian in the first sentence of the lead?
This has previously been discussed at Talk:Death of Mahsa Amini/Archive 1#"Kurdish-Iranian" at Mahsa Amini, Talk:Mahsa Amini/Archive 1#Mahsa Amini was a Kurdish-Iranian and Talk:Death of Mahsa Amini#Kurdish-Iranian. TarnishedPathtalk 02:26, 29 November 2024 (UTC) |
| Should allegations of child sex trafficking and statutory rape be covered in the lead? If yes, to what extent?
Prior discussions have occured at Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard/Archive364#Matt Gaetz, Talk:Matt Gaetz#Criminal allegations in the lede and Talk:Matt Gaetz#LEAD weight TarnishedPathtalk 04:45, 28 November 2024 (UTC) |
Wikipedia talk:Biographies of living persons
I propose the following text be added to WP:SUSPECT:
I have decided to post this as an RfC as this would involve a non-trivial amendment to WP:POLICY and the issue has become a contentious point of debate involving several nominations at WP:ITNC. -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:55, 26 November 2024 (UTC) |
Economy, trade, and companies
Talk:List of tallest buildings and structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area, West Midlands
| Which, if any, subsections of List of tallest buildings and structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area, West Midlands#Approved, proposed and emergent should be deleted? Should buildings in these sections with and without Wikipedia articles be treated differently? In favor of deletion is an interpretation of WP:CRYSTAL which says uncertain future events like building construction are out of scope for Wikipedia, especially for emergent proposals, which have not yet sought planning approval and it's unclear have a 50% probability of actually happening due to government rejection or financial difficulties. Against deletion is the argument that it's useful for research purposes to document the proposals and even though the proposals might not get built, they are referenced to reliable sources; approved designs are specific and more likely to get built. After this RFC is complete, the article may be split due to size, depending on what is kept. -- Beland (talk) 01:45, 4 December 2024 (UTC) |
History and geography
| I'd like to understand why we don't keep this photo collage much more representative than the old-fashioned image montage in the article at the moment. Besides, the main image I suggested is obviously better in terms of framing and resolution, as well as showing the exact moment when the second plane crashed into the WTC. Chronus (talk) 21:29, 22 December 2024 (UTC) |
| Should the article’s infobox reflect EF2/T4 or F3/T5-6? This question stems from the fact the infobox inputs can only accept a single set of values (i.e. EF2/T4 or F3/T5-6, not both). The EF2/T4 rating comes from a peer reviewed paper by Timothy P. Marshall and Stuart Robinson with the Haag Engineering Co. which was published in the American Meteorological Society in August 2006. The F3/T5-6 rating comes from the Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (TORRO), the creators of the TORRO scale, T-scale, published in this 2015 paper.
Since the infobox can only contain one set of the ratings, this discussion more or less needs to determine which source (Haag Engineering Co. or TORRO) should be the infobox source.
The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 03:20, 20 December 2024 (UTC) |
Talk:Second Nagorno-Karabakh War
What should the infobox indicate as the location of the hostilities?
Please enter Option 1 or Option 2, followed by a brief statement, in the Survey. Do not reply to other users in the Survey. Back-and-forth discussion may be conducted in the Discussion section. Grandmaster 16:18, 19 December 2024 (UTC) |
| Should the this Wikipedia page contain the section begining: article in the newspaper Agos, headlined "The Secret of Sabiha Hatun"? 217.44.10.171 (talk) 09:27, 15 December 2024 (UTC) |
Talk:Second Nagorno-Karabakh War
| The RfC is whether to retain or remove Syrian mercenaries from the belligerents section of the infobox. Cinderella157 (talk) 02:58, 10 December 2024 (UTC) |
| I'm opening a new RfC in an attempt to permanently solve this dispute. Should the Estado Novo regime be considered fascist? -- 2804:29B8:5183:100C:7163:1F92:A81A:7841 (talk) 23:44, 8 December 2024 (UTC) |
| Should this article have a lead image? If so, which image should be used? إيان (talk) 07:09, 26 November 2024 (UTC) |
Language and linguistics
Maths, science, and technology
| Should the article’s infobox reflect EF2/T4 or F3/T5-6? This question stems from the fact the infobox inputs can only accept a single set of values (i.e. EF2/T4 or F3/T5-6, not both). The EF2/T4 rating comes from a peer reviewed paper by Timothy P. Marshall and Stuart Robinson with the Haag Engineering Co. which was published in the American Meteorological Society in August 2006. The F3/T5-6 rating comes from the Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (TORRO), the creators of the TORRO scale, T-scale, published in this 2015 paper.
Since the infobox can only contain one set of the ratings, this discussion more or less needs to determine which source (Haag Engineering Co. or TORRO) should be the infobox source.
The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 03:20, 20 December 2024 (UTC) |
| Should the lead of the article mention alternatives that may affect cats not affected by catnip? Escape Orbit (Talk) 13:13, 13 December 2024 (UTC) |
| I have serious doubts about the authenticity of the tornado image in the article, including whether it was truthfully even taken in Cookeville. The image mentions it was taken from Reddit, and searching the image on Reddit reveals a high level of skepticism even from users there. I propose that this image be discussed and potentially removed unless it can be otherwise proven that the picture was taken in Cookeville on March 3. United States Man (talk) 19:46, 11 December 2024 (UTC) |
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Weather
| Should weak and unimpactful tornadoes be included in list articles? Departure– (talk) 14:20, 11 December 2024 (UTC) |
Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard
| Is the blog Science-Based Medicine in whole or in part, a self-published source? Iljhgtn (talk) 01:20, 6 December 2024 (UTC) |
Which picture should be used in the lead?
Prior discussion: |
Art, architecture, literature, and media
Talk:List of sitcoms known for negative reception
| Should animated sitcoms be listed in this article or in List of television shows notable for negative reception#Animated shows, or both? –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 03:46, 24 December 2024 (UTC) |
Has Game Science's sexism controversy added controversy around Black Myth: Wukong's launch, and should this information be appended to the first sentence of the paragraph that starts with "In 2023, IGN released a report"? Aaron Liu (talk) 03:25, 19 December 2024 (UTC) |
| When referring to Grande in the article, should her credited name or common name, i.e. should "Ariana Grande-Butera" or "Ariana Grande", be used? Happily888 (talk) 08:20, 11 December 2024 (UTC) |
Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard
What is the reliability of the German tabloid Bild, including its website Bild.de?
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| Should the following revision/expansion be accepted or rejected?
It concerns the paragraph introducing the quoted excerpt in the section currently titled "Excerpt of Ibn Zamrak's poem on the basin" (about an inscription carved into the courtyard's fountain). It currently reads as:
The proposed expansion would read as:
If accepted, further copy-edits or suggestions about wording are also welcome. If relevant for context, the reasons for starting this RfC are this edit and this revert, along with the discussion above. R Prazeres (talk) 21:22, 10 December 2024 (UTC) |
Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (music)
| Should the naming convention for disambiguating boy bands be updated to be "(band)" instead of "(group)"? RachelTensions (talk) 22:51, 8 December 2024 (UTC) |
Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard
| Is the blog Science-Based Medicine in whole or in part, a self-published source? Iljhgtn (talk) 01:20, 6 December 2024 (UTC) |
Talk:List of tallest buildings and structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area, West Midlands
| Which, if any, subsections of List of tallest buildings and structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area, West Midlands#Approved, proposed and emergent should be deleted? Should buildings in these sections with and without Wikipedia articles be treated differently? In favor of deletion is an interpretation of WP:CRYSTAL which says uncertain future events like building construction are out of scope for Wikipedia, especially for emergent proposals, which have not yet sought planning approval and it's unclear have a 50% probability of actually happening due to government rejection or financial difficulties. Against deletion is the argument that it's useful for research purposes to document the proposals and even though the proposals might not get built, they are referenced to reliable sources; approved designs are specific and more likely to get built. After this RFC is complete, the article may be split due to size, depending on what is kept. -- Beland (talk) 01:45, 4 December 2024 (UTC) |
| Should the article on Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov include the following infobox? |
Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard
| Is Indie Vision Music - Contact/staff - Contact/staff from 2006-2020 a generally reliable source for music-related journalism?--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:49, 30 November 2024 (UTC) |
Politics, government, and law
Talk:Second Nagorno-Karabakh War
What should the infobox indicate as the location of the hostilities?
Please enter Option 1 or Option 2, followed by a brief statement, in the Survey. Do not reply to other users in the Survey. Back-and-forth discussion may be conducted in the Discussion section. Grandmaster 16:18, 19 December 2024 (UTC) |
Talk:Mackinac Center for Public Policy
| This a request for comment on the above question and previous section. Is the Mackinac Center for Public Policy a Conservative group and should be described as such? And does the polices listed above overrule the more widely available references describing their relationships and them as Conservative vs Free-Market? ContentEditman (talk) 02:35, 18 December 2024 (UTC) |
Talk:National Socialist Network
| Should the Riverina chapter of the NSN be included in the infobox? Evoren (talk) 16:11, 17 December 2024 (UTC) |
| Should the article include the guard’s actions (grabbing the camera lens and touching Hersant’s shoulder) and the court’s findings regarding Sewell’s claims on racial motivation and self-defence? |
Template talk:Infobox US political party
| Should this template (a modified version of the political party infobox) be used on US political party pages? (previous attempt at seeking a consensus) RiverMan18 (talk) 14:57, 16 December 2024 (UTC) |
The current lead contains a simple mention of Trumpism. Should a brief description be added to this mention? A proposed wording for the added text, which is also up for debate here: characterized by right-wing populism, "America First" nationalism, and economic protectionism.— Goszei (talk) 04:51, 16 December 2024 (UTC) |
Talk:Second Nagorno-Karabakh War
| The RfC is whether to retain or remove Syrian mercenaries from the belligerents section of the infobox. Cinderella157 (talk) 02:58, 10 December 2024 (UTC) |
| Is the Syrian civil war over? 207.96.32.81 (talk) 00:52, 9 December 2024 (UTC) |
| I'm opening a new RfC in an attempt to permanently solve this dispute. Should the Estado Novo regime be considered fascist? -- 2804:29B8:5183:100C:7163:1F92:A81A:7841 (talk) 23:44, 8 December 2024 (UTC) |
Talk:2004 United States election voting controversies
Debate is ongoing as to whether content should be included in this article. This RfC covers two questions:
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| Does this sentence violate NPOV and should it be removed from the lead and the body?
"Zionists wanted to create a Jewish state in Palestine with as much land, as many Jews, and as few Palestinian Arabs as possible" Bob drobbs (talk) 18:33, 30 November 2024 (UTC) |
| Should Masha Amini be referred to as Kurdish-Iranian in the first sentence of the lead?
This has previously been discussed at Talk:Death of Mahsa Amini/Archive 1#"Kurdish-Iranian" at Mahsa Amini, Talk:Mahsa Amini/Archive 1#Mahsa Amini was a Kurdish-Iranian and Talk:Death of Mahsa Amini#Kurdish-Iranian. TarnishedPathtalk 02:26, 29 November 2024 (UTC) |
| Should allegations of child sex trafficking and statutory rape be covered in the lead? If yes, to what extent?
Prior discussions have occured at Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard/Archive364#Matt Gaetz, Talk:Matt Gaetz#Criminal allegations in the lede and Talk:Matt Gaetz#LEAD weight TarnishedPathtalk 04:45, 28 November 2024 (UTC) |
Wikipedia talk:Biographies of living persons
I propose the following text be added to WP:SUSPECT:
I have decided to post this as an RfC as this would involve a non-trivial amendment to WP:POLICY and the issue has become a contentious point of debate involving several nominations at WP:ITNC. -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:55, 26 November 2024 (UTC) |
| There are two news/articles about Assange's speech and mentioned transnational repression.
1."This came at a cost. Assange recounted the legal attacks ('lawfare'), surveillance, and various illegal CIA plots against him, describing it as a form of transnational repression. "—— Chip Gibbons, Jacobin 2."The PACE resolution said it was 'alarmed' by reports that the CIA was covertly surveying Assange in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and 'allegedly developing plans to poison or even assassinate him on United Kingdom soil'.[PACE] reiterates its condemnation of all forms and practices of transnational repression"—— In the chapter "Transnational repression" Radio France Internationale Should these information to be added here? Someone insists to delete these with the reason WP:DUE. But I think these should be remained for
I want to write these as:
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Religion and philosophy
| Should Masha Amini be referred to as Kurdish-Iranian in the first sentence of the lead?
This has previously been discussed at Talk:Death of Mahsa Amini/Archive 1#"Kurdish-Iranian" at Mahsa Amini, Talk:Mahsa Amini/Archive 1#Mahsa Amini was a Kurdish-Iranian and Talk:Death of Mahsa Amini#Kurdish-Iranian. TarnishedPathtalk 02:26, 29 November 2024 (UTC) |
| Should this article have a lead image? If so, which image should be used? إيان (talk) 07:09, 26 November 2024 (UTC) |
Society, sports, and culture
What is the appropriate due coverage of the comments Lorenz made about the murder of Brian Thompson and the controversy surrounding them? See details and sources in the previous discussion here.
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Should Bloody Elbow pre-March 2024 be considered a reliable source on ONE Championship?
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Has Game Science's sexism controversy added controversy around Black Myth: Wukong's launch, and should this information be appended to the first sentence of the paragraph that starts with "In 2023, IGN released a report"? Aaron Liu (talk) 03:25, 19 December 2024 (UTC) |
Talk:National Socialist Network
| Should the Riverina chapter of the NSN be included in the infobox? Evoren (talk) 16:11, 17 December 2024 (UTC) |
| Should the article include the guard’s actions (grabbing the camera lens and touching Hersant’s shoulder) and the court’s findings regarding Sewell’s claims on racial motivation and self-defence? |
| Should the lead of the article mention alternatives that may affect cats not affected by catnip? Escape Orbit (Talk) 13:13, 13 December 2024 (UTC) |
Talk:Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge
| A recent, informal discussion produced a lot of opinions but no clear consensus.
Should the "notable people" section in this article be:
(I included the above options as those that appear to have been supported by at least one person in the informal discussion. My apologies if I missed or misrepresented something.) Chetsford (talk) 20:11, 2 December 2024 (UTC) |
| There is an ongoing dispute about whether some articles detailing discrimination to certain ethnic groups (Anti-French sentiment, Anti-English sentiment, etc.) should be included in the template, the main argument against their inclusion being that sources should directly state whether the pages are about discrimination. Should these pages be included or not? —TwinBoo (talk) 17:10, 2 December 2024 (UTC) |
Wikipedia talk:Notability (sports)
RfC: Should the following paragraph be added to WP:NMOTORSPORT?
note: strikethrough text was replaced by underlined text after the proposal per the discussion. |
| Should Masha Amini be referred to as Kurdish-Iranian in the first sentence of the lead?
This has previously been discussed at Talk:Death of Mahsa Amini/Archive 1#"Kurdish-Iranian" at Mahsa Amini, Talk:Mahsa Amini/Archive 1#Mahsa Amini was a Kurdish-Iranian and Talk:Death of Mahsa Amini#Kurdish-Iranian. TarnishedPathtalk 02:26, 29 November 2024 (UTC) |
| Should this article have a lead image? If so, which image should be used? إيان (talk) 07:09, 26 November 2024 (UTC) |
Wikipedia style and naming
Template talk:Infobox US political party
| Should this template (a modified version of the political party infobox) be used on US political party pages? (previous attempt at seeking a consensus) RiverMan18 (talk) 14:57, 16 December 2024 (UTC) |
Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (music)
| Should the naming convention for disambiguating boy bands be updated to be "(band)" instead of "(group)"? RachelTensions (talk) 22:51, 8 December 2024 (UTC) |
Wikipedia policies and guidelines
Talk:Mackinac Center for Public Policy
| This a request for comment on the above question and previous section. Is the Mackinac Center for Public Policy a Conservative group and should be described as such? And does the polices listed above overrule the more widely available references describing their relationships and them as Conservative vs Free-Market? ContentEditman (talk) 02:35, 18 December 2024 (UTC) |
Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)
Should Wikipedia:Administrators#Restoration of admin tools be amended to:
Background: This issue arose in one recent RfA and is currently being discussed in an ongoing RfA. voorts (talk/contributions) 21:14, 15 December 2024 (UTC) |
Wikipedia talk:Please do not bite the newcomers
There are several questions, as follows:
The proposed rewrite can be found here: Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers/rewrite. Please refrain from making significant changes to the rewrite while the RfC is ongoing. Also see the idea lab discussion: Wikipedia:Village pump (idea lab) § Rewriting WP:BITE. After the last RfC, User:Alalch E. has done work on cleaning up the "Understanding newcomers" section. Ca talk to me! 14:28, 11 December 2024 (UTC) |
Talk:Second Nagorno-Karabakh War
| The RfC is whether to retain or remove Syrian mercenaries from the belligerents section of the infobox. Cinderella157 (talk) 02:58, 10 December 2024 (UTC) |
| Should the sentence in the instructions to this template "If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article" be reworded? Fangz (talk) 10:14, 4 December 2024 (UTC) |
Wikipedia talk:Notability (sports)
RfC: Should the following paragraph be added to WP:NMOTORSPORT?
note: strikethrough text was replaced by underlined text after the proposal per the discussion. |
Wikipedia talk:Biographies of living persons
I propose the following text be added to WP:SUSPECT:
I have decided to post this as an RfC as this would involve a non-trivial amendment to WP:POLICY and the issue has become a contentious point of debate involving several nominations at WP:ITNC. -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:55, 26 November 2024 (UTC) |
WikiProjects and collaborations
Wikipedia technical issues and templates
| Should the sentence in the instructions to this template "If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article" be reworded? Fangz (talk) 10:14, 4 December 2024 (UTC) |
Wikipedia proposals
Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)
| Should admins or other users evaluating consensus in a discussion discount, ignore, or strike through or collapse comments found to have been generated by AI/LLM/Chatbots? 00:12, 2 December 2024 (UTC) |
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