Wikipedia:Closure requests

"WP:CR" and "WP:ANC" redirect here. For other uses, see WP:CR (disambiguation). For the essay about good faith, see Wikipedia:Assume no clue.

Use the closure requests noticeboard to ask an uninvolved editor to close discussions if consensus appears unclear, it is a contentious issue, or where there are wiki-wide implications (e.g. changes to policies or guidelines).

Do not list discussions where the consensus is obvious.

Just implement the decision!

Do not post here to rush the closure.

There is no fixed length for a formal request for comment (RfC). Typically 7 days is a minimum, and after 30 days the discussion is ripe for closure. The best way to tell is when there is little or no activity in the discussion, or further activity is unlikely to change its result.

Write a brief and neutrally worded request for closure

Include a link to the discussion itself and the {{Initiated}} template at the beginning of the request. A helper script can make listing easier.

Uninvolved non-admins may close most discussions.

You should be familiar with all policies and guidelines that could apply to the given discussion—consult your draft closure at the discussions for discussion page if unsure.

Unregistered editors may not close discussions, and non-admins may not make closes they are unable to implement. Deletion and move discussion processes have more rules for non-admins.

Technical instructions for closers

You can append {{Doing}} to the entry of the discussion you are closing, so that other closers do not duplicate your effort, and place {{Being closed}} on the discussion itself, to inform participants that new comments may not be considered in the closure. When finished, you may optionally append {{Close}} or {{Done}} and ping the editor who listed the discussion. Where a formal closure is not needed, reply with {{Not done}}. After addressing a request, please mark the {{Initiated}} template with |done=yes. This will set appropriate categories and trigger ClueBot III to archive the request. To revert a closure, remove |done=yes and strike your {{Done}} comment.

If you want to formally challenge and appeal the closure, do not start the discussion here. Instead, follow the advice at Wikipedia:Closing discussions § Challenging a closure.

Other areas tracking old discussions

• Wikipedia:Requested moves § Elapsed listings
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Old
• Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion
• Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Awaiting closure
• Wikipedia:Templates for discussion § Old discussions
• Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion § Old business
• Wikipedia:Proposed article mergers § Articles currently being merged
• Wikipedia:Proposed article splits § Articles currently being split

Administrative discussions

Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive383#Repeat TBAN behaviour at DRV.

(Initiated 41 days ago on 19 August 2026)
voorts (talk/contributions) 18:56, 28 August 2026 (UTC)

Archived. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. – welcome! – 12:23, 13 September 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1234#Persistent disruptive editing by ~2026-41404-95

(Initiated 38 days ago on 22 August 2026)
Has a proposal that needs closing at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1234#Proposal: 1 month block for ~2026-41404-95. EducatedRedneck (talk) 02:01, 8 September 2026 (UTC)

Requests for comment

Wikipedia:Good article nominations/August 2026 RfC

(Initiated 64 days ago on 28 July 2026)
Some discussions on this page have already been closed per WP:SNOW but there are still some more discussions to close under the snowball clause. I don't think every one of them can be closed yet though. Qwerty123M (talk) 06:37, 12 August 2026 (UTC)

This was just listed yesterday at WP:CENT and the vast majority of comments have come in since then. I'd say, even if a particular proposal appears to be snowing, closers should wait a few days before hatting it. Sdkb ^talk 13:55, 12 August 2026 (UTC)

Agreed. It's summer after all. FaviFake (talk) 12:59, 16 August 2026 (UTC)

It's now been 30 days since the RfC began, so we are ready for regular (non-SNOW) closes. Best, HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 18:32, 8 September 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Did you know/Archive 217#Should we introduce additional time limits for DYK nominations, in addition to the existing DYKTIMEOUT guidelines?

(Initiated 55 days ago on 6 August 2026)
Last comment was 12 days ago. Someone please put this out of its misery. TarnishedPath^talk 13:20, 22 August 2026 (UTC)

Archived. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. – welcome! – 22:32, 17 September 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#RfC: Merge nominations at MfD

(Initiated 49 days ago on 12 August 2026)
FaviFake (talk) 00:38, 14 September 2026 (UTC)

Talk:Superpower#RfC on including the DiME index

(Initiated 20 days ago on 9 September 2026)
Discussion has slowed, so uninvolved closer may be needed ASAP. George Ho (talk) 17:51, 19 September 2026 (UTC)

Talk:HuCow#RfC on wording of photograph caption

(Initiated 13 days ago on 16 September 2026)
Discussion has a more or less consensus; it has also been turned into WP:PAs by WP:TEMP users, so uninvolved closer may be needed ASAP. Issac I Navarro (talk) 03:48, 21 September 2026 (UTC)

XfD discussions

XFD backlog

V	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Total
CfD	0	24	15	54	93
TfD	0	0	0	22	22
MfD	0	0	0	0	0
FfD	0	0	27	21	48
RfD	0	0	0	52	52
AfD	0	0	0	28	28

Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2026_July_18#Category:Pottsville_Antarcites_players

(Initiated 148 days ago on 4 May 2026)
* Pppery * _{it has begun...} 23:05, 25 September 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2026_July_18#Category:Films_set_in_police_academies]

(Initiated 140 days ago on 13 May 2026)
* Pppery * _{it has begun...} 23:05, 25 September 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2026_July_18#Category:Völkisch_organisations

(Initiated 135 days ago on 18 May 2026)
* Pppery * _{it has begun...} 23:05, 25 September 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2026_July_18#Category:Deaths_in_the_medieval_Islamic_world

(Initiated 102 days ago on 20 June 2026)
* Pppery * _{it has begun...} 23:05, 25 September 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2026_July_18#Category:Arab_geographers

(Initiated 102 days ago on 20 June 2026)
* Pppery * _{it has begun...} 23:05, 25 September 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2026_July_9#Category:Anti-Palestinian_sentiment_in_Palestine

(Initiated 89 days ago on 2 July 2026)
Note that one of the participants was later CBANned. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 23:05, 25 September 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2026_July_15#Category:Animal_spirits

(Initiated 83 days ago on 8 July 2026)
* Pppery * _{it has begun...} 23:05, 25 September 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2026_July_9#Category:American_slaves

(Initiated 82 days ago on 9 July 2026)
* Pppery * _{it has begun...} 19:09, 25 September 2026 (UTC)

Requested moves

Talk:Capitalization of Internet#Requested move 15 September 2026

(Initiated 15 days ago on 15 September 2026)
This discussion has received a landslide of supportive responses, this means that the discussion may need to be closed under the snowball clause. Qwerty123M (talk) 01:15, 16 September 2026 (UTC)

I don't think this is an appropriate SNOW close for a number of reasons. This is a repeat of an identical RM five months ago and there has been activity over the last 24–48 hours, including some dissenting !votes and some participants who are moving the discussion forward but have not (yet?) expressed a firm opinion. Let it play out. —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 20:39, 18 September 2026 (UTC)

The discussion has reached the seven day mark now so it requires closure or relisting. On the numbers alone, it looks like there are more support votes. Qwerty123M (talk) 02:39, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

I will note that another editor has decided to relist it and, helpfully, stated their reasoning in the discussion. —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 18:14, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

Talk:OpenAI–HuggingFace incident#Requested move 16 September 2026

(Initiated 13 days ago on 16 September 2026)
This discussion has run for more than seven days and should have enough responses to gauge consensus. Qwerty123M (talk) 09:30, 30 September 2026 (UTC)

Other types of closing requests

Talk:Christchurch § Is Banks Peninsula and Lyttelton part of Christchurch?

(Initiated 89 days ago on 3 July 2026)
I think there can be a consensus to this discussion, but that should be evaluated by an independent observer. If necessary/no consensus is found I will start a formal RfC but I'd like to avoid an RfC is necessary as it is costly. Traumnovelle (talk) 20:36, 20 September 2026 (UTC)

Talk:Main Page/Archive 211#Incorrect heading formatting

(Initiated 84 days ago on 7 July 2026)

I think this would benefit from a closure, it was a pretty concrete and relatively simple proposal. FaviFake (talk) 23:43, 15 July 2026 (UTC)

Talk:Denali#Moratorium over, Mt McKinley has been used more often

Completed - (Initiated 33 days ago on 27 August 2026)
– It looks like we may have some consensus but could someone please close this move discussion? It's been awhile since the last !vote. Thanks. Fyunck(click) (talk) 19:14, 14 September 2026 (UTC)

This request isn't appropriate. As numerous people in that discussion pointed out, that wasn't a proper WP:RM, people just started bolding their comments. --Aquillion (talk) 20:08, 14 September 2026 (UTC)

@Fyunck(click): Per the titles policy, "Any potentially controversial proposal to change a title should be advertised at Wikipedia:Requested moves, and consensus reached before any change is made." (WP:TITLECHANGES). That process should particularly be followed as to a contentious topic.  Not done. Feel free to open an RM. ~ Jenson (SilverLocust 💬) 00:21, 30 September 2026 (UTC)

Talk:Yasuke#Proposal to discard the archive 3 RfC consensus or any other concensus that Yasuke should be represented as a samurai

(Initiated 33 days ago on 28 August 2026)
This is a discussion to set aside the current consensus, as determined by 3 prior RFCs. Additionally there is a moratorium discussion on discusing whether the subject was a samurai. The last comment was 11 days ago. TarnishedPath^talk 12:41, 23 September 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 525 § Jeff Sneider / The InSneider

(Initiated 25 days ago on 4 September 2026)
As an involved participant, I am requesting a formal, impartial review and closing, considering this is a contentious matter and has not elicited any new !votes in a week and has devolved into editors of differing viewpoints rehashing their rationale without much movement either way. — Trailblazer¹⁰¹🔥 ^{(discuss · contribs)} 03:57, 18 September 2026 (UTC)

Archived. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. – welcome! – 09:34, 21 September 2026 (UTC)

Informal discussion like this aren't usually closed at RSN, maybe a formal RFC would be a better idea. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested «@» °∆t° 17:58, 21 September 2026 (UTC)

Yeah, in retrospect, that may be the inevitable next avenue for this matter. I don't have enough time nor energy to pursue it presently, though that is good to know for the future. Thanks, — Trailblazer¹⁰¹🔥 ^{(discuss · contribs)} 19:20, 23 September 2026 (UTC)