Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Wikipedia policies and guidelines

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Should nominations that have not received a response from the nominator be eligible for closure, ala DYKTIMEOUT? Here are some possible options, note that you can state a preference for more than one option:

• Option A: Nominations can be closed if the nominator does not respond to the most recent comment or review within one week (notifying the nominator is not mandatory).
• Option B: Nominations can be closed if the nominator does not respond to the most recent comment or review within one week, plus a ping or talk page message.
• Option C: Nominations can be closed if the nomination is not approved within one week of a review starting.
• Option D: Nominations can be closed if the nomination is not approved within two weeks of a review starting.
• Option E: Status quo.
• Option F Nominations can be closed if the nomination is not approved within one month of a review starting.

This is a follow-up to the existing discussion regarding DYKTIMEOUT. Given that one of the reasons for the backlog is due to a large number of open nominations that spend weeks or even months without resolution. Given that it is common for nominations to go for a while without a response from the nominator, leading to languishing reviews, this is being proposed to add a soft time limit for nominations (independent of DYKTIMEOUT). Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 06:44, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)

I propose removing the provision in Wikipedia:Political endorsements that allows local consensus to overrule our general policy that facts be sourced to independent reliable sources for organizational endorsements. Specifically, I propose striking the following sentence from the guideline: Local consensus can determine whether a specific list requires independent sources or sources connected to the organization itself, such as its website or official social media accounts.

WP:RFCBEFORE discussion here. Prior RFC here. Dcpoliticaljunkie (talk) 20:36, 29 July 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Administrator elections/May 2026/RFC phase

Please opine on the below questions related to the English Wikipedia administrator elections process. Staraction (talk · contribs) 15:41, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (events)

Should WP:NCWWW be rewritten to include these changes? See Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (events)#NCWWW for previous disussion relating to the development of the current proposal.

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'''Some articles do not need a year''' when, in historic perspective, the event is easily described without it. As this is a judgement call, please discuss it with other editors if there is disagreement.The month or days should not be used in the title unless other descriptors are insufficient to establish the identity of the incident, for example, [[May 1996 Kentucky tornado outbreak]]. The date is not needed when the article pertains to events that are unlikely to recur, such as [[Rescue of Giuliana Sgrena]], or murder or death articles that can only happen once (such as [[Killing of Neda Agha-Soltan]] or [[Assassination of Boris Nemtsov]]).

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'''Some articles do not need a year''' when, in historic perspective, the event is easily described without it. This includes both events that have significant international recognizability and events that have had a major lasting impact on a national level, such as by being the catalyst for political change or by leaving a sizable mark on culture. Events that have their recognizability and impact mostly limited to a subnational level should generally have a year in their title. The date is not needed when the article pertains to events that can only happen once or are highly unlikely to recur and the article title includes the "whom" or "what" that was subject to the event. Examples include [[Rescue of Giuliana Sgrena]], [[Assassination of Boris Nemtsov]], [[Sodder children disappearance]] and [[Sinking of the SS Arctic|Sinking of the SS ''Arctic'']]. The month or days should not be used in the title unless other descriptors are insufficient to establish the identity of the incident, such as [[February 2022 Kharkiv cluster bombing]] and [[April 2022 Kharkiv cluster bombing]].

Raskuly 🐰 05:11, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)

Should comment-free relists be allowed at MfD? 02:01, 16 July 2026 (UTC)