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Closed 2012

January 2012

• RfC on making conciliation a part of Wikipedia's dispute resolution practices.
  • Listed 31 January 2012, archived 1 February 2012
• RfC on the implementation of Binding RFCs, structured discussions to create solutions to intractable content disputes.
  • Listed 21 December 2011, archived 28 January 2012
• RfC into the display of CentralNotices on Wikipedia
  • Listed 10 December 2011, archived 4 January 2012
• Proposal to elect Featured Article leaders
  • Listed 8 January 2012, archived 8 January 2012
• RfC to rename the tab title from "discussion" to "talk"
  • Listed 4 December 2011, archived 11 January 2012
• Proposal to add a requirement at WP:CFD that category creators be notified
  • Listed 8 December 2011, archived 15 January 2012
• Discussion on what sort of action to take regarding SOPA
  • Listed 15 December 2011, archived 17 January 2012
• Formal poll regarding a protest of SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) on Jan. 18
  • Listed 13 January 2012, archived 17 January 2012
• RfC on accepting a foundation resolution on curating controversial content, particularly following the principle of least astonishment as a Wikipedia guideline
  • Listed 31 December 2011, archived 20 Janbuary 2012
• RfC on how or whether to add coordinates to highway articles
  • Listed 26 December 2011, archived 28 January 2012

February 2012

• Discussion about improving WP:PORNBIO
  • Listed 30 December 2011, archived 8 February 2012
• Discussion about whether Template:Persondata should be deleted, moved to the article talkpage, or kept as it is.
  • Listed 30 January 2012, archived 8 February 2012
• Discussion on deleting Template:Lead too short.
  • Listed 1 February 2012, archived 9 February 2012
• RfC on aspects of the leadership of the featured article process
  • Listed 20 January 2012, archived 12 February 2012
• RfC about whether "new messages" banner hoaxes should be prohibited
  • Listed 28 January 2012, archived 18 February 2012
• Invitation to comment on candidates standing for 2012 Audit Subcommittee appointment
  • Listed 9 February 2012, archived 22 February 22 2012
• RFC on appropriate handling/removal of non-free images that breach WP:NFCC policy #9.
  • Listed 10 February 2012, archived 23 February 2012
• RfC about the assessment of community understanding of article title decision practice.
  • Listed 16 February 2012, archived 24 February 2012
• RfC on how files from non-copyright states should be treated and used on Wikipedia
  • Listed 25 January 2012, archived 28 February 2012

March 2012

• RfC about allowing watchlisting of user contributions
  • Listed 28 February 2012, archived 17 March 2012
• RfC on adding a more prominent link to Special:MyContributions for IP editors
  • Listed 28 February 2012, archived 18 March 2012
• RfC on the proposed cessation of selective delete (other than history merge fixes) and resulting changes to deletion policies, including the removal of a Revision Deletion criterion
  • Listed 10 February 2012, archived 18 March 2012
• RfC on the Requested Articles page
  • Listed 13 March 2012, archived 29 March 2012

April 2012

• RfC on how LCCNs should be displayed
  • Listed 21 March 2012, archived 3 April 2012
• RfC on whether WP:REDIRECT should contain advice related to Wikipedia books
  • Listed 22 March 2012, archived 3 April 2012
• RfC on the Arbitration Committee and how to deal with good-editing sockpuppets
  • Listed 28 February 2012, archived 8 April 2012
• RfC on the prohibition on shared accounts
  • Listed 31 March 2012, archived 11 April 2012
• RfC on amending the verifiability policy to indicate that sources be more accessible
  • Listed 10 April 2012, archived 12 April 2012
• RfC on the use of images within the Muhammad article
  • Listed 19 March 2012, archived 20 April 2012
• The Wikimedia Foundation has opened a Request for Comment on adding the NOINDEX flag to new and unpatrolled articles
  • Listed 20 March 2012, archived 20 April 2012
• Binding community discussion on the Abortion article titles, as requested by the Arbitration Committee
  • Listed 22 February 2012, archived 24 April 2012
• RfC about the future of pending changes
  • Listed 23 March 2012, archived 24 April 2012
• RfC on the Article Rescue Squadron and canvassing
  • Listed 12 March 2012, archived 24 April 2012
• RfC on the conflict of interest guideline, as requested by the Arbitration Committee
  • Listed 28 February 2012, archived 24 April 2012

May 2012

• Request for comment about retiring speedy deletion criterion F8.
  • Listed on 29 April 2012, archived 3 May 2012
• Proposal to promote the essay, Wikipedia:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle, to policy
  • Listed 27 April 2012, archived 15 May 2012
• Request for comment on disallowing advertisements on user pages
  • Listed 27 April 2012, archived 17 May 2012
• Pending changes/Request for Comment 2012 - discussion extended to 22 May.
  • Listed 28 April 2012, archived 23 May 2012
• Proposal to standardize the use of {{reflist}} and deprecate <references />.
  • Listed 22 May 2012, archived 28 May 2012
• Straw poll on which awards, if any, should be excluded when assessing the notability of pornographic actors.
  • Listed 15 May 2012, archived 5 June 2012

June 2012

• Proposal to establish a community-elected Council of Wikipedia
  • Listed 12 June 2012, archived 12 June 2012
• RFC on new watchlist feature
  • Listed 18 May 2012, archived 13 June 2012
• Proposal to create a new user-right group by merging autopatrolled, filemover, researcher, and reviewer rights groups, and three other user-rights.
  • Listed 20 June 2012, archived 22 June 2012
• Proposal to enable Reference Tooltips by default
  • Listed 23 April 2012, archived 22 June 2012
• Proposal to change guideline on how big a Talk page should be before archiving.
  • Listed 10 May 2012, archived 22 June 2012
• RfC on amending notability guidelines for Mixed Martial Arts events
  • Listed 11 May 2012, archived 22 June 2012
• RfC about adding a "de facto" section to the official list of banned users at WP:BANNED
  • Listed 26 May 2012, archived 22 June 2012
• RfC proposal to merge Stub types for deletion with some other deletion process.
  • Listed 29 May 2012, archived 22 June 2012
• Proposal to establish a closure review on move requests
  • Listed 23 April 2012, archived 22 June 2012
• RfC proposal on expanding the Ban Appeals Subcommittee to non-arbitrator community editors
  • Listed 5 June 2012, archived 29 June 2012
• RfC on how to handle "Year by country" categories
  • Listed 8 June 2012, archived 29 June 2012
• RfC proposal to change guidelines on categorisation of images
  • Listed 11 June 2012, archived 29 June 2012
• Appointments for CheckUser and Oversight. The deadline for submitting comments about the candidates is 23:59, 28 June 2012 (UTC).
  • Listed 25 June 2012, archived 29 June 2012
• Proposal to ban instant blocking for established editors unless a warning has been issued first.
  • Listed 14 June 2012, archived 30 June 2012
• RfC on whether Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing should be a guideline
  • Listed 19 June 2012, archived 30 June 2012

July 2012

• Proposal to create a new user group with an abbreviated set of administrator user-rights, granted through the standard RfX process. Please read the full proposal thoroughly before commenting.
  • Listed 24 June 2012, archived 3 July 2012
• Proposal to update the level-one user warnings based on testing results
  • Listed 27 June 2012, archived July 27 2012
• The Wikimedia Foundation requests input as to whether it should join the Internet Defense League.
  • Listed 28 June 2012, archived 4 July 2012
• Proposal to extend the use of authority control identifiers to a large number of articles.
  • Listed 28 June 2012, archived 24 July 2012
• RfC on whether an editor can request a review of another editor's block, and if so, how they should do it.
  • Listed 29 June 2012, archived 27 July 2012

August 2012

• RfC about the appropriateness of "X on Twitter" (or similar) articles
  • Listed 3 July 2012‎, archived 10 August 2012
• Proposal for new class of admin-moderators to resolve content disputes.
  • Listed 26 July 2012, archived 13 August 2012
• RfC on whether MfD is an appropriate venue to discuss portions of userpages
  • Listed 21 July 2012, archived 13 August 2012
• RfC on whether {{FoP-USonly}} is a valid license for photographs of foreign architecture on the English Wikipedia
  • Listed 19 July 2012, archived 14 August 2012
• RfC on developing a guideline for responding to Article Feedback Tool v5 feedback
  • Listed 16 July 2012, archived 26 August 2012
• Proposal to promote Wikipedia:Official names to guideline
  • Listed 17 August 2012, archived 26 August 2012
• RfC at Meta-Wiki on the global bans policy referred to in the Terms of Use
  • Listed 29 June 2012, archived 29 August 2012
• RfC on whether to add a link to the Teahouse to the standard Welcome templates
  • Listed 18 August 2012, archived 31 August 2012
• Proposal to mark Wikiquette assistance historical
  • Listed on 20 August 2012. Closed on 15 September 2012 and archived on 19 September 2012.

September 2012

• RfC (and poll) on potential changes to the Mediation Committee and whether or not to close the Mediation Cabal
  • Listed 24 July 2012, archived 2 September 2012 (Mediation Cabal segment hidden 11 August 2012)
• RfC discussing whether or not there should be a community-driven process for the removal of administrator rights.
  • Listed 27 July 2012, archived 2 September 2012
• A Request for Comment on Pending Changes Level Two.
  • Listed 4 September 2012, archived 15 September 2012
• Proposal to add T4 (Single-use template) as a criterion for speedy deletion.
  • Added 14 September 2012, archived 19 September 2012 due to overwhelming opposition.
• RfC on whether to enable, and how to configure, an extension for managing Wikipedia educational assignments.
  • Added 22 August 2012, archived 25 September 2012

October 2012

• RfC to change the wording of WP:TITLE related to Wikipedia:Requested moves and consensus for potentially controversial title changes.
  • Added 1 September 2012, archived 3 October 2012
• Proposal for a very simple Personal Image Filter (images on/off switch for individual users).
  • Added 29 August 2012, archived 4 October 2012
• Proposal for a box of some articles with broad topics to fix on mainpage to encourage article editing.
  • Added 25 August 2012, archived 8 October 2012
• A proposal to turn on the "Memento" extension on enwiki.
  • Added 29 August 2012, archived 8 October 2012
• RfC about whether to categorize people according to genetic and cultural heritage, faith, or sexual orientation, and if so the criteria for deciding an identity
  • Added 25 August 2012, archived 20 October 2012
• RfC with proposals to try to simplify and streamline Wikipedia's dispute resolution processes.
  • Added 23 September 2012, archived 24 October 2012
• A proposal to restyle the edit window.
  • Added 19 September 2012, archived 24 October 2012
• RfC on whether reference syntax in the text editor should be differentiated using unique font colors for ease of use.
  • Added 20 September 2012, archived 24 October 2012
• RfC on Pending Changes
  • Added 30 September 2012, archived 24 October 2012
• A rewrite of the Conflict of interest guideline to streamline and clarify (but not change the substance in a major way) is underway. Wider feedback is invited prior to going live with it.
  • Added 24 October 2012, archived 24 October 2012
• A straw poll on the new design for the Main page.
  • Added 26 October 2012, archived 31 October 2012

November 2012

• A delayed creation proposal at Village pump (policy) to allow admins to temporarily remove articles from article space.

• added 1 November 2012, discussion closed within a few hours after unanimous opposition

• RfC on the creation of a new thematic organization to continue the work of the United States and Canada Education Programs.
  • Added 29 September 2012, archived 5 November 2012
• A proposal to allow GAs into the DYK slot on the main page.
  • Added [undated], archived 5 November 2012
• A proposal to add a Good Article section to the Main Page

• Added 20 October 2012, archived 5 November 2012

• RfC on the December 2012 Arbitration Committee Elections

• Added [undated], archived 5 November 2012

• RfC on proposed redesign of Help:Contents

• Added 8 October 2012, archived 5 November 2012

• A proposal to reinstate the actresses categorization

• Added 17 October 2012, archived 5 November 2012

• A RfC on whether there should be a moratorium on Gibraltar DYKs on the main page.

• Added [undated], archived 5 November 2012

• RfC on whether a new user group should be introduced to the community.

• Added 12 October 2012, archived 11 November 2012

• An RfC to select members of the Electoral Commission.

Added 8 November 2012, archived 22 November 2012

• An RFC on the naming convention for U.S. cities.

Added 5 November 2012, archived 24 November 2012

• An RfC to finalize pending changes policy prior to going live on December 1st.

Added 28 October 2012, archived 24 November 2012

December 2012

• An RfC on "intractable conflicts of interest".

Added 31 October 2012, archived 8 December 2012

• An RfC regarding ticker symbols in article leads.

Added 9 November 2012, archived 8 December 2012

• A proposal to use our citation templates to provide microformat data.

Added 15 November 2012, archived 8 December 2012

• An RfC on a replacement for naming conventions related to Taiwan/Republic of China which was marked archived without a replacement in its place

Added 18 November 2012, archived 8 December 2012

• Discussion on changing guidelines for loss and restoration of bureaucrat tools.

Added 3 December 2012, archived 8 December 2012

• Discussion on the format of the Core Contest for 2013

Added - no date, archived 14 December 2012

• Discussion on changing guidelines for loss and restoration of bureaucrat tools.

Added 3 December 2012, archived 14 December 2012

• A discussion of civility and how it should be enforced 4 October 2012 second announcement= Invitation to complete a civility enforcement questionnaire. "bumped" for phase 2 Oct 28, 2012

Added 4 October 2012, "bumped" for second phase on 28 October, phase two closed 15 December 2012

• A proposal to honor one Wikipedian's DYKs by mentioning the editor on the main page.

added 17 December 2012, closed 24 December 2012, archived 26 December 2012