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Closed 2013

January 2013

• An RFC asking whether navboxes should be accompanied by a section heading.

Added 13 December 2012, archived 11 January 2013

• An RFC to discuss the addition of several considerations to the criterion 1 of the File renaming convention.

Added 1 January 2013, archived 24 January 2013

• An RFC on a proposal to create a new process to allow for removal of adminship through community discussion.

Added 8 January 2013 archived 24 January 2013

• Should we forbid a Clean Start to previously sanctioned users?

Added 30 December 2012, archived 24 January 2013

• An RFC to discuss the resysopping policy and procedures.

Added 29 December 2012, archived 24 January 2013

• A discussion on adopting the Feedback response guidelines as a Wikipedia guideline.

Added 9 December 2012, archived 25 January 2013

• A proposal to add a link to The Signpost to Wikipedia's main menu.

Added 15 January 2013, archived 31 January 2013

February 2013

• RFC as to whether Wikipedia should disable HTTP referrers.

Added 11 January 2013, archived 09 February 2013

• An RFC on a proposal to create a new user group with an abbreviated set of administrator user-rights, as an option for administrators to request instead of requesting removal of the entire sysop user-right package.

Added 8 January 2013, Archived February 2 2013

• An RFC to clarify a basic distinction in article titles: content (determined at WP:TITLE) and style (determined at WP:MOS).

Added 8 January 2013, archived 2 February 2013

• Working out the details of adding Today's article for improvement (Template) to the Main Page

Added 7 January 2013, archived 2 February 2013

• RFC on a proposal to elevate the WP:Copying within Wikipedia guideline to be designated an official policy of Wikipedia.

Added 9 January 2013, archived 2 February 2013

• A proposal to amend the Request for adminship process to include clerks.

added 17 January 2013, archived 2 February 2013

• A discussion on implementing Pending Changes Level 2 protection on two currently full-protected articles, and on the general idea of limited implementation.

Added 15 January 2013 Archived 8 February 2013

• A proposal to include accessibility and equality in the "five pillars".

Added 11 January 2013, archived 18 February 2013

• A discussion regarding interwiki links and Wikidata

Added 17 January 2013, archived 18 February 2013

• A request for comment about clarifying the Manual of Style's advice on use of BC/AD and BCE/CE dates, to reduce disputes and confusion.

Added 5 February 2013, archived 18 February 2013

• A request for comment about clarifying the meaning of "ambiguous" in WP:DISAMBIGUATION, particularly as it applies to WP:PRIMARYTOPIC.

Added 31 January 2013, archived 26 February 2013

• A request for comment on article feedback.

Added 21 January 2013, archived 28 February 2013

March 2013

• An urgent proposal on Meta-Wiki to lock the accounts of any global bots that continue to add interlanguage links after 24 hours' notice, in light of the global Wikidata client deployment.

Added 6 March 2013, archived 7March 2013

April 2013

• Possibly taking over the WebCite service, or at least significantly supporting it. Discussion is on Meta, but is very important to what we do here.

added 5 February 2013, archived 6 April 2013

• A request for comment is sought over whether to decommission the recurring items at In the news.

Added 14 February 2013, archived 6 April 2013

• An RFC considering Birth date format conformity when used to disambiguate

Added and discussion started 4 March; Discussion closed and restarted at new locations March 6, archived April 6 2013

• A proposal to disallow images licensed only under the GFDL-1.2 at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, due to its restrictive nature. Existing featured pictures will not be affected.

added 8 March 2013 archived 6 April 2013

• A proposal that COI editors, especially if representing an employer, should curtail the ways in which they use talk pages to suggest extensive or controversial changes.

Archived April 6 2013

• A discussion to finalize adding Today's articles for improvement on the Main Page

Archived 6 April 2013

• Community input is requested on the scope and purpose of the newly opened WikiProject Conflict Resolution

• RfA reform discussions. WP:Requests for adminship/2013 RfC/3, round 3, is now open for a one-week vote on two proposals that got support in Round Two, but relatively few votes. A third proposal, "Probation", has been added.

• Archived 16 April 2013

• RfC about project practices on April Fools' Day jokes.

Added 2 April 2013, archived 16 April 2013

• RfC about a new speedy deletion criterion for rejected and long since abandoned Articles for Creation submissions.

Added 4 April 2013, archived 18 April 2013

May 2013

• A proposal to unbundle autopatrolled from the administrator tools

Archived May 5 2013

• RfC about a new user right called "Protected page editor".

Added 5 April 2013, archived 6 May 2013

• A proposal to revert most old indefinite rangeblocks under controlled conditions.

added 17 April 2013, archived 6 May 2013

• RfC on what graphic, if any, the sockpuppet templates should use.

Added 27 April 2013, archived 6 May 2013

• RfC on utilizing Wikidata Phase 2.

Added 22 April 2013, archived 15 May 2013

• RfC about whether the authors of copyrighted images should be credited in a footnote in the article where the image is used.

Added 30 March 2013, archived May 24 2013

• A proposal to merge WP:AFD, WP:PM, and WP:ATD-R into a single Articles for discussion process.

Added 18 April 2013, archived 24 May 2013

• RfC on the use of the account creator flag for purposes other than account creation.

Added 23 April 2013, archived 24 May 2013

• RfC about the new speedy deletion criterion G13's scope.

Added 18 April 2013, archived 24 May 2013

• RfC on WP:MOS-AM, possible change to article content guideline.

Added 29 April 2013, archived 25 May 2013

• Should plays list awards or only the most prestigious awards?

Archived May 25 2013

• RfC on the return of the orange talk page notification banner (removed as of April 30).

Added 2 May 2013, archived 25 May 2013

• RfC on WP:DIPLOMAT, possible change to biography notability guideline.

Added 25 April 2013, archived 27 May 2013

June 2013

• RfC on the implementation of a new platform linking to libraries

Added 19 May 2013, archived 20 June 2013

• RfC on whether to implement pending changes protection level 2

Added 18 May 2013, archived 20 June 2013

• RfC on the Main Page's design, content, and purpose

Added 6 May 2013, archived 23 June 2013

• RfC on the Main Page's design, content, and purpose

Added 6 May 2013, archived 23 June 2013

• Petition to the WMF on handling of interface changes

Added 7 May 2013, archived 25 June 2013

• A discussion regarding HotCat being on by default for all registered users.

Added 29 June 2013, archived 30 June 2013

July 2013

• RfC on adding expiry options to watchlisted pages.

Added 30 April 2013, archived 8 July 2013

• Comment is sought on several proposals for reform of the reference desk.

Added 3 June 2013, archived 12 July 2013

• Should English Wikipedia conduct a readership survey?

Added 2 May 2013, archived 22 Julye 2013

• RfC on images in "Today's Featured Article" on the main page

Added 16 May 2013, archived 22 Julye 2013

• Clarify if publication of main page items is subject to RfC.

Added 7 June 2013, archived 22 July 2013

• Where should TemplateData be placed for templates that are integrated with the VisualEditor?

Added 1 July 2013, archived 22 July 2013

• Should detailed stats on X!'s edit counter remain opt-in? Voice your input here. Note: This is an RfC on meta.

Added 21 June 2013, archived 24 July 2013

August 2013

• Further discussion on a proposal to remove most indefinite rangeblocks.

Added 26 June 2013, archived 2 August 2013

• A proposal to clarify the scope of the no legal threats policy.

Added 31 July 2013, archived 13 august 2013

• Who should be allowed to edit other people's article talk page comments when we roll out WP:FLOW?

Added 28 June 2013, archived 13 august 2013

• RFC on the use of the AfC process with new users.

Added 12 July 2013, archived 27 August 2013

September 2013

• A proposal to formally close the article incubator and delete any remaining "incubated" articles a short time later.

Added 25 June 2013, archived 1 September 2013

• RFC on proposed adjustments to the governance of featured-article forums.

Added 7 July 2013, closed 7 September 2013.

• A proposal to close down the notability noticeboard.

Added 14 September 2013, archived 26 September 2013‎

• A requested move for the Main Page.

Added 21 September 2013, archived 29 September 2013

• An RfC on how the Arbitration Committee election RFC should be conducted.

Added ?, archived 2 October 2013

• An RfC about whether to revise the instructions concerning "oppose" comments in Requests for comment/User conduct.

Added 9 September 2013, archived 5 October 2013

• Arbitration Committee consultation on an update of discretionary sanctions.

Added 13 September 2013, ended and archived on 23 October 2013

October 2013

• A RfC on establishing standard naming conventions for tornado outbreak articles, including a possible topic-specific override to WP:COMMONNAME.

Added 9 September 2013, closed 12 October 2013, archived 29 October 2013

• An RfC on how to handle the many links to archive.is inserted into articles by the unapproved.

Added 21 September 2013, closed 31 October 2013

• An RfC on whether organisations should be included in templates such as Template:Islamophobia, Template:Racism topics and Template:Antisemitism.

Added 10 September 2013, closed 31 October 2013

November 2013

• An RfC on whether to reduce the API limit for logged out users to 1 edit per 30 seconds.

Added 2 October 2013, closed 1 November 2013

• An RfC on the rules for the 2013 Arbitration Committee Election

Added 1 October 2013, archived 2 November 2013

• A proposal on a new design for the Main Page.

Added 21 September 2013, archived 4 November 2013

• An RfC on including featured portals on the Main Page.

Added 29 September 2013, archived 5 November 2013

• An RfC on creation of a new "Draft" namespace.

Added 11 November 2013, archived 19 November 2013

• A discussion as to whether Wikipedia:Paid editing policy proposal should become policy. (Discussion open 14 Oct, closed mid-November)
• An RfC on whether Wikipedia:No paid advocacy (WP:BRIGHTLINE) should become policy. (RfC open 14 Oct, closed mid-November)

December 2013

• Discussion about HTTPS and external links (Discussion opened 16 November, archived 2 December)
• Editors are invited to consider candidates for the 2013 English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee elections. Voting will close on 9 December. (Voting began on November 26. Archived December 10)
• An RfC for a new policy page establishing a "minimal, independent limit on financial conflict of interest direct editing" (Archived 10 December)
• An RfC on whether to add a new user group for the m:MassMessage tool. (Added November 20. Archived December 19)
• Proposal to move the {{orphan}} tags to the talk page. (Added November 25. Archived December 19)
• Proposal to add Pending Changes to least-watched BLPs (Added November 27. Archived December 19)
• An RfC on the status of pseudo-namespace redirects.

Added 7 December 2013, archived 27 December 2013

• Proposal to change duration of BLPPROD from 10 to 7 days.

Added 5 December 2013, archived 27 December 2013