The Requests for closure noticeboard is for posting requests to have an uninvolved editor assess, summarize, and formally close a discussion on Wikipedia. Formal closure by an uninvolved editor or administrator should be requested where consensus remains unclear, where the issue is a contentious one, or where there are wiki-wide implications, such as when the discussion is about creating, abolishing or changing a policy or guideline.
Many discussions do not need formal closure and do not need to be listed here.
Many discussions result in a reasonably clear consensus, so if the consensus is clear, any editor—even one involved in the discussion—may close the discussion. The default length of a formal request for comment is 30 days (opened on or before 3 May 2024); if consensus becomes clear before that and discussion has slowed, then it may be closed early. However, editors usually wait at least a week after a discussion opens, unless the outcome is very obvious, so that there is enough time for a full discussion.
On average, it takes two or three weeks after the discussion ended to get a formal closure from an uninvolved editor. When the consensus is reasonably clear, participants may be best served by not requesting and then waiting weeks for a formal closure.
If consensus is unclear, then post a neutral request here for assistance.
Please ensure that your request for closure is brief and neutrally worded, and also ensure that a link to the discussion itself is included as well. Be prepared to wait for someone to act on your request and do not use this board to continue the discussion in question.
If you disagree with a particular closure, do not dispute it here. Please discuss matters on the closer's talk page instead, and if necessary, request a closure review at administrators' noticeboard. Include links to the closure being challenged and the discussion on the closer's talk page, and also include a policy-based rationale supporting your request for the closure to be overturned.
See Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Closure review archive for previous closure reviews.
Any uninvolved editor may close most discussions, so long as they are prepared to discuss and justify their closing rationale.
Because requests for closure made here are often those that are the most contentious, closing these discussions can be a significant responsibility. Closers should be familiar with all policies and guidelines that could apply to the given discussion. All closers should be prepared to fully discuss the closure rationale with any editors who have questions about the closure or the underlying policies, and to provide advice about where to discuss any remaining concerns that those editors may have.
A request for comment discussed how to appeal closures and whether an administrator can summarily overturn a non-administrator's closure. The consensus was that closures should not be reverted solely because the closer was not an administrator. However, special considerations apply for articles for deletion and move discussions—see Wikipedia:Deletion process#Non-administrators closing discussions and Wikipedia:Requested moves/Closing instructions for details.
To reduce editing conflicts and an undesirable duplication of effort when closing a discussion listed on this page, please append {{Closing}} or {{Doing}} to the discussion's entry here. When finished, replace it with {{Close}} or {{Done}} and an optional note which allows archiving of the completed request.
Requests for closure
Administrative discussions
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Iranian opposition articles
(Initiated 1950 days ago on 29 January 2019) Could someone please close Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Iranian opposition articles? Note: the below request for closure is one sub-thread of this large, multi-section ANI report from a month ago. Thank you. Leviv ich 15:21, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Boomerang proposal for Stefka Bulgaria
(Initiated 1943 days ago on 6 February 2019) Would an admin close my report on hounding and harassment by another user, please? --Mhhossein talk 03:24, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
Place new administrative discussions above this line using a level 4 heading
RfCs
Talk:Suki Waterhouse#RfC on Personal life
(Initiated 1967 days ago on 13 January 2019) Would an experienced editor assess the consensus at Talk:Suki Waterhouse#RfC on Personal life? Thanks, Cunard (talk) 01:16, 23 February 2019 (UTC)
- On hold its pretty evenly split and hasn't had very much discussion --DannyS712 (talk) 02:09, 23 February 2019 (UTC)
Wikipedia:No original research/Noticeboard#Rfc about whether public domain list articles present OR concerns
(Initiated 1963 days ago on 17 January 2019) Would an experienced editor assess the consensus at Wikipedia:No original research/Noticeboard#Rfc about whether public domain list articles present OR concerns? Thanks, Cunard (talk) 01:16, 23 February 2019 (UTC)
Talk:MMR vaccine and autism#Time to move
(Initiated 1960 days ago on 20 January 2019) Would an experienced editor assess the consensus at the RfC at Talk:MMR vaccine and autism#Time to move? Thanks, Cunard (talk) 01:16, 23 February 2019 (UTC)
- Done the discussion has been closed; the page has been moved --DannyS712 (talk) 07:08, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
Talk:List of 2017 albums#Request for comment
(Initiated 1958 days ago on 22 January 2019) Would an experienced editor assess the consensus at Talk:List of 2017 albums#Request for comment? Thanks, Cunard (talk) 01:16, 23 February 2019 (UTC)
Talk:Guns, Germs, and Steel#RfC On DeLong Blogpost
(Initiated 1957 days ago on 23 January 2019) Would an experienced editor assess the consensus at Talk:Guns, Germs, and Steel#RfC On DeLong Blogpost? Thanks, Cunard (talk) 01:16, 23 February 2019 (UTC)
- On hold its pretty evenly split and hasn't had very much discussion --DannyS712 (talk) 01:38, 23 February 2019 (UTC)
Place new discussions concerning RfCs above this line
Deletion discussions
CFDs (general)
(Initiated 2026 days ago on 15 November 2018) General comment about CFD closures (not sure if this is the right place to post but please move it to the correct place if you know a better place): there has been hardly any administrators' closures at WP:CFD for multiple weeks on a row now. Consequently, the backlog is growing rapidly. Would a few administrators tackle the pile together please? Marcocapelle (talk) 07:40, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 December 7#People of African descent
(Initiated 2004 days ago on 7 December 2018) Would an admin assess the consensus here. The discussion has been open for almost two months now. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:41, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
- Comment: Discussion relisted at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2019 February 5#People of African descent. Steel1943 (talk) 21:25, 5 February 2019 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 December 7#Category:Afrotropic ecozone biota
(Initiated 2004 days ago on 7 December 2018) Would an admin assess the consensus here. The discussion has been open for almost two months now. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:41, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
- Comment: Discussion relisted at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2019 February 5#Category:Afrotropic ecozone biota. Steel1943 (talk) 21:21, 5 February 2019 (UTC)
Supercentenarian CFDs
(Initiated 2004 days ago on 7 December 2018) At Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 December 7, lot of these that have been open for a month. They probably won't be difficult closes, but this topic has a way of always being controversial. power~enwiki (π, ν) 05:55, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
- Links to the supercentenarian CfDs:
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 December 7#Category:African-American supercentenarians
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 December 7#Category:Singaporean supercentenarians
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 December 7#Category:Spanish supercentenarians
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 December 7#Category:Nigerian supercentenarians
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 December 7#Category:Hungarian supercentenarians
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 December 7#Category:German supercentenarians
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 December 7#Category:Turkish supercentenarians
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 December 7#Category:Ukrainian supercentenarians
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 December 7#Category:Puerto Rican supercentenarians
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 December 7#Category:Norwegian supercentenarians
- Cunard (talk) 01:36, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
- Comment: all above discussions except one have meanwhile been closed as merge. The African-American discussion is still open. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:41, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
- Note: Category:African-American supercentenarians has been relisted at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2019 February 4#Category:African-American supercentenarians. Steel1943 (talk) 17:43, 4 February 2019 (UTC)
Place new discussions concerning XfDs above this line
Other types of closing requests
Talk:Aurora,_Illinois_shooting#Requested_move_16_February_2019
Could an experienced editor please review the consensus at Talk:Aurora,_Illinois_shooting#Requested_move_16_February_2019 and Talk:1993 Aurora shooting? --Jax 0677 (talk) 19:48, 23 February 2019 (UTC)