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*[[Talk:Nicolaus Copernicus]]: There is a dispute over how to identify the nationality of the subject. "Polish", "Polish of German Ancestry", "Prussian", "European", etc. -20:44, 21 February 2006 (UTC) {{unsigned|Will Beback}} |
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Revision as of 04:49, 23 February 2006
- WP:CS does not stand for Wikipedia:Cite sources; WP:CITE goes there.
In order to get more input from the Wikipedia community on important questions, it is sometimes useful to conduct a survey of community opinion. This page lists surveys or polls that are currently being held on various talk pages. It also contains links to debates, discussions and straw polls. In general it's preferable to hold discussion first.
See also Category:Wikipedia proposals.
If policy issues remain unresolved after discussion and straw polling, they can go to Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Policies (the "dispute resolution" variant of this page).
Instructions for listing surveys
Please add new opinion surveys to the list under the appropriate heading. Add a short description of what the survey is about. Note the starting date of the survey and the date the survey will end, if applicable.
After a survey period ends, it may be removed from the list (however, it should remain for at least a short time after the survey ends, to allow anyone interested to view the results). If no closing date is indicated, the survey may be removed from the list when it appears the question is no longer being actively considered. Survey lists are not archived here; to find older surveys and polls, consult this page's history.
Purpose of surveys
Surveys may be used as part of dispute resolution, or to solicit opinions before making significant changes. They can be useful in developing consensus when community opinion is not immediately obvious in normal discussion. For example, a survey may bring in opinions from people who agree with one position, but don't join the discussion because they don't feel they have anything original to add.
For ideas on designing a survey, see Wikipedia:Straw polls. The results of a survey are not binding, and may be subject to interpretation. A survey may sometimes be called a poll, and it may involve voting for different options, but it is not the same thing as an election. For information on elections related to Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Elections.
Opinion surveys should be used to determine whether a consensus exists, not to decide which side "wins". Successful surveys and polls can never generate consensus, they can only show an existing consensus, if any. Using a survey may be useful because some people who disagree will nevertheless recognize and accept the consensus opinion of the community.
Polls
- Wikipedia:Userbox_policy_poll. An attempt to end the userbox wars. --Tony Sidaway 04:49, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
- Talk:Nicolaus Copernicus: There is a dispute over how to identify the nationality of the subject. "Polish", "Polish of German Ancestry", "Prussian", "European", etc. -20:44, 21 February 2006 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Will Beback (talk • contribs)
- Talk:Prod: Should Prod contain a link in the article space to Wikipedia:Proposed deletion? 18:11, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
- Talk:2006 Winter Olympics#Straw Poll: IOC medal count disclaimer: determine which disclaimer to use in presenting the IOC's position on medal rankings. --Madchester 09:14, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
- MediaWiki_talk:Tagline#"that anyone can edit": should the tagline on every page "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia" include "that anyone can edit"? -- Jeandré, 2006-02-18t20:16z
- Talk:Flag_of_Western_Sahara#Poll_on_Naming_Issue, it is a formal vote to break a stalemate on the naming of the page. Should it be named Flag of Western Sahara, or Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic? 22:48, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Stable versions is already listed as a 'discussion', but apparently is now under experimental implementation. As this involves making protected, "non wiki" forks of articles in the main article space (as pseudo-subpages), this interacts with several existing policies (forks, protection, naming convention), and really does need wider consideration. Alai 07:48, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
- Wikipedia talk:Category math feature#Straw poll, Should it be implemented? -- Zondor 14:36, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
- Poll: Ireland article titles A poll to determine the rendition of the island, nation-state, and disambiguation articles/titles for "Ireland" in Wp. The vote will continue until 28 February 2006 but might be extended beyond that if necessary. E Pluribus Anthony | talk | 08:57, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Naming conventions (companies)/poll Help decide how companies are named! Should the legal status, like Incorporated, Corporation and Company be included in the title and should they be abbreviated. Poll will close on March 5, 2006. --Reflex Reaction (talk)• 22:35, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
- Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (city names) All global cities (including ones with evidence of global city formation) would be under the [Cityname] article, regardless of country. Cities requiring further disambiguation would be under [Cityname, State/Province/Etc.]. Closing date is 19 February 2006. -Will Beback
- Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Geography_of_Poland#Vote - vote started on naming Polish powiats and gminas.--SylwiaS | talk 04:14, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
- Talk:Anarchism/tree poll Should a tree be included in anarchism or does it violate policy? Sarge Baldy 09:05, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
- Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Usability/Main_Page/Draft What whould the new version of the Main Page look like? 19:29, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
- Talk:Bulgarian vocabulary. Should the page be named "Bulgarian vocabulary" or "Bulgarian lexis"? 19:31, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
- Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (biographies)#proposal A proposal to clarify the meaning of "Nationality" in the Manual of Style for Biographies -- should the "nationality" in the lead section normally men the person's citizenship, or the person's possibly complex ethhnic heritage. DES (talk) 19:10, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
Discussions
- Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Swedish) (compare to other language/culture specific NC (new) guideline proposals below) --Francis Schonken 15:31, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
- Following considerable discussion of selective POV suppression on Talk:NPOV, a draft policy for discussion has been put together at Wikipedia:Information suppression. Please help improve it, or leave an opinion and contribution on the talk page. -- FT2 19:37, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
(This item was deleted by User:Radiant! on Jan 13, now reinstated Feb 2) - Wikipedia:Footnotes and Wikipedia:Footnotes/Temp - needs work, following the software development explained at m:cite.php --Francis Schonken 10:13, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Naming policy (Czech) - following a village pump discussion. --Francis Schonken 10:13, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Naming conventions (standard letters with diacritics) - has been elaborated following a village pump discussion, I suppose this is ready for launch. --Francis Schonken 10:13, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Naming conventions (television)/poll Poll did not resolve all issues, second poll is under work and should be updated by the end of the week --Reflex Reaction (talk)• 15:26, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Polish rulers) has been (re-)activated. Needs work! --Francis Schonken 16:57, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Administrator Code of Conduct - draft for an admin code of conduct, please comment
- Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Enforcement - a proposed process for simple injunctions against lesser disruptive behavior, that does not reach to the levels of the ArbCom. 13:38, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Stable versions - feedback encouraged for a proposed major policy. -- Zondor 01:25, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English) - today someone put this guideline again under {{proposed}} flag. If I'm allowed a personal remark: this is shameful that such quintessential guideline can't be made stable, on the other hand: IMHO this was the right decision, the guideline has been in bad shape for some time - who wants to help out? --Francis Schonken 00:51, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
- See Wikipedia:Naming conventions (thorn), for an attempt to solve one of the problems related to WP:UE --Francis Schonken 10:38, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
- wikipedia:naming conventions (people of India and Sri Lanka) (new guideline proposal, currently only content re. use of honorifics in page names regarding these people) --Francis Schonken 10:15, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
Ongoing surveys
- Wikipedia:Arbitration policy ratification vote, historical
Deletions
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Article Improvement
Comments but no voting
Other ongoing surveys
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