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{{Wikipedia:Signpost/Template:Signpost-article-start|Usernames, template data and documentation, Main page, and more|By Pine| 18 December 2013}}

This is mostly a list of non-article page requests for comment believed to be active on 15 December 2013 linked from subpages of Wikipedia:RfC, recent watchlist notices and SiteNotices. The latter two are in bold. Items that are new to this report are in italics even if they are not new discussions. If an item can be listed under more than one category it is usually listed once only in this report. Clarifications and corrections are appreciated; please leave them in this article's comment box at the bottom of the page.

Recent images from the Wikimedia blog

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  "Participants at the Open Source Language Summit, Pune, India" by ESanders (WMF)
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  "Old city of Jaffa at night" by Pini Birman
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  "Students from University of Padua and IUAV Venice during the Europeana Fashion Editathon in Stra" by Niccolò Caranti.

Style and naming

• Choice of colors in "The Walking Dead (TV series)" article; use of rollback privilege

Policies and guidelines

File:Wikipedia User Name MEDIUM.ogv

A Wikipedian has proposed a guideline for graphs and charts on articles. This example was created by Wikipedia contributor Eustress.

• Review of username policy and enforcement
• "Creating a guideline for graphs and charts on articles"
• Do not automatically protect Today's featured article?
• Where Wikipedia should discuss identity policy
• PROD proposal

WikiProjects and collaborations

• No RfCs at this time.

Technical issues and templates

• Placement of TemplateData
• In the album infobox, "add a "format" parameter to the albums template"?
• In the "Infobox television" template, "Should the website parameter be renamed to official_website and production_website parameter renamed to official_website_2?"

Proposals

• Main page section for "Other areas of Wikipedia"
• Create a new namespace for template documentation?
• Change the duration of BLP proposed deletion discussions from 10 days to 7 days?
• MassMessage user right

English Wikipedia notable requests for permissions

(This section will include active RfAs, RfBs, CU/OS appointment requests, and Arbcom elections)

• Wikipedia:Requests for bureaucratship/Writ Keeper

Meta

• "A new draft of the trademark policy is proposed, and discussion begins on its talk page."
• Scope of the Ombudsman Commission
• Draft Privacy Policy – comments accepted until 15 January 2014

Upcoming online meetings

• "Engineering Community Team", 17 December 17:00 UTC

Wikimedia blog posts

• "Wikimedia Highlights, November 2013"
• "Wikimedia Foundation Report, November 2013"
• "The Winner of Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 Is…"
• "Language Engineering Events – Language Summit, Fall 2013"
• "Wiki Loves Monuments Israel – A chance to showcase the country’s historical significance"
• "Egyptian students help narrow gender gap on Wikipedia"
• "Wikimedia engineering report, November 2013"
• "What I Iearned at the Europeana Fashion Edit-a-thon 2013"
• "First ever Train-the-Trainer Program in India"
• "Student club Wiki Borregos contributes to Wikimedia projects"
• "Wikimedia Research Newsletter, November 2013"
• "Using social media to engage Wikipedia readers and editors in China"
• "Brainstorming about Wikipedia’s diversity"
• "Wikimedia Foundation launches tenth-annual online fundraising campaign"
• "Malayalam Wikimedia community coordinates WikiSangamotsavam 2013"
• "Annual Catalan editor community meeting in Barcelona"
• "In legal victory, German court rules Wikimedia Foundation need not proactively check for illegal or inaccurate content"
• "Wikinews launches education program"

File:WMF Monthly Metrics Meeting December 5, 2013.ogv

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