Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Wikipedia style and naming
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Should the WP:first sentence of the article have the title in bold as the sentence subject, such as The Gaza genocide is...or should it have an 'X says Y' format, such as According to a United Nations Special Committee, Amnesty International, Médecins Sans Frontières, B'Tselem, and other experts, Israel is committing genocide in Gaza against the Palestinians...? إيان (talk) 21:41, 30 July 2025 (UTC) |
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Russia
| As I discussed from Template talk:Infobox person#Subordinate countries in infoboxes, should we propose not to include "Russian SFSR" (or other Soviet republics) from biographical infoboxes what Mike Novikoff recommends per MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. Most edits are made to Vasily Utkin, Oleg Gazmanov, Valentina Tereshkova and Yuri Gagarin. Absolutiva 02:24, 24 July 2025 (UTC) |
| Hello editors. Disagreement over the lead section of the Sokoban article has led to edit warring. I'd like to present both discussed leads and seek your input regarding their prose, content, and style.
Please review both lead versions below. Your comments and preference, supported by Wikipedia policies and guidelines, would be greatly appreciated. A) Lead Version A (Video game type-focused opening): "Sokoban is a puzzle video game in which the player pushes boxes around in a warehouse, trying to get them to storage locations. Designed in 1981 by Hiroyuki Imabayashi, it was first published in Japan in 1982 by his company Thinking Rabbit for the NEC PC-8801 computer. The game was later ported to various platforms and followed by new titles. It became popular in Japan and internationally, inspiring unofficial versions, a subgenre of box-pushing puzzle games, and artificial intelligence research." B) Lead Version B (Specific 1982 game-focused opening, creator not in lead): "Sokoban[a] is a 1982 puzzle video game developed and published by Japanese studio Thinking Rabbit. In the game, the player pushes boxes around in a warehouse, trying to get them to storage locations. It was first released in Japan in 1982 for the NEC PC-8801 computer. The game was later ported to various platforms and followed by new titles. It became popular in Japan and internationally, inspiring unofficial versions, a subgenre of box-pushing puzzle games, and artificial intelligence research." Specific Questions for Discussion Overall Framing: Which version (A or B) do you believe provides the most appropriate lead for the Sokoban article? Specifically, should the lead primarily introduce Sokoban as: A) A puzzle video game type/genre, with details about the first title in 1982 following. B) The specific 1982 original video game. Clarity: When evaluating the above, please consider how the words of the lead matches the information in the article. For example, the ai research is about general Sokoban puzzles, not about the 1982 release. Creator Mention: Do you believe Hiroyuki Imabayashi (the creator) should be mentioned in the lead and the infobox as a basic fact? Your input and reasoning are highly valued. Carloseow (talk) 04:34, 8 July 2025 (UTC) |
Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (government and legislation)
Prior to reading, WT:TRUMP#Requested move 15 April 2025 should also be looked at. Regarding our subarticles on topics relating to presidential administrations, there are several titles that have been used. From the articles I am aware of on the second presidency of Donald Trump (though this issue is much more widespread than the articles listed below):
Which of the options above should be used? Alternatively, an option not on this list can be suggested. elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 03:04, 6 July 2025 (UTC) |
| To give a short summary, I've actually went through all Wikipedia policies and precedents, and everything is quite simple. The album page should have the name "." (MOS:ALBUM, "The article name should be the title of the album"). This is in line with all the precedents like such as ÷, !, _. Even in complex Unicode cases the rule is upheld: While(1<2), <|°_°|>, (A→B) Life. The only example against this (correct me if I'm wrong) is Love Symbol which isn't a Unicode character in the first place anyway.
However, there is a technical limitation that a) Wikipedia page name can't contain a single dot (no such page exists) and b) per renaming discussion above unlike other single-character album names, a dot is especially technically challenging to serve as a valid reference due to its size and function. So page title Period (Kesha album) is not under question. My
Discussion above seems to support this at the moment (4 opinions for this versus 1 opinion against). In principle we can also count all the reverted edits from all the other users. Due to this being a special case and ongoing back-and-forth edits opinions from the wider community are very much welcome.--Vinokurov Demis (talk) 03:40, 5 July 2025 (UTC) |
