Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Article topics
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Biographies
[edit]How should Jared Taylor's views on Trump's racial beliefs be reflected in the article:
Please indicate which option you support.Rja13ww33 (talk) 21:29, 28 April 2025 (UTC) |
Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)
If an RfC finds consensus to exclude (or no consensus to include) a person's name from an article (e.g. a criminal suspect's name), which of the following statement(s) should be followed?
03:35, 27 April 2025 (UTC) |
Should this article include information about Zsa Zsa Gabor's possible relationship with Mustafa Kemal Ataturk?
This statement was added after the RfC began to satisfy WP:RFCNEUTRAL and WP:RFCBRIEF. Chess (talk) (please mention me on reply) 19:58, 21 April 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:Killing of Austin Metcalf
| Should the alleged killer's name be included in the article? 12:16, 20 April 2025 (UTC) |
In the previous discussion, one or more users recommended starting an RFC. The proposed image is:  |
| Should the article use a sketch of Northernlion or no image until a copyright-free alternative is found? — ♠ Ixtal ( T / C ) ⁂ Non nobis solum ♠ 13:33, 14 April 2025 (UTC) |
| Should the following sub-section be added as Gender stereotyping?
In 2016 British clothing brand Jacamo, owned by N Brown Group, was accused of gender stereotyping after posting an advert on Twitter showing a model next to a "real man". Aldous criticised the advert publicly and stated he thought the advert was "homophobic".[5] His criticism was widely reported.[6][7][8][9][10] He explained his position: "I feel like I am constantly trying to be shoved into a category that I do not want to be in, I feel like I should have to like football, not like the colour pink, shouldn’t dye my hair and should have a girlfriend because I'm a man."[11] |
Talk:Killing of Brian Thompson
This discussion has been going on long enough. This article currently documents Tufekci's comments and her arguments for why the shooting is indicative of a Second Gilded Age. Should these comments be included, and how?
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Wikipedia talk:WikiProject National Basketball Association
1) Should the articles of any NBA players say that they are often considered one of the greatest players of all time?
2) If the answer to the previous question is yes, what standard should be used? Note: this question is optional
Context: Various historical NBA players have been called "one of the greatest", "the greatest of all-time", or "the greatest at a position" by the press, magazines, books, former players, experts, etc. These terms are very subjective in nature and cover a 75+ year history, but can be sourced none-the-less. Discussions have ranged from the terms being vital to non-encyclopedic, from leaving the term in a player legacy section to prominently being displayed in the lead to not using the term at all. Please help us out with a yes or no on the term "greatest" in the lead section and the reasoning behind it. Thanks. Pinging previous discussion contributors: @Fyunck(click), Left guide, Wamalotpark, Bagumba, Johnnynumerofive, Somarain, Zagalejo, Eg224, Jessintime, Orlando Davis, Assadzadeh, GOAT Bones231012, Anonymous7432, and Boles P94: |
Economy, trade, and companies
[edit]Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Trains
Please consider not only notability, but also WP:NOTIINFO and WP:NOTGUIDE. NS-Merni (talk) 19:24, 28 April 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:Killing of Brian Thompson
This discussion has been going on long enough. This article currently documents Tufekci's comments and her arguments for why the shooting is indicative of a Second Gilded Age. Should these comments be included, and how?
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History and geography
[edit]Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history
| I've been asking this for quite some time already, but I think i should ask again:
Can Chinese ship emblems be uploaded? Currently, to avoid any issues I just add an external media template. But seeing how military insignia fall under the PRC copyright law's article 5(" laws and regulations, resolutions, decisions and orders of State organs, other documents of a legislative, administrative or judicial nature and the official translations thereof;"), may I ask again if navy ship emblems can be uploaded or at least given non free fair use? Thehistorianisaac (talk) 01:03, 29 April 2025 (UTC) |
There is ongoing disagreement among editors about which landmarks should be included in the lead image montage of the Perth article. This RFC seeks community input on how best to determine which landmarks are most appropriate or representative for inclusion. The dispute revolves around three landmarks:
Please indicate which option you support, and feel free to suggest modifications or alternative combinations. - PastelLilac (talk) 01:04, 28 April 2025 (UTC) |
Should the article refer to this attack as a militant attack or a terrorist attack?
Previous discussions Please discuss it throught policy based arguments. GrabUp - Talk 07:14, 27 April 2025 (UTC) |
Should the article, including the opening sentence of the lead section, state the Gaza Genocide in wikivoice as fact?:
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| Should the lead of the article for the painter Ramon Casas label the subject "Catalan", rather than "Spanish"? While the question may appear minor, it is not, inasmuch as it is an example of low-level disputes that seem to occur regularly regarding Catalan/Spanish questions, e.g., the articles Empúries or Siege of Gerona. Bdushaw (talk) 10:37, 25 April 2025 (UTC) |
| Should the "Interpretations; civil war in perspective" section (for reference copied above) be in or out? Hh1718 (talk) 09:29, 25 April 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:List of countries that have gained independence from the United Kingdom
| Should the entry for the United States in the table note that the modern-day territory of the United States is much larger than the one it had at independence? Glide08 (talk) 14:31, 23 April 2025 (UTC) |
| Relevant previous RFCs: 1 2 Previous discussion: 1 Currently the lede states: RFC question: Should the first sentence in the lede be changed to
Notified WP:Ukraine and WP:NPOV/N. TurboSuperA+(connect) 10:46, 20 April 2025 (UTC) |
| In the previous discussion, one or more users recommended starting an RFC. The proposed image is: |
Talk:Somali Civil War (2009–present)
| From what I’ve seen for a few months now, the map currently in use is incredibly outdated, and something needs to be done about it. I’ll leave the following two options I suggested here below; Zabezt (talk) 03:00, 13 April 2025 (UTC) |
| Should we keep the link to Electronic Intifada under "external links"?(link in question: Iqrit, Electronic Intifada) Huldra (talk) 23:12, 9 April 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:Killing of Brian Thompson
This discussion has been going on long enough. This article currently documents Tufekci's comments and her arguments for why the shooting is indicative of a Second Gilded Age. Should these comments be included, and how?
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Language and linguistics
[edit]| I added [1] the Punjabi IPA for the name 'Jhelum', as per how it's pronounced in Punjabi, which has been done previously on articles (Pakistani and non-Pakistani article alike). This has been reverted [2] by both @MSLQr and @SheriffIsInTown who believe that only the IPA of the national language, in this case Urdu, should be included.
In short, the question is should the Punjabi spelling and IPA be included in this article, the native tongue of the city? نعم البدل (talk) 19:50, 29 April 2025 (UTC) |
| Should the lead of the article for the painter Ramon Casas label the subject "Catalan", rather than "Spanish"? While the question may appear minor, it is not, inasmuch as it is an example of low-level disputes that seem to occur regularly regarding Catalan/Spanish questions, e.g., the articles Empúries or Siege of Gerona. Bdushaw (talk) 10:37, 25 April 2025 (UTC) |
| Which phrase should be used: "retired English actor" or "English retired actor"? The former follows the linguistic rule that age should come before origin (see Adjective#Order). Other editors are claiming this adjective order implies that the actor has retired from being English. Barry Wom (talk) 05:36, 25 April 2025 (UTC) |
| Should add the voiceless diacritics underneath/above the lenes, as in ⟨b̥ d̥ ɡ̊⟩ for transcriptions involving Swiss and Austrian Standard German? Even though the word- and morpheme-final orthographic ⟨b d g⟩ aren't fortified, they aren't voiced either and the bare symbols ⟨b d ɡ⟩ might be more confusing than ⟨p t k⟩ (used previously, in alignment with pronunciation dictionaries) by the official IPA standards, not less. [ˈhabsbʊrɡ] doesn't feature a voiced-voiceless-voiced sequence in the middle, nor is the final sound voiced.
There's also a question of [b̥v̥ d̥z̥ d̥ʒ̊ v̥ z̥ ʒ̊ ɣ̊] - are they in any way relevant in the southern standards? Any important allophonies we should transcribe? Then, what about [ʝ̊]? Does that exist? And should we then switch to transcribing the voiced labiodental with ⟨ʋ⟩ as far as the southern varieties are concerned? Sol505000 (talk) 11:16, 3 April 2025 (UTC) |
Maths, science, and technology
[edit]Talk:Cumulative density function
Should the page cumulative density function be:
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Talk:Implicational propositional calculus
| On 22 April 2025 (02:19) I updated the article Implicational propositional calculus. A few hours later the update was reverted with the argument that "I am missing the whole point which is to avoid using falsum in the formulas". Could a third party please verify that claim.
Aside from that, in my opinion the article needs substantial improvements:
As to the sections,
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| Should the following sentences be removed from the Lead of Polyvagal Theory?
There is consensus among experts that the assumptions of the polyvagal theory are untenable.[12] Ian Oelsner (talk) 16:59, 14 June 2024 (UTC) |
Art, architecture, literature, and media
[edit]Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard
| Previous discussions from 2017 and 2020. Discussion that led to creation of this RFC is here. Marquardtika (talk) 17:01, 1 May 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (film)
Should the Country in the infobox be listed as:
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There is ongoing disagreement among editors about which landmarks should be included in the lead image montage of the Perth article. This RFC seeks community input on how best to determine which landmarks are most appropriate or representative for inclusion. The dispute revolves around three landmarks:
Please indicate which option you support, and feel free to suggest modifications or alternative combinations. - PastelLilac (talk) 01:04, 28 April 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:List of programs broadcast by CBS
| With lack of guidance from the Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Television, should the page include the month and year shows were reported as being in development in sortable list format as in this version ? Some context is that there is an informal practice to remove shows from that list when there has been no update in about three years. newsjunkie (talk) 17:21, 26 April 2025 (UTC) |
Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard
RFC: What should Screenrant.com be designated as?
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| Should the lead of the article for the painter Ramon Casas label the subject "Catalan", rather than "Spanish"? While the question may appear minor, it is not, inasmuch as it is an example of low-level disputes that seem to occur regularly regarding Catalan/Spanish questions, e.g., the articles Empúries or Siege of Gerona. Bdushaw (talk) 10:37, 25 April 2025 (UTC) |
| In the previous discussion, one or more users recommended starting an RFC. The proposed image is: |
| Should we add Square Enix's (the game's publisher) comments that Forspoken's sales were "lacklustre" to the lead? The proposed wording is to add "Square Enix described the game's sales as "lackluster"." at the end of the third paragraph in the lead. OceanHok (talk) 17:09, 17 April 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:Billie Eilish discography
It has been bothering me for a while that some of Eilish's songs that are assigned as singles, since not every standalone release is a single. That is why I think we should move certain songs into promotional singles category. I have put it into a numbered list, to explain why these examples should be switched:
Update: I think, there are actually more examples than I initially thought of. I am less knowledgeable about her dbeut EP days, that is why I have not included her earlier singles in the list.
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| Should Tetris be defined as a video game, a series of video games, or a video game genre? Lazman321 (talk) 19:17, 15 April 2025 (UTC) |
Wikipedia talk:Notability (music)
Does WP:GNG allow for album reviews containing substantive, in-depth analysis to ground the notability of a song article, or does the categorical prohibition in WP:NSONG apply?
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Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Novels
| Should book review aggregator websites be included in articles? Οἶδα (talk) 09:23, 5 April 2025 (UTC) |
Politics, government, and law
[edit]Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)
If an RfC finds consensus to exclude (or no consensus to include) a person's name from an article (e.g. a criminal suspect's name), which of the following statement(s) should be followed?
03:35, 27 April 2025 (UTC) |
| Should the lead of the article for the painter Ramon Casas label the subject "Catalan", rather than "Spanish"? While the question may appear minor, it is not, inasmuch as it is an example of low-level disputes that seem to occur regularly regarding Catalan/Spanish questions, e.g., the articles Empúries or Siege of Gerona. Bdushaw (talk) 10:37, 25 April 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:List of countries that have gained independence from the United Kingdom
| Should the entry for the United States in the table note that the modern-day territory of the United States is much larger than the one it had at independence? Glide08 (talk) 14:31, 23 April 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:Killing of Austin Metcalf
| Should the alleged killer's name be included in the article? 12:16, 20 April 2025 (UTC) |
| Relevant previous RFCs: 1 2 Previous discussion: 1 Currently the lede states: RFC question: Should the first sentence in the lede be changed to
Notified WP:Ukraine and WP:NPOV/N. TurboSuperA+(connect) 10:46, 20 April 2025 (UTC) |
| This page has been using Template:Infobox political party for several years at this point (since 5 September 2020), and I'd like to make the case that this infobox should either be removed, replaced, or greatly overhauled. It's not helpful to portray individual ideologies as if they were organised political parties with their own ideologies and it seems like the infobox on this page (as well as on pages such as Anti-Federalism) is causing repeated content disputes.
On top of that, almost none of the currently-utilised parameters in the infobox are appropriate:
"Dissolved" — How can an ideology or a political philosophy be dissolved? "Colors" — Ideologies can't have colors. "Historical leaders" — Again, this isn't a party, there can't therefore be a leader. "Merged into" — As Jeffersonian democracy wasn't an organised party, there's no entity to merge into anything.
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Talk:Somali Civil War (2009–present)
| From what I’ve seen for a few months now, the map currently in use is incredibly outdated, and something needs to be done about it. I’ll leave the following two options I suggested here below; Zabezt (talk) 03:00, 13 April 2025 (UTC) |
| Should the political position in the infobox and in the opening line of the "Ideology and platform" be changed to "right-wing to far-right" given the number of sources that have now been introduced in the "Ideology and platform" for far-right? Helper201 (talk) 20:27, 10 April 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:Russian invasion of Ukraine
| Should the United States and/or NATO be added to the infobox of this article after the publication of the recent NYT article: Entous, Adam (29 March 2025). "The Partnership: The Secret History of the War in Ukraine". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 30 March 2025. Romanov loyalist (talk) 14:23, 3 April 2025 (UTC) |
Religion and philosophy
[edit]| In light of the above discussion, I've decided to start a RfC on papabili sections and lists. Should there be papabili sections in papal conclave articles, and should there be lists of papabili in said sections? 73.8.239.215 (talk) 15:33, 25 April 2025 (UTC) |
Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard
| Is the handwritten For previous discussions leading up to this RfC, please see the article talk page and tangential RSN discussion. Arkenstrone (talk) 20:29, 16 April 2025 (UTC) |
Society, sports, and culture
[edit]Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Trains
Please consider not only notability, but also WP:NOTIINFO and WP:NOTGUIDE. NS-Merni (talk) 19:24, 28 April 2025 (UTC) |
Should the article, including the opening sentence of the lead section, state the Gaza Genocide in wikivoice as fact?:
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| Should the lead of the article for the painter Ramon Casas label the subject "Catalan", rather than "Spanish"? While the question may appear minor, it is not, inasmuch as it is an example of low-level disputes that seem to occur regularly regarding Catalan/Spanish questions, e.g., the articles Empúries or Siege of Gerona. Bdushaw (talk) 10:37, 25 April 2025 (UTC) |
| Is it appropriate for this article to include the material about grooming gangs currently included here, either in its present form or modified? Reopened by Cordless Larry (talk) 07:46, 20 April 2025 (UTC) |
| Should Tetris be defined as a video game, a series of video games, or a video game genre? Lazman321 (talk) 19:17, 15 April 2025 (UTC) |
| As part of a broader discussion concerning improvements to the Copts article, @Epenkimi has presented several sources to support a statement about Copts being "directly" descended from the ancient Egyptians. I contend, however, that these sources, while perhaps valuable in understanding Coptic self-perception, do not constitute authoritative evidence from disciplines such as population genetics or anthropology, which I consider to be the appropriate fields for assessing a claim about "direct" descent, which is a term I don't think is sufficiently defined to begin with. Consequently, I believe that the statement, if included at all, must be properly qualified to reflect the nature of the sources (the quality and reliability of which have been called into question) and the absence of similarly assertive references to the term or conclusion in peer-reviewed genetic or anthropological material.
In addition to advocating for the inclusion of this claim, @Epenkimi has suggested repeating the assertion in several sections and sub-sections of the article, articulated in various formulations. I disagree with this approach and have argued that mention of the topic should be confined, if mentioned at all, to the "Identity" section, where it can be contextualized and addressed with nuance. Our positions are too far apart, and efforts at compromise have not brought us closer to resolution. Accordingly, I believe it would now be most constructive to invite community input on this matter so we can proceed in either direction with broad consensus. As further clarification, this dispute centers on the scientific validity of using the term “direct” descent, especially when based on non-scientific sources. The intention is not to deny or distance the Copts from any particular ancestry, nor is it meant to create a binary conflict between Coptic and non-Coptic Egyptians. Neither position, be it version 1, 2, 3 or 4 attempts to rule out any specific origin. Instead, the primary concern is whether the claim, as worded, is sufficiently and explicitly supported by reliable evidence. One side holds that it is, while the other maintains that it is not. Turnopoems (talk) 16:38, 5 April 2025 (UTC) |
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject National Basketball Association
1) Should the articles of any NBA players say that they are often considered one of the greatest players of all time?
2) If the answer to the previous question is yes, what standard should be used? Note: this question is optional
Context: Various historical NBA players have been called "one of the greatest", "the greatest of all-time", or "the greatest at a position" by the press, magazines, books, former players, experts, etc. These terms are very subjective in nature and cover a 75+ year history, but can be sourced none-the-less. Discussions have ranged from the terms being vital to non-encyclopedic, from leaving the term in a player legacy section to prominently being displayed in the lead to not using the term at all. Please help us out with a yes or no on the term "greatest" in the lead section and the reasoning behind it. Thanks. Pinging previous discussion contributors: @Fyunck(click), Left guide, Wamalotpark, Bagumba, Johnnynumerofive, Somarain, Zagalejo, Eg224, Jessintime, Orlando Davis, Assadzadeh, GOAT Bones231012, Anonymous7432, and Boles P94: |
- ^ Beauchamp, Zack (21 November 2016). "A leading white nationalist says it plainly: Trump's victory was about white identity". Vox.
- ^ Ross, Janell (November 12, 2016). "Trump win spawns fear and loathing among people he disparaged and alienated". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
- ^ "Video: Jared Taylor: Whites Deserve a Homeland". March 21, 2017.
see at about 26:18
- ^ Ganim, Sara; Welch, Chris (January 16, 2017). "Hail Trump? White nationalists already losing faith in President-elect". CNN. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
- ^ "Jacamo's Push For Diversity In Fashion Backfired Spectacularly". HuffPost UK. 2016-11-01. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
- ^ https://her.ie/life/mens-clothing-brand-causes-outrage-with-homophobic-campaign-317913
- ^ https://www.joe.co.uk/life/clothing-brand-causes-outrage-with-homophobic-ad-campaign-95181
- ^ "Jacamo clothing firm apologises after 'gender stereotyping' in Twitter advert". BBC News. 2016-10-31. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
- ^ Lee, Josh (2016-10-31). "Clothing brand Jacamo issue an apology after being called out for "homophobic" online campaign". Attitude. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
- ^ Baret, Julie (2016-10-31). "Les "vrais mecs" et l'homophobie d'une marque anglaise". TÊTU (in French). Retrieved 2024-12-22.
- ^ "Clothing retailer blasted for "Homophobic" Twitter campaign". THEGAYUK. 2016-10-31. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
- ^ Grossman, Paul (2023). "Fundamental challenges and likely refutations of the five basic premises of the polyvagal theory". Biological Psychology. 180. doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2023.108589. PMID 37230290.