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Biographies
[edit]| Should the wives of peers/knights who are entitled to appropriate stylings (eg. The Lady Cryer for Ellie Reeves; Lady Nugee for Emily Thornberry; etc), but who do not use them, be referred to as:
Option A. Use the full/official/legal title in both the lede sentence and the infobox (ex. Ellie Claire Reeves, Baroness/Lady Cryer and The Lady Cryer in the lede and infobox, respectively); Note: There is precedent for most of these options: option A is used for Caroline Dinenage; B is used for Thornberry (or more closely, Amelia Gentleman; and C is used for Reeves. estar8806 (talk) ★ 00:26, 17 July 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:Killing of Austin Metcalf
| The prior RfC ended in "no consensus" when the suspect was a minor and uncharged. He is now eighteen and was indicted for first-degree murder. Should their name be included in the article? |
| Which of these two paintings (1:British Museum, 2:Smithsonian) would be more appropriate as the lead image for the article on Babur (1483–1530), the Turco-Mongol founder of the Mughal Empire? (extended for more comments per WP:RfC) पाटलिपुत्र (Pataliputra) (talk) 04:09, 10 July 2025 (UTC) |
| How should J.K. Rowling and her views on transgender issues be described in the article? (You may rank in order of preference.) 22:42, 8 July 2025 (UTC) |
| Which image should serve as the lede for Gabriel García Márquez? Emiya1980 (talk) 03:04, 8 July 2025 (UTC) |
| Savarkar's description currently calls him a "politician, activist, and writer". Should ideologue be included there? EarthDude (talk) 04:54, 7 July 2025 (UTC) |
Which pronouns should be used in the article when referring to Crisp?
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Should this be in the lead?:
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| Should we change the title to "interim president" or keep it as "President of Syria"? Most sources refer to him as 'Interim' [1], [2], [3],[4], [5], [6], [7], [8] while others use 'President' [9],[10],[11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17]
To clarify, some media call him "interim president" for leading the transitional government, while others use "president" to reflect his current leadership. The draft constitution affirms that he holds executive power and serves as Commander-in-Chief. HurricaneEdgar 21:26, 29 June 2025 (UTC) |
| Should the infobox photograph be changed from the current 1959 portrait to something else? Note that the other three images below are purely illustrative and not part of the proposal. Cremastra (talk) 20:03, 20 June 2025 (UTC) |
| Which image should be used for the infobox of the article, after previous multiple discussions at Talk:Marilyn Monroe/Archive 5#Infobox image, Talk:Marilyn Monroe/Archive 7#Lead image replacement and Talk:Marilyn Monroe/Archive 8#Time for a wikibox image change?. Absolutiva (talk) 05:51, 19 June 2025 (UTC) |
| Which image should be used for the infobox of the article? 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 15:36, 18 June 2025 (UTC) |
| Should the article have an infobox? Started because of a slow-burning thread at the top that was going nowhere Dronebogus (talk) 12:00, 17 June 2025 (UTC) |
Economy, trade, and companies
[edit]| Which of the following proposed versions of JEL classification codes should become the version of the article: |
History and geography
[edit]| Should the wives of peers/knights who are entitled to appropriate stylings (eg. The Lady Cryer for Ellie Reeves; Lady Nugee for Emily Thornberry; etc), but who do not use them, be referred to as:
Option A. Use the full/official/legal title in both the lede sentence and the infobox (ex. Ellie Claire Reeves, Baroness/Lady Cryer and The Lady Cryer in the lede and infobox, respectively); Note: There is precedent for most of these options: option A is used for Caroline Dinenage; B is used for Thornberry (or more closely, Amelia Gentleman; and C is used for Reeves. estar8806 (talk) ★ 00:26, 17 July 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:Historic Site of Anti-Mongolian Struggle
| Should this article include a link to https://brunch.co.kr/@jehsk52/65 in the Wikipedia:External links section? WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:14, 16 July 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:Persecution of Muslims during the Ottoman contraction
| Which of the options should be implemented?
A: Insert the following text into Death Toll subsection in Total number of casualties section:
B: Insert the following text into World War I and the Turkish War of Independence section
C: Neither or another option |
| Should this article describe remigration as "promoted voluntary return" in the lede? Should it be presented as-is, attributed to the groups which describe it as such, removed entirely, or something else? Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:55, 14 July 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:July 2025 Central Texas floods
| Should the article's background section include (Option 1) or exclude (Option 2) this four-sentence analysis/news article by CNN, which connected the July 2025 Central Texas floods regarding a 2024 climate change study? The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 03:46, 11 July 2025 (UTC) |
| Which of these two paintings (1:British Museum, 2:Smithsonian) would be more appropriate as the lead image for the article on Babur (1483–1530), the Turco-Mongol founder of the Mughal Empire? (extended for more comments per WP:RfC) पाटलिपुत्र (Pataliputra) (talk) 04:09, 10 July 2025 (UTC) |
Should the last sentence of the first paragraph of the lede paragraph be removed? The sentence in question reads: This claim has recently faced criticism as several public figures and researchers in Indonesia began to question the direct lineage to Muhammad. |
| Savarkar's description currently calls him a "politician, activist, and writer". Should ideologue be included there? EarthDude (talk) 04:54, 7 July 2025 (UTC) |
| Should the phrase "with partial diplomatic recognition" be removed from the intro? IJA (talk) 18:23, 6 July 2025 (UTC) |
Should the first sentence of the section Formation of inland Akan polities read:
Or
? |
Talk:Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
| Should the RSS be termed far-right instead of right-wing in the article? EarthDude (talk) 04:00, 27 June 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:2025 India–Pakistan conflict
| Should a new section titled "Aftermath" be added to the 2025 India–Pakistan conflict article to cover developments that occurred after the end of the conflict but are related to it, as reported by reliable sources? Currently, some of these developments—such as the promotions of Indian and Pakistani military officers and Pakistan's announcement of a Nobel Peace Prize nomination for Donald Trump—are included in the final paragraphs of the 2025 India–Pakistan conflict#Impact section. If consensus supports the creation of an "Aftermath" section, these items could be moved there for more appropriate contextual placement. Sheriff | ☎ 911 | 14:46, 25 June 2025 (UTC) |
| Should the infobox photograph be changed from the current 1959 portrait to something else? Note that the other three images below are purely illustrative and not part of the proposal. Cremastra (talk) 20:03, 20 June 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:2025 India–Pakistan conflict
| Should the following statement, reflecting a Pakistani claim, be added to the Background section of this article, which currently describes the 2025 Pahalgam attack as a key event in the lead-up to the conflict?
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Language and linguistics
[edit]In the Dialects section of Akan language, should the dialect tree be changed from
to
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| Should the two following changes be made in Akan language?
A. In the Name section of Akan language, change the first sentence
to
B. In the first sentence of the second paragraph of the lede, change
to
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In the Dialects section of Akan language, should
be changed to
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| A disagreement has arisen regarding whether the Egyptian Arabic template should be applied to names of dishes in Egyptian cuisine articles, especially when the spelling does not differ from Standard Arabic. If I have misrepresented a position, please clarify below.
Editors are invited to comment on the following two options: Option 1: Use Egyptian Arabic template only when the spelling of the name explicitly does not conform to Standard Arabic orthography The supporter of this view argues that using the Egyptian Arabic template when the term conforms to Standard Arabic orthography and lexicology can be considered nationalistic advocacy. They maintain that the template should be reserved for cases where the term is clearly in vernacular Egyptian Arabic, but that Standard Arabic should take precedence in cases where the two overlap, even if its within the context of Egyptian Arabic. Option 2: Use Egyptian Arabic template regardless of overlap with Standard Arabic (due to shared usage within Egyptian Arabic) The supporter of this view argues that the Egyptian Arabic template is appropriate for labeling culinary items and varieties in Egyptian culture, even if those forms, within the context of Egyptian Arabic, partially or fully overlap with Standard Arabic. He notes that many culinary items have entirely different nomenclature across other Arabic dialects, and as such, their designation as Egyptian Arabic in Egyptian contexts is necessary for linguistic and cultural precision. He notes that even when there is lexilogical similarities Egyptian Arabic has a broader orthographic tolerance than Standard Arabic, often allowing standard and non-standard spellings more capable of reflecting local pronunciation and usage. Thus the template can better reflect these localized forms, as they are recognizable to Egyptian speakers. Turnopoems 𓋹 ✎ 12:12, 2 July 2025 (UTC) |
Maths, science, and technology
[edit]| Should the amount paid by the Indian government to Axiom Space for a seat on a flight to the ISS be mentioned in the lead section of Shubhanshu Shukla's biography? -- RickyCourtney (talk) 00:11, 13 July 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:July 2025 Central Texas floods
| Should the article's background section include (Option 1) or exclude (Option 2) this four-sentence analysis/news article by CNN, which connected the July 2025 Central Texas floods regarding a 2024 climate change study? The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 03:46, 11 July 2025 (UTC) |
Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers
| Should the {{Convert}} template support the unit Tmcft? |
| 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.[5] Ian Oelsner (talk) 16:59, 14 June 2024 (UTC) |
Art, architecture, literature, and media
[edit]| Which of these two paintings (1:British Museum, 2:Smithsonian) would be more appropriate as the lead image for the article on Babur (1483–1530), the Turco-Mongol founder of the Mughal Empire? (extended for more comments per WP:RfC) पाटलिपुत्र (Pataliputra) (talk) 04:09, 10 July 2025 (UTC) |
| How should J.K. Rowling and her views on transgender issues be described in the article? (You may rank in order of preference.) 22:42, 8 July 2025 (UTC) |
| Which image should serve as the lede for Gabriel García Márquez? Emiya1980 (talk) 03:04, 8 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) |
_reading_a_book,_painted_circa_1605-1615_in_India_(British_Museum_1921,1011,0.3)_Cropped.jpg?lang=en){kind=link}
_Babur_detail.jpg?lang=en){kind=link}
Which pronouns should be used in the article when referring to Crisp?
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| Which of the following two paragraphs, A or B should be used to describe the Frank Bennett cover of Creep (Radiohead song)? |
| Consensus does not appear to exist on the tense of this article: whether the band should be referred to in the present tense (e.g., "Fun (stylized as fun.) is an American pop rock band...") or the past tense (e.g., "Fun (stylized as fun.) was an American pop rock band..."). I am thus proposing two options: that the band be referred to in the present tense ("is", "current members", etc) or the past ("was", "former members", etc). MrSeabody (talk) 05:11, 29 June 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:Tales of the Jedi (TV series)
| What title should be used for the article on Tales of the Jedi, Tales of the Empire, and Tales of the Underworld? Or should they be split to separate articles? - adamstom97 (talk) 09:43, 26 June 2025 (UTC) |
| Which image should be used for the infobox of the article, after previous multiple discussions at Talk:Marilyn Monroe/Archive 5#Infobox image, Talk:Marilyn Monroe/Archive 7#Lead image replacement and Talk:Marilyn Monroe/Archive 8#Time for a wikibox image change?. Absolutiva (talk) 05:51, 19 June 2025 (UTC) |
| Which of the following genres should be listed in the infobox for Agent Carter (TV series)? The genres in question are: |
| Should the article have an infobox? Started because of a slow-burning thread at the top that was going nowhere Dronebogus (talk) 12:00, 17 June 2025 (UTC) |
Politics, government, and law
[edit]| Should the wives of peers/knights who are entitled to appropriate stylings (eg. The Lady Cryer for Ellie Reeves; Lady Nugee for Emily Thornberry; etc), but who do not use them, be referred to as:
Option A. Use the full/official/legal title in both the lede sentence and the infobox (ex. Ellie Claire Reeves, Baroness/Lady Cryer and The Lady Cryer in the lede and infobox, respectively); Note: There is precedent for most of these options: option A is used for Caroline Dinenage; B is used for Thornberry (or more closely, Amelia Gentleman; and C is used for Reeves. estar8806 (talk) ★ 00:26, 17 July 2025 (UTC) |
| Should this article describe remigration as "promoted voluntary return" in the lede? Should it be presented as-is, attributed to the groups which describe it as such, removed entirely, or something else? Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:55, 14 July 2025 (UTC) |
What mention should Mamdani's Columbia University application race selection receive?
To the closer, please also consider responses above in section above. Bluethricecreamman (talk) 14:10, 14 July 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:Killing of Austin Metcalf
| The prior RfC ended in "no consensus" when the suspect was a minor and uncharged. He is now eighteen and was indicted for first-degree murder. Should their name be included in the article? |
| How should J.K. Rowling and her views on transgender issues be described in the article? (You may rank in order of preference.) 22:42, 8 July 2025 (UTC) |
| Which image should serve as the lede for Gabriel García Márquez? Emiya1980 (talk) 03:04, 8 July 2025 (UTC) |
| Savarkar's description currently calls him a "politician, activist, and writer". Should ideologue be included there? EarthDude (talk) 04:54, 7 July 2025 (UTC) |
| Should the phrase "with partial diplomatic recognition" be removed from the intro? IJA (talk) 18:23, 6 July 2025 (UTC) |
| Which political position should be used for this organisation – Far-right or Right wing? DimensionalFusion (talk · she/her) 17:18, 6 July 2025 (UTC) |
| Should we change the title to "interim president" or keep it as "President of Syria"? Most sources refer to him as 'Interim' [21], [22], [23],[24], [25], [26], [27], [28] while others use 'President' [29],[30],[31], [32], [33], [34], [35], [36], [37]
To clarify, some media call him "interim president" for leading the transitional government, while others use "president" to reflect his current leadership. The draft constitution affirms that he holds executive power and serves as Commander-in-Chief. HurricaneEdgar 21:26, 29 June 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:List of gangs in Australia
| Sorry I'm not really sure what the correct procedure is for this. I tried just asking above but nobody replied for over a week. This page worries me somewhat and I'm trying to find some people who might be able to help improve it.
It seems inappropriate to group everything into a bikie gang or an ethnic group. There are a few criminal gangs or violent political groups that are centred on a particular culture or ethnic group, but whoever started this page seems to have tried to sort everything that way. A lot of the labels, and even the groups themselves, aren't locally relevant. Australians don't tend to group Spanish and Portuguese speakers from opposite sides of the Atlantic as a group, other than possibly "immigrants", the "Hispanic" concept is an American thing. I'm not sure if everything in the white supremacist group is actually a white supremacist gang, some might be all white just by chance or locality, since that's the largest demographic in Australia. 2405:6E00:62C:4A60:148D:B7C:243C:CA13 (talk) 18:19, 27 June 2025 (UTC) |
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Australian politics
| Currently, most articles use {{Australian party style|Independent}} to refer to teal candidates in election articles. I propose changing it to {{Australian party style|Teal Independent}} and {{Australian politics/name|Teal Independent}} (Display as Independent ("Teal") ) since they operate differently from other independents, and most reliable sources categorise them as such anyway, rather than just "independent" [38][39][40][41][42]. The difference between the two groups should be noted. AINH (talk) 08:13, 27 June 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
| Should the RSS be termed far-right instead of right-wing in the article? EarthDude (talk) 04:00, 27 June 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:Middle East Media Research Institute
Hello! This I am made this post an RFC due to the lack of consensus on whether or not the second paragraph of the lead should remain or not.
I do not believe I have any right to repeatedly revert edits rejecting the current lead when there is no clear consensus on this talk page on what to do regarding it, and that this is a fairly niche article so a talk page trying to solve this issue wouldn't probably wouldn't have much luck compared to the last few times. Thanks for reading! AssanEcho (talk) 17:06, 26 June 2025 (UTC) |
| Should the infobox photograph be changed from the current 1959 portrait to something else? Note that the other three images below are purely illustrative and not part of the proposal. Cremastra (talk) 20:03, 20 June 2025 (UTC) |
| Which image should be used for the infobox of the article? 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 15:36, 18 June 2025 (UTC) |
Religion and philosophy
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Society, sports, and culture
[edit]Talk:Historic Site of Anti-Mongolian Struggle
| Should this article include a link to https://brunch.co.kr/@jehsk52/65 in the Wikipedia:External links section? WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:14, 16 July 2025 (UTC) |
| Should this article describe remigration as "promoted voluntary return" in the lede? Should it be presented as-is, attributed to the groups which describe it as such, removed entirely, or something else? Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:55, 14 July 2025 (UTC) |
| How should J.K. Rowling and her views on transgender issues be described in the article? (You may rank in order of preference.) 22:42, 8 July 2025 (UTC) |
Should the last sentence of the first paragraph of the lede paragraph be removed? The sentence in question reads: This claim has recently faced criticism as several public figures and researchers in Indonesia began to question the direct lineage to Muhammad. |
Which pronouns should be used in the article when referring to Crisp?
|
| A disagreement has arisen regarding whether the Egyptian Arabic template should be applied to names of dishes in Egyptian cuisine articles, especially when the spelling does not differ from Standard Arabic. If I have misrepresented a position, please clarify below.
Editors are invited to comment on the following two options: Option 1: Use Egyptian Arabic template only when the spelling of the name explicitly does not conform to Standard Arabic orthography The supporter of this view argues that using the Egyptian Arabic template when the term conforms to Standard Arabic orthography and lexicology can be considered nationalistic advocacy. They maintain that the template should be reserved for cases where the term is clearly in vernacular Egyptian Arabic, but that Standard Arabic should take precedence in cases where the two overlap, even if its within the context of Egyptian Arabic. Option 2: Use Egyptian Arabic template regardless of overlap with Standard Arabic (due to shared usage within Egyptian Arabic) The supporter of this view argues that the Egyptian Arabic template is appropriate for labeling culinary items and varieties in Egyptian culture, even if those forms, within the context of Egyptian Arabic, partially or fully overlap with Standard Arabic. He notes that many culinary items have entirely different nomenclature across other Arabic dialects, and as such, their designation as Egyptian Arabic in Egyptian contexts is necessary for linguistic and cultural precision. He notes that even when there is lexilogical similarities Egyptian Arabic has a broader orthographic tolerance than Standard Arabic, often allowing standard and non-standard spellings more capable of reflecting local pronunciation and usage. Thus the template can better reflect these localized forms, as they are recognizable to Egyptian speakers. Turnopoems 𓋹 ✎ 12:12, 2 July 2025 (UTC) |
| Consensus does not appear to exist on the tense of this article: whether the band should be referred to in the present tense (e.g., "Fun (stylized as fun.) is an American pop rock band...") or the past tense (e.g., "Fun (stylized as fun.) was an American pop rock band..."). I am thus proposing two options: that the band be referred to in the present tense ("is", "current members", etc) or the past ("was", "former members", etc). MrSeabody (talk) 05:11, 29 June 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:List of gangs in Australia
| Sorry I'm not really sure what the correct procedure is for this. I tried just asking above but nobody replied for over a week. This page worries me somewhat and I'm trying to find some people who might be able to help improve it.
It seems inappropriate to group everything into a bikie gang or an ethnic group. There are a few criminal gangs or violent political groups that are centred on a particular culture or ethnic group, but whoever started this page seems to have tried to sort everything that way. A lot of the labels, and even the groups themselves, aren't locally relevant. Australians don't tend to group Spanish and Portuguese speakers from opposite sides of the Atlantic as a group, other than possibly "immigrants", the "Hispanic" concept is an American thing. I'm not sure if everything in the white supremacist group is actually a white supremacist gang, some might be all white just by chance or locality, since that's the largest demographic in Australia. 2405:6E00:62C:4A60:148D:B7C:243C:CA13 (talk) 18:19, 27 June 2025 (UTC) |
- ^ Owen, Edward Roger John; Pamuk, Şevket (1999). A History of Middle East Economies in the Twentieth Century. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 11. ISBN 0-674-39831-9.
- ^ Pamuk, Şevket (2005). "The Ottoman economy in World War I". In Broadberry, Stephen Noel; Harrison, Mark (eds.). The Economics of World War I. The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 131–132. ISBN 978-0-511-13234-6.
- ^ Kestler‑D'Amours, Jillian (24 April 2025). "Kashmir updates: Pakistan claims Pahalgam attack 'false flag operation'". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ "Shehbaz hails Trump as 'man of peace'". The Express Tribune. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ 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.