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Biographies
[edit]| Shall the infobox shown below be added to the article on Maurice Ravel?
Robert McClenon (talk) 22:13, 18 June 2026 (UTC) |
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Formula One
This is discussing legal citizenship, not sporting nationality. Should Formula 1 drivers with dual nationality be presented in the lede as being dual nationals, or a national of the flag they race under? The current guideline, WP:F1NATIONALITY currently states:
~2026-34199-65 (talk) 09:25, 17 June 2026 (UTC) |
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Indonesia
| Should Indonesian regents and mayors (bupati/walikota) qualify for WP:NSUBPOL? Juxlos (talk) 07:48, 16 June 2026 (UTC) |
Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous)
Should we remove the uses of |alma_mater= from infoboxes in favor of |education=? --Zackmann (Talk to me/What I been doing) 18:53, 13 June 2026 (UTC)
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Wikipedia talk:Non-free content
| There have been articles about and whose titles are based on primarily death-related events, only ones that low-profile victims have been notable for, e.g. "Murder / Killing / Death / Shooting / Suicide of [a deceased low-profile/BIO1E victim]" articles. Also, such victims have been subject to WP:BIO1E/WP:BDP1E, both redirects to WP:NBIO. (Even recently deceased ones have been subject to WP:BDP, a redirect to notorious WP:BLP policy.) Before their own deaths, victims were photographed when those individuals were alive. Such photos have been used in such death-related articles whose titles also use the victims' names, i.e. "X of Y" (X = death-related; Y = victim's name).
Have usages of non-free pre-event/pre-death photos in such death-related articles been generally acceptable or unacceptable, and are such uses still acceptable or unacceptable? --George Ho (talk) 19:07, 12 June 2026 (UTC) |
| Should the article's lead include mention of the allegations of sexual misconduct, or should that material be limited to the body of the article? Jonatan Svensson Glad (talk) 18:04, 12 June 2026 (UTC) |
| How best should we describe Francis Bacon's nationality and heritage? • a frantic turtle 🐢 solidarity 09:20, 11 June 2026 (UTC) |
Template talk:Barack Obama series
| Which image should be used in Template:Barack Obama series? 2x2x2x2x2 (talk) 01:03, 7 June 2026 (UTC) |
| The article's description of de Staël's suicide places a meeting with art critic Douglas Cooper as the immediate precursor to the act. Should this causal framing be retained? Gfusvh (talk) 07:55, 5 June 2026 (UTC) |
Should the lead:
See Special:Permalink/1357711572 for example which would achieve the above proposal. See WP:RFCBEFORE in the above discussion. Pinging involved editors: @3Kingdoms, @5225C, @Dolphin51, @Errantios, @Errolhunt, @HiLo48, @Melmann TarnishedPathtalk 23:38, 4 June 2026 (UTC) |
| Should the lead refer to him as Nigerian and Greek or just Greek? JDDJS (talk to me • see what I've done) 17:49, 4 June 2026 (UTC) |
Economy, trade, and companies
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History and geography
[edit]I want to add this content: The source is reliable (and specifically relevant under WP:CONTEXTMATTERS, since R. N. Spengler is a research leader at the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology). It doesn't contradict anything already stated in the article. The article mentions pilaf many times and the last sentence of the article's conclusion is
Does it belong in the article, or should it be modified or removed based on Wikipedia's policies and guidelines?Hu741f4 (talk) 11:50, 22 June 2026 (UTC) |
| Should the combination of two distinct inscriptions to reconstruct a native name be accepted? Mostasem gridi (talk) 16:31, 19 June 2026 (UTC) |
Talk:Federal subjects of Russia
| Should stress marks on the map on the names of the subdivisions be used to aid in the pronunciation of the place names when reading the article in English?
Please answer Yes or No or the equivalent with an optional brief statement in the Survey. This RFC is about whether there should be stress marks on the place names on the map. It is not about the place names anywhere else in the article. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:14, 18 June 2026 (UTC) |
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Trains
| Some people mover and streetcar systems lack dedicated articles for their individual stations or stops, yet have adjacent station modules. Should the adjacent stations modules for these particular systems be retained or removed? OrdinaryScarlett (talk) 08:55, 17 June 2026 (UTC) |
Talk:List of largest church buildings
| This RfC follows the discussion immediately above.
Under the table's current definitions of internal and external floor area, how should the disputed area figures for St Peter's Basilica and the Basilica of Our Lady of Aparecida be treated? This RfC ended and was restarted to seek additional comments. --Podz00 (talk) 19:45, 15 June 2026 (UTC) |
| Which image should we use for the lead both are non free and one will be deleted
Image A or image B Shadow4dark (talk) 19:52, 8 June 2026 (UTC) |
| The previous RfC about this failed, in large part due to procedural issues, and the dispute has flared up again without any resolution appearing forthcoming. Details and WP:RFCBEFORE available in the extensive discussions above this RfC.
What should the short description be?
⹃Maltazarian ᚾparleyinvestigateᛅ 20:13, 5 June 2026 (UTC) |
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| Should troop numbers be included in the article when they are supported by multiple sources, including contemporary historians and later historians? Gergos10 (talk) 13:16, 4 June 2026 (UTC) |
Template talk:Infobox military conflict
| This is an RfC proposing to deprecate the use of collages, whether created using {{Multiple image}} or compiled as a single image file, from use with military conflict infoboxes and similar. Cinderella157 (talk) 22:27, 28 May 2026 (UTC) |
| Several passages in this article rely on highly graphic eyewitness descriptions presented in extensive narrative detail. Examples include descriptions such as people being shot “between the eyes”, bodies falling “like dominoes”, or children being killed in explicit terms.
This RfC is not disputing that the events, deaths, and suffering are historically documented. The concern is whether the current presentation gives disproportionate weight to emotionally graphic primary-source narratives, resulting in a tone that departs from standard encyclopedic style. Relevant policies and guidelines may include:
The question is whether the current level of graphic detail and narrative emphasis is appropriate for an encyclopedia article, or whether some passages should instead be summarized in a more neutral and concise manner consistent with Wikipedia’s usual historical writing style. Input from uninvolved editors would be appreciated regarding:
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Language and linguistics
[edit]Maths, science, and technology
[edit]| The "External links" section of this article currently contains outdated and broken links (including legacy Flash-based demonstrations that no longer function in modern browsers). This reduces the quality and verifiability of the article for readers looking for practical implementations of steganography. I would like to propose a brief cleanup: 1. Removing the dead/broken links. 2. Adding a reference/link to a modern, fully client-side web tool (HTML5/JavaScript) that safely demonstrates image steganography directly in the browser without any server-side data processing. Since my previous anonymous query went unnoticed for two weeks, I am launching this RfC from this newly registered account to get a consensus on making the external links section functional again, and to verify if the community agrees on adding a privacy-focused, modern demonstration tool. Please share your thoughts on whether we should clean up these links and accept modern web-based alternatives. Elikadima (talk) 19:40, 17 June 2026 (UTC) |
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Astronomy
| {{Infobox planet}} is the infobox template used for articles about planets, moons, and minor planets. Does the proposal below make sense and satisfy color accessibility? If not, what changes would you make? Be specific about any new colors you propose. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 18:30, 5 June 2026 (UTC) |
Art, architecture, literature, and media
[edit]Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard
| How reliable is CBS News under the leadership of Bari Weiss? Prior discussion here.
The options are:
Generalrelative (talk) 16:18, 23 June 2026 (UTC) |
| Should this page include hardcore pornographic images (such as File:Czu_MLP_clop_Wikimare.png or File:Lead shits in Crunchy's mouth by Lordcuckness.png)? Note that this is not about the softcore images also present on the page. ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 22:30, 19 June 2026 (UTC) |
| Shall the infobox shown below be added to the article on Maurice Ravel?
Robert McClenon (talk) 22:13, 18 June 2026 (UTC) |
Talk:List of largest church buildings
| This RfC follows the discussion immediately above.
Under the table's current definitions of internal and external floor area, how should the disputed area figures for St Peter's Basilica and the Basilica of Our Lady of Aparecida be treated? This RfC ended and was restarted to seek additional comments. --Podz00 (talk) 19:45, 15 June 2026 (UTC) |
| Should the lead infobox image for Christina Aguilera be changed from the current image (Option A) to a technically superior option like Option C or Option E? Enakpat18 (talk) 16:00, 13 June 2026 (UTC) |
Should the infobox at Doctor Who continue to use open-ended date ranges for the modern series (e.g. "2005–present"), or conclude the current date ranges (e.g. "2005–2025") following recent news around the show's future and upcoming invitation to tender process?
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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard
| Given that Idolator is defunct and no longer accessible from Wikipedia because of the archive.today blacklist, should it be deprecated as a reliable source?----3family6 (Talk to me|See what I have done) 23:59, 10 June 2026 (UTC) |
| My RfC is because me and Kahndaqi can't seem to get a consensus on adding the character's real name and would like a third comment. Thus far, the argument boils down to this: I have added "Theo Ramses Djoser Teth-Adam" in the real name portion (see here) because in Black Adam (2022) #1, the character expresses his full name in the first few pages of the comic (here). It is clear, demonstratable, and easy to conclude in my opinion. Kahndaqi has reverted these edits, stating in edit summaries (here and here) and above that they believe that it is considered a "editorial mistake", "outdated", "non-canoical" and should be ommitted. I countered, beleving the information to be both considerable and relevant for the reasons above. I'd like for another party to chime in and give their thoughts onto this. CosmicMordecai (talk) 03:37, 10 June 2026 (UTC) |
Talk:List of best-selling video game franchises
There are two questions:
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| First of all, I want to thank Prince of Erebor and all the other editors for their contributions on this article. So about the film's country/countries, while I do think some of Prince of Erebor's concerns and reasonings are valid, but I also think they are very overly stringent on what to include in terms of countries of origin. If you look at other Wikipedia articles, especially many of those Hollywood productions that includes both United States and United Kingdom as country, none of these articles were met with the same type of scrutiny. Many films articles on Wikipedia includes multiple countries, such as many European productions and Asian productions.--Febetsh23 (talk) 09:35, 31 May 2026 (UTC) |
Politics, government, and law
[edit]Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard
| How reliable is CBS News under the leadership of Bari Weiss? Prior discussion here.
The options are:
Generalrelative (talk) 16:18, 23 June 2026 (UTC) |
Talk:2025 India–Pakistan conflict
| Following the newly established precedent at 2026 Iran war, the following sources explicitly consider this conflict a Pakistani strategic victory:[3][4][5][6][7]. Please vote either keep or change, I vote to change. PoliT67 (talk) 15:49, 19 June 2026 (UTC) |
| Should the result of the 2026 Iran war be kept as Iranian Victory or changed to Inconclusive? Vote by writing either Keep or Change.Crampcomes (talk) 00:00, 19 June 2026 (UTC) |
Talk:Federal subjects of Russia
| Should stress marks on the map on the names of the subdivisions be used to aid in the pronunciation of the place names when reading the article in English?
Please answer Yes or No or the equivalent with an optional brief statement in the Survey. This RFC is about whether there should be stress marks on the place names on the map. It is not about the place names anywhere else in the article. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:14, 18 June 2026 (UTC) |
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Indonesia
| Should Indonesian regents and mayors (bupati/walikota) qualify for WP:NSUBPOL? Juxlos (talk) 07:48, 16 June 2026 (UTC) |
| Should the "Related Chicken's necks" section be removed?-AINH (talk) 02:30, 16 June 2026 (UTC) |
Talk:Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
| Should "far-right" be added to the political position of the RSS to the lead and the infobox, while keeping the current "right-wing," so that the position reflects a spectrum of "right-wing to far-right"? 05:23, 15 June 2026 (UTC) |
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Politics/Political parties
| Should we keep the ideology section of political party infoboxes to only what are recognised as ideologies via being cited as such on their respective pages? For example, social democracy is a widely recognised and cited as an ideology, whereas animal welfare is not cited on its page as an ideology. Therefore, the former would be okay but not the latter. For clarity I'm not saying that a party that is for animal welfare, for example, could not be defined as a party that advocates this within the article of that respective political party. What I'm saying is that under this proposal only what are cited on their respective pages as ideologies could be listed in the ideology section of the infobox. Helper201 (talk) 21:53, 11 June 2026 (UTC) |
Talk:2026 Northern Ireland riots
| Should the article refer to the stabbing attack that preceded the riots as an attempted beheading? Cordless Larry (talk) 21:23, 10 June 2026 (UTC) |
| The previous RfC about this failed, in large part due to procedural issues, and the dispute has flared up again without any resolution appearing forthcoming. Details and WP:RFCBEFORE available in the extensive discussions above this RfC.
What should the short description be?
⹃Maltazarian ᚾparleyinvestigateᛅ 20:13, 5 June 2026 (UTC) |
Should the lead:
See Special:Permalink/1357711572 for example which would achieve the above proposal. See WP:RFCBEFORE in the above discussion. Pinging involved editors: @3Kingdoms, @5225C, @Dolphin51, @Errantios, @Errolhunt, @HiLo48, @Melmann TarnishedPathtalk 23:38, 4 June 2026 (UTC) |
Should the article include information regarding Adam Hamawy's 1995 defense witness testimony in the trial of Omar Abdel-Rahman and/or his 1994 volunteer work in Bosnia with the Benevolence International Foundation, and if so, should these be summarized in the lead section?
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| Should the lead section and infobox describe Restore Britain as an exclusively "far-right" political party? Please respond with Support or Oppose followed by your reasoning. Matthew-Hopkins1981 (talk) 17:47, 30 May 2026 (UTC) |
Template talk:Infobox military conflict
| This is an RfC proposing to deprecate the use of collages, whether created using {{Multiple image}} or compiled as a single image file, from use with military conflict infoboxes and similar. Cinderella157 (talk) 22:27, 28 May 2026 (UTC) |
| Several passages in this article rely on highly graphic eyewitness descriptions presented in extensive narrative detail. Examples include descriptions such as people being shot “between the eyes”, bodies falling “like dominoes”, or children being killed in explicit terms.
This RfC is not disputing that the events, deaths, and suffering are historically documented. The concern is whether the current presentation gives disproportionate weight to emotionally graphic primary-source narratives, resulting in a tone that departs from standard encyclopedic style. Relevant policies and guidelines may include:
The question is whether the current level of graphic detail and narrative emphasis is appropriate for an encyclopedia article, or whether some passages should instead be summarized in a more neutral and concise manner consistent with Wikipedia’s usual historical writing style. Input from uninvolved editors would be appreciated regarding:
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Religion and philosophy
[edit]Should the lead:
See Special:Permalink/1357711572 for example which would achieve the above proposal. See WP:RFCBEFORE in the above discussion. Pinging involved editors: @3Kingdoms, @5225C, @Dolphin51, @Errantios, @Errolhunt, @HiLo48, @Melmann TarnishedPathtalk 23:38, 4 June 2026 (UTC) |
Society, sports, and culture
[edit]Talk:Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
| Should "far-right" be added to the political position of the RSS to the lead and the infobox, while keeping the current "right-wing," so that the position reflects a spectrum of "right-wing to far-right"? 05:23, 15 June 2026 (UTC) |
Talk:2026 Northern Ireland riots
| Should the article refer to the stabbing attack that preceded the riots as an attempted beheading? Cordless Larry (talk) 21:23, 10 June 2026 (UTC) |
Template talk:Infobox military conflict
| This is an RfC proposing to deprecate the use of collages, whether created using {{Multiple image}} or compiled as a single image file, from use with military conflict infoboxes and similar. Cinderella157 (talk) 22:27, 28 May 2026 (UTC) |
Wikipedia style and naming
[edit]Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Aviation
Part 1 - How should airports be listed in airport and airline destination lists? Note in all examples, the "Airport" suffix is dropped.
Part 2 - How should cases be handled where multiple airports serve the same primary location (as determined by part 1)? For example, when Western Sydney Airport opens, the city of Sydney will have two airports serving it. How should they be differentiated? Note - in all cases the "primary region" is determined by the outcome of part 1.
Context: this RfC has been started as there has been repeated disagreement on how the existing style guide for airports should be implemented when writing destination lists. I've posted here rather than at the Airports WikiProject as this also affects airline destination lists. Danners430 tweaks made 10:51, 17 June 2026 (UTC) |
Template talk:Barack Obama series
| Which image should be used in Template:Barack Obama series? 2x2x2x2x2 (talk) 01:03, 7 June 2026 (UTC) |
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Astronomy
| {{Infobox planet}} is the infobox template used for articles about planets, moons, and minor planets. Does the proposal below make sense and satisfy color accessibility? If not, what changes would you make? Be specific about any new colors you propose. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 18:30, 5 June 2026 (UTC) |
Template talk:Infobox military conflict
| This is an RfC proposing to deprecate the use of collages, whether created using {{Multiple image}} or compiled as a single image file, from use with military conflict infoboxes and similar. Cinderella157 (talk) 22:27, 28 May 2026 (UTC) |
Wikipedia policies and guidelines
[edit]Wikipedia talk:Non-free content
| There have been articles about and whose titles are based on primarily death-related events, only ones that low-profile victims have been notable for, e.g. "Murder / Killing / Death / Shooting / Suicide of [a deceased low-profile/BIO1E victim]" articles. Also, such victims have been subject to WP:BIO1E/WP:BDP1E, both redirects to WP:NBIO. (Even recently deceased ones have been subject to WP:BDP, a redirect to notorious WP:BLP policy.) Before their own deaths, victims were photographed when those individuals were alive. Such photos have been used in such death-related articles whose titles also use the victims' names, i.e. "X of Y" (X = death-related; Y = victim's name).
Have usages of non-free pre-event/pre-death photos in such death-related articles been generally acceptable or unacceptable, and are such uses still acceptable or unacceptable? --George Ho (talk) 19:07, 12 June 2026 (UTC) |
Template talk:Infobox military conflict
| This is an RfC proposing to deprecate the use of collages, whether created using {{Multiple image}} or compiled as a single image file, from use with military conflict infoboxes and similar. Cinderella157 (talk) 22:27, 28 May 2026 (UTC) |
WikiProjects and collaborations
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Wikipedia technical issues and templates
[edit]Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous)
Should we remove the uses of |alma_mater= from infoboxes in favor of |education=? --Zackmann (Talk to me/What I been doing) 18:53, 13 June 2026 (UTC)
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Wikipedia proposals
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- ^ Spengler, Robert N.; Stark, Sören; Zhou, Xinying; Fuks, Daniel; Tang, Li; Mir-Makhamad, Basira; Bjørn, Rasmus; Jiang, Hongen; Olivieri, Luca M.; Begmatov, Alisher; Boivin, Nicole (2021-09-25). "A Journey to the West: The Ancient Dispersal of Rice Out of East Asia". Rice (New York, N.Y.). 14 (1): 83. Bibcode:2021Rice...14...83S. doi:10.1186/s12284-021-00518-4. ISSN 1939-8425. PMC 8464642. PMID 34564763.
- ^ Spengler, Robert N.; Stark, Sören; Zhou, Xinying; Fuks, Daniel; Tang, Li; Mir-Makhamad, Basira; Bjørn, Rasmus; Jiang, Hongen; Olivieri, Luca M.; Begmatov, Alisher; Boivin, Nicole (2021-09-25). "A Journey to the West: The Ancient Dispersal of Rice Out of East Asia". Rice (New York, N.Y.). 14 (1): 83. Bibcode:2021Rice...14...83S. doi:10.1186/s12284-021-00518-4. ISSN 1939-8425. PMC 8464642. PMID 34564763.
- ^ https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/pakistan-india-2025-chinese-weapons-uscc-report-analysis/
- ^ https://www.aei.org/op-eds/pakistans-diplomatic-victory-conceals-its-weakness/
- ^ https://www.uscc.gov/annual-report/2025-annual-report-congress (p.109 "Pakistan's military success over India in its four-day clash")
- ^ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/17/pakistan-military-chief-asim-munir-unlikely-peacemaker-iran-war "Munir successfully managed to claim victory in that conflict, further elevating his position domestically and internationally."
- ^ https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/5/11/india-tried-to-project-strength-but-ended-up-showing-weakness