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Biographies
[edit]| Should the efforts to get Mahmoud Khalil deported be described as a “campaign”?
The present edit says Khalil was: “targeted in an online campaign to have him deported.”
Supporters argue that “campaign” is a reasonable paraphrase of the documented efforts, which involved individuals and organizations publicly advocating for Khalil's deportation using social media and other means. Opposers argue that describing these activities as a “campaign” goes beyond what the sources establish, because the sources do not establish that the participants were acting as part of a planned or coordinated effort. Prior discussion here. JerryGraf (talk) 00:56, 4 October 2026 (UTC) |
| Should the March 2026 mugshot (below) of Peters be used as the image in the infobox of this article?
R. G. Checkers talk 03:02, 30 September 2026 (UTC) |
| Should the lead of this article continue to state that Choerry “is a member of Loona”, or should that present-tense wording be revised based on the sources currently cited in the article and discussed above?
This RfC concerns whether the sources cited in this article support the present-tense wording in the lead. Wider uninvolved input is requested. APDuck (talk) 08:23, 27 September 2026 (UTC) |
| Should the Legacy and artistic depictions section include the proposed one-sentence summary below of international protests against Gandhi statues, with detailed coverage remaining in the standalone controversies article? Akyeame.kwame (talk) 05:18, 21 September 2026 (UTC) |
Talk:Rampal (spiritual leader)
| Should the paragraph concerning FIR No. 428 be updated to mention that the Punjab and Haryana High Court granted Rampal regular bail in April 2026, while retaining that the case remains pending?
The current paragraph states that FIR No. 428 “is still pending” and that “the trial is ongoing.” Subsequent independent reporting states that the Punjab and Haryana High Court granted Rampal regular bail in April 2026 after more than eleven years in custody. I previously added this subsequent development, but it was reverted as part of a rollback of eleven edits with the summary “Puffery”. I raised the rollback above on 2 September and have not received a response. My proposed approach would not state or imply that Rampal was acquitted in FIR 428 or that the proceedings ended. It would retain the pending status and simply add the subsequent bail development to the chronology. I would appreciate input from uninvolved editors on whether this update is appropriate and, if so, the most neutral wording. Errerless (talk) 18:30, 10 September 2026 (UTC) |
Economy, trade, and companies
[edit]Talk:Daffodil International University
| Several sections containing information about faculties, departments,
and residential facilities have recently been removed. Some of this information was supported by independent reliable sources. The concern raised was that Wikipedia is not a directory or that the information has insufficient encyclopedic value. Question: What level of independently sourced information about the university's faculties, departments, and residential facilities is appropriate for this article? I am seeking input from uninvolved editors on whether concise, encyclopedic information should be retained while directory-like details are removed. Please consider relevant Wikipedia policies and guidelines and focus on the content rather than the editors involved.0ximjub43r (talk) 19:37, 1 October 2026 (UTC) |
| Should the word “manipulate” be replaced when describing the advertising campaigns of De Beers? Relisted 23:49, 13 September 2026 (UTC) |
| How much should the contents of Yahoo duplicate Criticism of Yahoo? Per a diff of the latest version of each article and Duplication Detector, the two articles currently contain 29 closely paraphrased or identical paragraphs, including all of the Criticism section except for the "DMCA notice to whistleblower" and "Censorship of private emails affiliated with Occupy Wall Street protests" subsections. Mary Gaulke (talk) 03:54, 11 September 2026 (UTC) |
| Should we include a particular index measuring national power in the article?
The index in question is the DiME (Diplomacy, Military, Economy) Index proposed by Moyer, Pardee Institute, the University of Denver. 20:29, 9 September 2026 (UTC) |
History and geography
[edit]::::::::It's been almost three weeks since I raised these concerns, and I still haven't received any further responses. I understand that editors are busy but I would appreciate some input on the points I mentioned above, especially the historical background, the description of the Greek occupation of İzmir, and the use of collective ethnic terminology.
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| How should "старостинський округ" be translated? Shwabb1 ⟨taco⟩ 16:56, 5 October 2026 (UTC) |
Talk:Macedonia (ancient kingdom)
| Does the sentence “Most ancient Greek geographers didn't include the core of Macedonia in Hellas in the strict sense.” supported by the sources [1][2] , comply with WP:V, WP:RS, WP:NPOV, and WP:DUE? Please address any policy you consider unmet.SuriMuri (talk) 10:37, 3 October 2026 (UTC) |
| The maximum extent of the Portuguese Empire is always reverted by a specific user, but it should be based on , reliable published sources, which can vary in their estimates.
Taagepera gives5.5 million km² as the Empire's maximum extent. However, there are other published sources, giving substantially larger figures:
The question should not be which editors personally believe is the historically "correct" figure, but how Wikipedia should represent the disagreement between reliable sources and differing scopes, under WP:NPOV, WP:DUE, WP:RS, and WP:CONTEXTMATTERS. I propose including the different reliable sources. . ~2026-51340-84 (talk) 16:24, 23 September 2026 (UTC) |
| Should the Legacy and artistic depictions section include the proposed one-sentence summary below of international protests against Gandhi statues, with detailed coverage remaining in the standalone controversies article? Akyeame.kwame (talk) 05:18, 21 September 2026 (UTC) |
| I suggest that this sentence is added to the end of the very first paragraph: "The followers of Uthman were victorious and proceeded to establish the Umayyad Caliphate in 661."
The current version of the first paragraph does not say which side won. That would be good information to include there. Do people support this? Sobelone96 (talk) 16:53, 18 September 2026 (UTC) |
| Should the word “manipulate” be replaced when describing the advertising campaigns of De Beers? Relisted 23:49, 13 September 2026 (UTC) |
| Should the first sentence mention and link to the Blockade of the Gaza Strip? (Noting per Lf8u2 that it currently does as of 12 September with the single word 'blockade' linking to Blockade of the Gaza Strip and that this RfC is not about any addition to the first sentence.)إيان (talk) 07:19, 11 September 2026 (UTC) |
| Should we include a particular index measuring national power in the article?
The index in question is the DiME (Diplomacy, Military, Economy) Index proposed by Moyer, Pardee Institute, the University of Denver. 20:29, 9 September 2026 (UTC) |
Language and linguistics
[edit]Maths, science, and technology
[edit]| What car should be depicted on the main image of this article? Note: The point of this discussion is to determine which car should represent the page based on its relevance (not based on the ammout of "good images" it has, nor to choose the specific image). Gigman (talk) 13:57, 7 October 2026 (UTC) |
| Do reliable sources support treating the systems and features currently described in this article as a single coherent concept called "selection-based search"? Hashbrownie123 (talk) 05:21, 26 September 2026 (UTC) |
Talk:List of mathematical discoveries by artificial intelligence
| Should tables be used on this page for timelines of AI discoveries in math (like in the 2026#Q3 subsection), or not (like elsewhere on the page)? Matarisvan (talk) 16:59, 20 September 2026 (UTC) |
| A section of this article - Lander (spacecraft)#Impactors, does not seem related to this article about spacecraft landers; the main objective of an Impactor is to crash into an entity, and not land on it. Would it be more appropriate to remove that section from this article, since there already exists a main article on probe Impactors Deliberate crash landings on extraterrestrial bodies? Riverskysun (talk) 01:43, 16 September 2026 (UTC) |
Art, architecture, literature, and media
[edit]Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Television/Television stations task force
| How should the lead sentences of North American broadcast radio and TV station articles be worded?
BlueboyLINY (talk) 06:21, 4 October 2026 (UTC) |
| Should the March 2026 mugshot (below) of Peters be used as the image in the infobox of this article?
R. G. Checkers talk 03:02, 30 September 2026 (UTC) |
| The discussion above about the heading picture has gotten nowhere, but I do think there is grounds for the picture to be changed, so I'm starting the RfC to get a larger discussion. Question: Which picture should be used as the main image for the infobox of the article Neil Peart? VidanaliK (talk to me) (contributions) 00:54, 28 September 2026 (UTC) |
| Should the lead of this article continue to state that Choerry “is a member of Loona”, or should that present-tense wording be revised based on the sources currently cited in the article and discussed above?
This RfC concerns whether the sources cited in this article support the present-tense wording in the lead. Wider uninvolved input is requested. APDuck (talk) 08:23, 27 September 2026 (UTC) |
| Would it be appropriate to be more direct, in MOS:LEAD by clearly stating that lolicon refers to simulated child pornography? This matter also concerns shotacon. Discussions elsewhere have spawned from this matter. Issac I Navarro (talk) 17:24, 26 September 2026 (UTC) |
| Should the single "All Out Life" continue to list "We Are Not Your Kind (Japanese edition)" as its album, or be changed to a non-album single? LesStudios (talk) 19:36, 14 September 2026 (UTC) |
Talk:Salvation (Rebecca Black album)
| Per the discussion above, should we refer to Salvation as an Album, an EP, or should we settle on a Compromise and refer to Salvation as either of the following in the brackets? (For Compromise: Recording or Release / Other) HorrorLover555 (talk) 17:18, 12 September 2026 (UTC) |
Politics, government, and law
[edit]Should the introduction mention Piker's criticism and opposition to the following:
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Wikipedia talk:Notability (academics)
| Is the American Law Institute "a highly selective and prestigious scholarly society or association" for the purposes of WP:NACADEMIC #3? 21:20, 5 October 2026 (UTC) |
| How should "старостинський округ" be translated? Shwabb1 ⟨taco⟩ 16:56, 5 October 2026 (UTC) |
Talk:Republican Party (United States)
| Should the party's political position be changed in the infobox and lead from "right-wing to far-right" to "centre-right to far-right"? Pachu1 (talk) 14:57, 30 September 2026 (UTC) |
| Should this article about Bo French be filed under Category:American white nationalists? Big Blue Gnu 00:37, 28 September 2026 (UTC) |
| Would it be appropriate to be more direct, in MOS:LEAD by clearly stating that lolicon refers to simulated child pornography? This matter also concerns shotacon. Discussions elsewhere have spawned from this matter. Issac I Navarro (talk) 17:24, 26 September 2026 (UTC) |
| Should the political position field in the Die Linke infobox describe the party as:
taking into account the reliable sources available and Wikipedia's policies on due weight and neutral point of view? Funnaile (talk) 07:11, 21 September 2026 (UTC) |
| Should the first sentence mention and link to the Blockade of the Gaza Strip? (Noting per Lf8u2 that it currently does as of 12 September with the single word 'blockade' linking to Blockade of the Gaza Strip and that this RfC is not about any addition to the first sentence.)إيان (talk) 07:19, 11 September 2026 (UTC) |
Talk:Rampal (spiritual leader)
| Should the paragraph concerning FIR No. 428 be updated to mention that the Punjab and Haryana High Court granted Rampal regular bail in April 2026, while retaining that the case remains pending?
The current paragraph states that FIR No. 428 “is still pending” and that “the trial is ongoing.” Subsequent independent reporting states that the Punjab and Haryana High Court granted Rampal regular bail in April 2026 after more than eleven years in custody. I previously added this subsequent development, but it was reverted as part of a rollback of eleven edits with the summary “Puffery”. I raised the rollback above on 2 September and have not received a response. My proposed approach would not state or imply that Rampal was acquitted in FIR 428 or that the proceedings ended. It would retain the pending status and simply add the subsequent bail development to the chronology. I would appreciate input from uninvolved editors on whether this update is appropriate and, if so, the most neutral wording. Errerless (talk) 18:30, 10 September 2026 (UTC) |
| Should we include a particular index measuring national power in the article?
The index in question is the DiME (Diplomacy, Military, Economy) Index proposed by Moyer, Pardee Institute, the University of Denver. 20:29, 9 September 2026 (UTC) |
Religion and philosophy
[edit]Society, sports, and culture
[edit]Should the introduction mention Piker's criticism and opposition to the following:
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Talk:Daffodil International University
| Several sections containing information about faculties, departments,
and residential facilities have recently been removed. Some of this information was supported by independent reliable sources. The concern raised was that Wikipedia is not a directory or that the information has insufficient encyclopedic value. Question: What level of independently sourced information about the university's faculties, departments, and residential facilities is appropriate for this article? I am seeking input from uninvolved editors on whether concise, encyclopedic information should be retained while directory-like details are removed. Please consider relevant Wikipedia policies and guidelines and focus on the content rather than the editors involved.0ximjub43r (talk) 19:37, 1 October 2026 (UTC) |
| Should the March 2026 mugshot (below) of Peters be used as the image in the infobox of this article?
R. G. Checkers talk 03:02, 30 September 2026 (UTC) |
Talk:Hindu American Foundation
| How should the Hindu American Foundation be characterized in the lede? Is it due to describe as a hindutva organization?User:Bluethricecreamman Previous discussions: Talk:Hindu American Foundation#h-Discussion about hindutva lavel-20260912145000 Talk:Hindu American Foundation#h-Hindutva organisation-20260708225000 User:Bluethricecreamman (Talk·Contribs) 17:15, 24 September 2026 (UTC) |
Template talk:Infobox gridiron football biography
| Birth_name is a standard parameter across biography templates on the encyclopedia. Template:Infobox gridiron football biography currently lacks that parameter. There are sports biographies where the article title is not their real name which leads to confusion, miscommunication, and lack of precision in the infobox templates for these individuals when the birth_name parameter is not available for use. This issue was raised in an earlier thread last year on this talk page by Zackmann08, but failed to gain much attention. An RFC is needed to attract input from a wider range of editors.4meter4 (talk) 17:31, 21 September 2026 (UTC) |
| Should the word “manipulate” be replaced when describing the advertising campaigns of De Beers? Relisted 23:49, 13 September 2026 (UTC) |
Wikipedia style and naming
[edit]Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Capital letters
| The discussion at Talk:Capitalization of internet#Requested move 15 September 2026 has been closed with a consensus to lowercase internet/Internet (as in the internet/Internet, not in the generic internetworking sense) in the title of Capitalization of internet. The RM was closed as only applying to the title, with a broader discussion needed to establish broader advice. This was naturally recommended as the best place to do that.
So, should the internet/Internet be capitalized or uncapitalized? –Maltazarian ᚾparleyinvestigateᛅ 15:10, 7 October 2026 (UTC) |
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| What car should be depicted on the main image of this article? Note: The point of this discussion is to determine which car should represent the page based on its relevance (not based on the ammout of "good images" it has, nor to choose the specific image). Gigman (talk) 13:57, 7 October 2026 (UTC) |
| How should "старостинський округ" be translated? Shwabb1 ⟨taco⟩ 16:56, 5 October 2026 (UTC) |
| Would it be appropriate to be more direct, in MOS:LEAD by clearly stating that lolicon refers to simulated child pornography? This matter also concerns shotacon. Discussions elsewhere have spawned from this matter. Issac I Navarro (talk) 17:24, 26 September 2026 (UTC) |
Wikipedia policies and guidelines
[edit]Wikipedia talk:Notability (academics)
| Is the American Law Institute "a highly selective and prestigious scholarly society or association" for the purposes of WP:NACADEMIC #3? 21:20, 5 October 2026 (UTC) |
Talk:Macedonia (ancient kingdom)
| Does the sentence “Most ancient Greek geographers didn't include the core of Macedonia in Hellas in the strict sense.” supported by the sources [3][4] , comply with WP:V, WP:RS, WP:NPOV, and WP:DUE? Please address any policy you consider unmet.SuriMuri (talk) 10:37, 3 October 2026 (UTC) |
Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)
| Can the MfD guidelines be changed to allow autoconfirmed users (or above) to archive non-controversial discussions? 🐴🌀[citation needed] 04:26, 20 September 2026 (UTC) |
Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)
| Since I clarified that the original discussion was not an RfC and was also getting off-topic (sorry, Gurkubondinn), here we are. The discussion yielded an unclear result, so I figured I would just move ahead with a clearer RfC. Hopefully consensus will be clearer. Courtesy-tagging original discussion participants: @Gnomingstuff @SuperPianoMan9167 @Katzrockso @NicheSports @LWG @Fermiboson @Thryduulf @InfernoHues @Chipmunkdavis Should WP:NOLLM be updated to explicitly permit or explicitly prohibit the use of AI/LLMs to create/format Wikitext (hereafter referred to as "WT")? Option 1 — No change to NOLLM. Option 2 - Add some form of explicit exception to PERMIT the use of AI to format WT, with the caveat that the user is responsible for ensuring it is non-disruptive and publishes without error. Option 3 — Add some form of explicit prohibition to PREVENT the use of AI to format WT.This RfC also invites discussion as to the wording of an exception or prohibition — MWFwiki (talk) 22:12, 19 September 2026 (UTC) |
Talk:Generative AI pornography
| To note, this may not even be an issue if the photograph is delated on Wikimedia Commons; for some background there is C:Commons:Deletion requests/File:Stability Matrix Inference in action.png, C:Commons:Village pump/Proposals#Lolicon in general and there is a general discussion at meta:Wikimedia Forum#Request for opinions, from the Legal team at the Wikimedia Foundation for this file. But the specific matter is should this image be on this English Wikipedia page? Issac I Navarro (talk) 01:34, 18 September 2026 (UTC) |
Wikipedia talk:Template namespace
Should the line Templates should not normally be used to store article text that may need to be edited, as this makes it more difficult to do so.be changed to Templates should not normally be used to store article text, as this makes it more difficult to edit the content.at WP:TMPG? Sdkb talk 07:45, 10 September 2026 (UTC) |
WikiProjects and collaborations
[edit]Wikipedia technical issues and templates
[edit]Wikipedia talk:Template namespace
Should the line Templates should not normally be used to store article text that may need to be edited, as this makes it more difficult to do so.be changed to Templates should not normally be used to store article text, as this makes it more difficult to edit the content.at WP:TMPG? Sdkb talk 07:45, 10 September 2026 (UTC) |
Wikipedia proposals
[edit]Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)
| Should a new move protection level be created, which only allows page movers and administrators to move pages affected by it? 05:31, 29 September 2026 (UTC) |
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[edit]User names
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[edit]- ↑ Engels, Johannes (2010). A companion to ancient Macedonia. Malden, Mass: Wiley-Blackwell. p. 88. ISBN 978-1-405-17936-2.
But it appears that most ancient Greek geographers did not include the core territories of the kingdom of Macedonia in their descriptions of Greece. They usually drew the borderline of Hellas in the strict sense from the Ambracian Gulf to Mount Olympus and the Thessalian Tempe Valley.
- ↑ Stoppie, Karen (2003). Constructions of Greek Past: Identity and Historical Consciousness from Antiquity to the Present. BRILL. p. 51. ISBN 978-90-04-49546-3.
Phileas, a geographer who lived in the sixth-fifth century BC, identifies the northern frontier of Hellas with the Peneius, a river that springs from the Pindus Mountains and flows south from Olympus through the Tempe valley, and with the Homolium, one of the mountains south of the Tempe valley. Since Olympus formed the most southern part of Macedonia, the Macedonians did not inhabit Hellas, which can only be explained by the fact that they were not considered Hellenes:... Herodotus, too, situates Macedonia outside Hellas since he calls the valley of the Peneius Hellas' northern entrance way:....
- ↑ Engels, Johannes (2010). A companion to ancient Macedonia. Malden, Mass: Wiley-Blackwell. p. 88. ISBN 978-1-405-17936-2.
But it appears that most ancient Greek geographers did not include the core territories of the kingdom of Macedonia in their descriptions of Greece. They usually drew the borderline of Hellas in the strict sense from the Ambracian Gulf to Mount Olympus and the Thessalian Tempe Valley.
- ↑ Stoppie, Karen (2003). Constructions of Greek Past: Identity and Historical Consciousness from Antiquity to the Present. BRILL. p. 51. ISBN 978-90-04-49546-3.
Phileas, a geographer who lived in the sixth-fifth century BC, identifies the northern frontier of Hellas with the Peneius, a river that springs from the Pindus Mountains and flows south from Olympus through the Tempe valley, and with the Homolium, one of the mountains south of the Tempe valley. Since Olympus formed the most southern part of Macedonia, the Macedonians did not inhabit Hellas, which can only be explained by the fact that they were not considered Hellenes:... Herodotus, too, situates Macedonia outside Hellas since he calls the valley of the Peneius Hellas' northern entrance way:....