The Signpost

Discussion report

References to individuals and groups, merging wikiprojects, portals on the Main page, and more

The Chamber of Deputies of the National Congress of Brazil


This is mostly a list of Non-article page requests for comment believed to be active on 2 October 2013 linked from subpages of Wikipedia:RfC, recent watchlist notices and SiteNotices. The latter two are in bold. Items that are new to this report are in italics even if they are not new discussions. If an item can be listed under more than one category it is usually listed once only in this report. Clarifications and corrections are appreciated; please leave them in this article's comment box at the bottom of the page.

Style and naming

A Wikipedian has started a request for comment about naming conventions for tornado outbreaks.

Policies and guidelines

The United States federal government has "shut down" amidst political disagreements among federal legislators and the President. Similarly, some Wikipedia requests for comment end in "no consensus", although this has never resulted in Wikipedia shutting down.

WikiProjects and collaborations

Technical issues and templates

Proposals

English Wikipedia notable requests for permissions

(This section will include active RfAs, RfBs, CU/OS appointment requests, and Arbcom elections)

Meta

Upcoming online meetings

There is an upcoming IRC meeting about Flow. According to the project page, "Flow will replace the current Wikipedia talk page system and will provide features that are present on most modern websites, but which are not possible to implement in wikitext. For example, Flow will enable automatic signing of posts, automatic threading, and per-thread notifications."


Students in the Wikipedia Education Program in Nepal meet with the Member Secretary of the Pashupati Area Development Trust. The Nepal WEP pilot project is discussed in a Wikimedia Blog post.

















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