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Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#RfC: Should we deprecate WP:RfA?. Regards, CNC (talk) 18:41, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@CommunityNotesContributor, thanks for raising. It was actually a different editor. I notified them and they fixed it. Dw31415 (talk) 16:29, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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RfCStats - Bad section parsing

@S Marshall, I started looking at RfCStats again. Parsing this page Talk:Killing of Alex Pretti presented a problem in that the second section as parsed by mwparserfromhell. Do you happen to see any bad markup (unclosed tags) in Talk:Killing of Alex Pretti#Extended Protected Edit Request, 2nd of Febuary, 2026 section? I looked but don't see anything wrong with the section.

(partially just letting you know I'm looking at it again, please confirm you still think it's of value).

https://github.com/earwig/mwparserfromhell/issues/311

only 3 sections — screen shot of incorrect section parsing

Dw31415 (talk) 16:35, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for looking at it again. I'm not seeing anything wrong with that section either?—S Marshall T/C 16:54, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I just got back around to looking at this. It turns out the section had an unclosed italics tag. mwparser can be configured to ignore formatting tags. I'll try that. Dw31415 (talk) 12:51, 19 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@S Marshall, Please take a look and spot check one of the RfC's (just a test run with 10 samples): User:DwAlphaBot/RfcEditStats#RFC Analysis Report Dw31415 (talk) 14:00, 19 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I'm really liking this. Being greedy, could we make the output into a sortable Wikitable?—S Marshall T/C 16:15, 19 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Sure!

@S Marshall, Separate question: Right now it’s taking the list of open RfCs as the source which means it will drop off after the RfC is delisted. Would it be better to take from the list at Wikipedia:Closure requests? Dw31415 (talk) 17:39, 19 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Check out update with sorting and user info. Dw31415 (talk) 20:47, 19 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The sorting is exactly what I needed! In an absolutely perfect world, I would be able to give the script a specific page revision and rfcid, and get it to generate the table for that rfcid. I don't see this script as a necessary thing to run on every RFC that happens -- only specific ones where appropriate.—S Marshall T/C 23:46, 19 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Sounds good. I’ll need to set up Toolforge. I hope to do that over the next few weeks. Stay tuned. Dw31415 (talk) 14:21, 20 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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RfC Change Templates

Hi @WhatamIdoing, I just created this page to add some doodling for template ideas. Feel free to edit as well!

User:Dw31415/RfC Change Templates Dw31415 (talk) 22:37, 20 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Dw31415, what does "More RFC Before" mean to you? WhatamIdoing (talk) 03:47, 21 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I should probably delete that one unless and until there is some new consensus that there is some mandatory before step. I think our opinions are similar on “before”. So we can let others articulate any standardized response to a before complaint. Dw31415 (talk) 04:13, 21 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I think that we probably shouldn't encourage people to change RFC questions. WhatamIdoing (talk) 04:27, 21 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Userpage

User:DwAlphaBot says "Withdrawn request" but that needs updating/removing now that its been unwithdrawn and approved. Polygnotus (talk) 11:28, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. Thanks! Dw31415 (talk) 14:47, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Links to archives

- **2014–2015 – Early debates about prior discussion before RfCs**

 *Editors discussed whether starting an RfC without prior talk‑page discussion was improper or merely sub‑optimal; the emerging view was that prior discussion is good practice, not a hard requirement.*  
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_comment/Archive_7

- **2015 – Wording cleanup around “must” vs “should”**

 *Several editors worked on softening language that sounded mandatory, preferring advisory phrasing like “should” or “are encouraged to”.*  
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_comment/Archive_8

- **2016 – Broader questions about mandatory steps for RfCs**

 *A wider discussion considered whether any procedural steps (including prior discussion / RFCBEFORE‑style expectations) should be mandatory; consensus opposed adding formal prerequisites.*  
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_comment/Archive_9 Dw31415 (talk) 01:41, 23 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Note to self about timing: https://github.com/sohomdatta1/yapperbot-services/blame/main/frs/main.go#L99 Dw31415 (talk) 01:14, 14 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

WP:BADRCF Dw31415 (talk) 13:16, 18 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Delay

The delay also already exists, since the bot runs once per 24 hours. Polygnotus (talk) 19:28, 16 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, interesting. I guess that means 25% of RfCs are only getting a 6 hour delay (or less). How long were you thinking for a draft phase? Dw31415 (talk) 21:20, 16 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

~2 or 3 days. Not sure if you saw the chunky chunks. Polygnotus (talk) 21:22, 16 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Pong. Polygnotus (talk) 22:57, 17 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Man the Camaro RfC is a train wreck. Makes me lean back toward a “procedural close” it’s just an N of 1 tough. I was pinging you to see any thought on an RfC about RfCs Dw31415 (talk) 23:11, 17 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

See Talk:Chevrolet Camaro#c-Vanguard10-20260417024800-SURVEY - Votes with explanation Dw31415 (talk) 23:12, 17 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

It is a beautiful mess, like me.

Maybe this can push it in the right direction? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Chevrolet_Camaro#c-Polygnotus-20260417234200-Vanguard10-20260417024800 Polygnotus (talk) 23:44, 17 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

any thought on an RfC about RfCs Quite a few, but its probably wise to take that slow. It would be nice to be able to represent both sides fairly, so a cooling off period seems like a good idea. Polygnotus (talk) 23:46, 17 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

RfC Singature

I appreciate this comment Wikipedia talk:Genocide#c-Boud-20260426083700-Boud-20260404200300 but I’m backing away from editing the question itself Dw31415 (talk) 15:33, 26 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The actual list of arguments for and against is archived. Just to avoid any misunderstanding (@WhatamIdoing: too), I wasn't proposing to edit that in place. I don't see any current discussion on the question. I was rather just thinking of a note for possible future discussions. Boud (talk) 16:26, 26 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I've replied at WT:Genocide; if we want to keep talking about it, then maybe we should move all of it to WT:RFC, so it would turn up in a search of the archives later. WhatamIdoing (talk) 23:30, 26 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Done Boud (talk) 06:53, 27 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Rumors

- With regard to upcoming films, etc. obviously if there is widespread coverage in the mainstream press, that falls under the phrase "the preparation itself merits encyclopedic inclusion." The problem is how to distinguish what is validly newsworthy from what is simply a publicity campaign. One extreme: The New York Times is reporting it. Another extreme: the creator of a very-low-budget film or self-published book personally creates an article about the upcoming release. Somewhere in the middle: the "press coverage" is from the rumor section of a gamer's website, or the "what's new" column of an industry trade journal that customarily prints any press release they are sent, or something like that. Dpbsmith (talk) 16:47, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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