Proposals

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This topic deals with Proposals. If a proposal is made, a proposal passes, a proposal fails, a proposal gets removed by an admin, a proposal gets extended, ect. Post it here.

Note: Multi-Choice Proposals like this are really confusing and I don't know what category to put them in with Archived Proposals, so those will not be included (But you can still post here about them).

If I missed any proposals, post that here. And don't post proposals that passed or failed over 7 days ago.

Current Talk Page Proposals
Split Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U into Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Proposer: 3D Player 2004

Current Writing Guidelines Proposals
None yet

Current Changing Proposals
None yet

Current New Features Proposals
None yet

Current Removing Proposals
None yet

Current Misc. Proposals
None yet

Recently Passed Proposals (In the last 7 days)
None yet

Recently Failed Proposals (In the last 7 days)
Delete List of allies Proposer: Time Turner
 
Or folks can, y'know, put the proposals page on their watchlist and keep track of them that way. I've been doing that for seven years: it is a system that works. Especially now that we have the archive page (so no more "uhh, I think SoS made that proposal in early 2009 so it should be somewhere between archives 10 and 14 - I'll go manually check every one to find it..."). Plus the TPPs aren't supposed to be removed after they pass until they're enacted, so even though there's no archive directory or them besides the category, they don't usually become relevant again unless the pages in question are being messed with, in which case the TPPs are there on the talk pages, easily accessible.

Sorry, but this just seems really unnecessary, and is inviting discussions to happen on the side when really, the chatter should be contained within the actual Comments sections (until the proposal fails/passes and it was decided that the matter should be discussed further on the forum, but separate threads should be made for those cases anyway). It's very annoying having to go on conversation scavenger hunts all around the community just to get the full story on a single given issue, especially when the forum's often unreliable search feature has to be employed.
 
The point is that the topic is redundant because proposals are already effectively organized on the wiki. The featured articles topic exists because FAs don't have a similar system (and don't really need it because featured articles are never going to be cited as justification for or deterrents against performing certain actions on the wiki, unlike proposals).
 
Lord Boohemoth said:
Current Changing Proposals
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Mario4Ever said:
The point is that the topic is redundant because proposals are already effectively organized on the wiki. The featured articles topic exists because FAs don't have a similar system (and don't really need it because featured articles are never going to be cited as justification for or deterrents against performing certain actions on the wiki, unlike proposals).
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Featured Articles thread also happens to be a collaborations thread, as it can invite people to improve on a Featured Article nomination or prevent an article from being unfeatured and vice versa. Super Smash Bros. Brawl, that's one of those that remained featured because its issues were brought to light.

Featured Articles, from my experience, isn't AS much accessed as proposals due to a sore lack of votes and comments on issues, especially if there are articles nominated to be featured and it takes literally weeks to get just five votes. I don't know how effective the Featured Articles thread is when it comes to garnering attention, but I think it at least functions.

The General Discussion thread AND the comments section of the proposals is a good place for more generic subjects the proposals cover compared to Featured Articles.
 
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