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Biographies

Talk:Maurice Ravel

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:

Secondary nationalities should be omitted from the opening sentence and only mentioned in a personal life section if trivial—e.g. driver was not born/raised in the country or previously competed under the flag—per this discussion.

~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)

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)

Talk:James Veitch (comedian)

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)

Talk:Francis Bacon (artist)

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)

Talk:Nicolas de Staël

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)

Talk:George Pell

Should the lead:
  1. be reduced in length to approximately 350 words and three paragraphs in length, and
  2. be reordered such that Pell's conviction for child sex offences and subsequent aquital are in the first paragraph?

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)

Talk:Giannis Antetokounmpo

Should the lead refer to him as Nigerian and Greek or just Greek? JDDJS (talk to mesee what I've done) 17:49, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Economy, trade, and companies

History and geography

Talk:1900

A previous discussion at Talk:Century common year#Requested move 1 September 2025 did not have consensus to move the article to Exceptional common year.

So, let's revisit the wording issue with an RfC.

Which of the following three wording choices should be used for the header template at the years 1700, 1800, and 1900 (with "(day of the week)" replaced by Friday, Wednesday, and Monday respectively)?

  1. an exceptional common year starting on (day of the week)
  2. a century common year starting on (day of the week)
  3. an exceptional century common year starting on (day of the week)

With Choice 1, a new RM would need to be started at Talk:Century common year to move the article to Exceptional common year. GTrang (talk) 01:32, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

Talk:Numidia

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)

Talk:Mohammed Deif

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)

Talk:Golan Heights

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?

  • A: Syrian territory occupied by Israel
  • B: Syrian plateau occupied by Israel
  • C: Plateau in the South Levant
  • D: Disputed plateau in the South Levant
  • E: Control by Syria (1946–67), Israel (67–)

Maltazarian parley ∨ {\displaystyle \lor } {\displaystyle \lor }investigate 20:13, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

Talk:Battle of Kirkhbulakh

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)

Language and linguistics

Maths, science, and technology

Talk:Steganography

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 (d) 18:30, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

Art, architecture, literature, and media

Talk:Guts (album)

How should genres be listed in the Music section of this article?
  1. With primary and secondary genres in the prose
  2. With only primary genres in the prose, and secondary genres as an explanatory footnote
Trillfendi (talk) 00:40, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

Talk:Bitch (album)

Should the second sentence of the lead paragraph read:

A. It was released through Nice Life and Atlantic Records on June 5, 2026.

or

B. It was released through Nice Life Recording Company and Atlantic Records on June 5, 2026.

Please enter A to shorten the name of the recording company or B to use the full name of the recording company, or an equivalent, with a brief statement.

Robert McClenon (talk) 17:04, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard

How reliable is CBS News under the leadership of Bari Weiss? Prior discussion here.

The options are:

  1. Generally reliable
  2. Additional considerations needed
  3. Generally Unreliable
  4. Deprecate

Generalrelative (talk) 16:18, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

Talk:Clop (erotic fan art)

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)

Talk:Maurice Ravel

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)

Talk:Christina Aguilera

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)

Talk:Doctor Who

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?
  • Diff showing proposed change:
  • Template:Infobox television documentation ("last_aired" parameter section most relevant)
  • Pertinent sources on show's status raised during prior discussion: , , 05:56, 12 June 2026 (UTC)

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)

Talk:Black Adam

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:
  1. How many entries should be on the list and by what criteria should it be limited?
  2. Does adding the sales for each game of a franchise to get the total sales of said franchise constitute WP:OR?

--Nihlus1 (talk) 16:55, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

Talk:The Furious

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

Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard

How reliable is CBS News under the leadership of Bari Weiss? Prior discussion here.

The options are:

  1. Generally reliable
  2. Additional considerations needed
  3. Generally Unreliable
  4. Deprecate

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:[1][2][3][4][5]. Please vote either keep or change, I vote to change. PoliT67 (talk) 15:49, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

Talk:2026 Iran war

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)

Talk:Siliguri Corridor

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)

Talk:Golan Heights

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?

  • A: Syrian territory occupied by Israel
  • B: Syrian plateau occupied by Israel
  • C: Plateau in the South Levant
  • D: Disputed plateau in the South Levant
  • E: Control by Syria (1946–67), Israel (67–)

Maltazarian parley ∨ {\displaystyle \lor } {\displaystyle \lor }investigate 20:13, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

Talk:George Pell

Should the lead:
  1. be reduced in length to approximately 350 words and three paragraphs in length, and
  2. be reordered such that Pell's conviction for child sex offences and subsequent aquital are in the first paragraph?

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)

Talk:Adam Hamawy

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?
  1. Include both topics in the body of the article (under the Campaign section) with appropriate context, and summarize the overall campaign controversy briefly in the Lead section.
  2. Include both topics in the body of the article only; do not mention them in the lead section.
  3. Include only the 1995 trial testimony in the body/lead, and exclude the Bosnia volunteering entirely as WP:UNDUE.
  4. Exclude both topics entirely from the article under WP:BLP and WP:COATRACK.
  5. Something else (please specify).
Orca🐋 (talk) 21:48, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Religion and philosophy

Talk:Opus Dei

Which version of the lead paragraph more accurately summarizes the article body in a neutral manner? (Differences between the two are in green)

A, current version: Opus Dei (Latin for 'Work of God') is a personal prelature of the Catholic Church founded in Spain on 2 October 1928 by Saint Josemaría Escrivá. The prelature states that it helps lay and clerical members pursue holiness through everyday occupations and social responsibilities. The Holy See granted final approval in 1950 under Pope Pius XII. In 1982 Pope John Paul II affirmed its status as a personal prelature through the apostolic constitution Ut sit. Catholic Church leaders have voiced firm support while the organization remains controversial.

B: Opus Dei (Latin for 'Work of God') is a personal prelature of the Catholic Church founded in Spain on 2 October 1928 by Saint Josemaría Escrivá. The prelature states that it helps lay and clerical members pursue holiness through everyday occupations and social responsibilities. The Holy See granted final approval in 1950 under Pope Pius XII. In 1982 Pope John Paul II affirmed its status as a personal prelature through the apostolic constitution Ut sit. While the prelature is highly involved in the Catholic Church, the organization remains controversial with both Christians and non-Christians, particularly for their secretiveness, role in sexual abuse cases, and as a result of its political involvement. Depictions in popular culture, such as in The Da Vinci Code and its film adaptation, brought the group into widestream international attention.

Survey

  • B, as proposer. I believe this wording to be more in line with the nuances covered in the body, as well as listing some factors for why the group is controversial rather than just a vague mention of their controversial status. Considering an overwhelming majority of our readers don't move past the first paragraph, I feel it is important to include a brief mention of the controversial topics, since "controversial" can be anything from alleged criminal behavior to capitalization of names. I also think that the influence of popular culture on the perception of the group is due mention. — ♠ Ixtal ( T / C ) Non nobis solum ♠ 17:44, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

Talk:George Pell

Should the lead:
  1. be reduced in length to approximately 350 words and three paragraphs in length, and
  2. be reordered such that Pell's conviction for child sex offences and subsequent aquital are in the first paragraph?

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

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)