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Closed 2012
January 2012
RfC on making conciliation a part of Wikipedia's dispute resolution practices.
Listed 31 January 2012, archived 1 February 2012
RfC on the implementation of Binding RFCs , structured discussions to create solutions to intractable content disputes.
Listed 21 December 2011, archived 28 January 2012
RfC into the display of CentralNotices on Wikipedia
Listed 10 December 2011, archived 4 January 2012
Proposal to elect Featured Article leaders
Listed 8 January 2012, archived 8 January 2012
RfC to rename the tab title from "discussion" to "talk"
Listed 4 December 2011, archived 11 January 2012
Proposal to add a requirement at WP:CFD that category creators be notified
Listed 8 December 2011, archived 15 January 2012
Discussion on what sort of action to take regarding SOPA
Listed 15 December 2011, archived 17 January 2012
Formal poll regarding a protest of SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) on Jan. 18
Listed 13 January 2012, archived 17 January 2012
RfC on accepting a foundation resolution on curating controversial content, particularly following the principle of least astonishment as a Wikipedia guideline
Listed 31 December 2011, archived 20 Janbuary 2012
RfC on how or whether to add coordinates to highway articles
Listed 26 December 2011, archived 28 January 2012
February 2012
Discussion about improving WP:PORNBIO
Listed 30 December 2011, archived 8 February 2012
Discussion about whether Template:Persondata should be deleted, moved to the article talkpage, or kept as it is.
Listed 30 January 2012, archived 8 February 2012
Discussion on deleting Template:Lead too short .
Listed 1 February 2012, archived 9 February 2012
RfC on aspects of the leadership of the featured article process
Listed 20 January 2012, archived 12 February 2012
RfC about whether "new messages" banner hoaxes should be prohibited
Listed 28 January 2012, archived 18 February 2012
Invitation to comment on candidates standing for 2012 Audit Subcommittee appointment
Listed 9 February 2012, archived 22 February 22 2012
RFC on appropriate handling/removal of non-free images that breach WP:NFCC policy #9 .
Listed 10 February 2012, archived 23 February 2012
RfC about the assessment of community understanding of article title decision practice.
Listed 16 February 2012, archived 24 February 2012
RfC on how files from non-copyright states should be treated and used on Wikipedia
Listed 25 January 2012, archived 28 February 2012
March 2012
RfC about allowing watchlisting of user contributions
Listed 28 February 2012, archived 17 March 2012
RfC on adding a more prominent link to Special:MyContributions for IP editors
Listed 28 February 2012, archived 18 March 2012
RfC on the proposed cessation of selective delete (other than history merge fixes) and resulting changes to deletion policies, including the removal of a Revision Deletion criterion
Listed 10 February 2012, archived 18 March 2012
RfC on the Requested Articles page
Listed 13 March 2012, archived 29 March 2012
April 2012
RfC on how LCCNs should be displayed
Listed 21 March 2012, archived 3 April 2012
RfC on whether WP:REDIRECT should contain advice related to Wikipedia books
Listed 22 March 2012, archived 3 April 2012
RfC on the Arbitration Committee and how to deal with good-editing sockpuppets
Listed 28 February 2012, archived 8 April 2012
RfC on the prohibition on shared accounts
Listed 31 March 2012, archived 11 April 2012
RfC on amending the verifiability policy to indicate that sources be more accessible
Listed 10 April 2012, archived 12 April 2012
RfC on the use of images within the Muhammad article
Listed 19 March 2012, archived 20 April 2012
The Wikimedia Foundation has opened a Request for Comment on adding the NOINDEX flag to new and unpatrolled articles
Listed 20 March 2012, archived 20 April 2012
Binding community discussion on the Abortion article titles, as requested by the Arbitration Committee
Listed 22 February 2012, archived 24 April 2012
RfC about the future of pending changes
Listed 23 March 2012, archived 24 April 2012
RfC on the Article Rescue Squadron and canvassing
Listed 12 March 2012, archived 24 April 2012
RfC on the conflict of interest guideline, as requested by the Arbitration Committee
Listed 28 February 2012, archived 24 April 2012
May 2012
Request for comment about retiring speedy deletion criterion F8.
Listed on 29 April 2012, archived 3 May 2012
Proposal to promote the essay, Wikipedia:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle , to policy
Listed 27 April 2012, archived 15 May 2012
Request for comment on disallowing advertisements on user pages
Listed 27 April 2012, archived 17 May 2012
Pending changes/Request for Comment 2012 - discussion extended to 22 May.
Listed 28 April 2012, archived 23 May 2012
Proposal to standardize the use of {{reflist}} and deprecate <references /> .
Listed 22 May 2012, archived 28 May 2012
Straw poll on which awards, if any, should be excluded when assessing the notability of pornographic actors.
Listed 15 May 2012, archived 5 June 2012
June 2012
Proposal to establish a community-elected Council of Wikipedia
Listed 12 June 2012, archived 12 June 2012
RFC on new watchlist feature
Listed 18 May 2012, archived 13 June 2012
Proposal to create a new user-right group by merging autopatrolled, filemover, researcher, and reviewer rights groups, and three other user-rights.
Listed 20 June 2012, archived 22 June 2012
Proposal to enable Reference Tooltips by default
Listed 23 April 2012, archived 22 June 2012
Proposal to change guideline on how big a Talk page should be before archiving.
Listed 10 May 2012, archived 22 June 2012
RfC on amending notability guidelines for Mixed Martial Arts events
Listed 11 May 2012, archived 22 June 2012
RfC about adding a "de facto" section to the official list of banned users at WP:BANNED
Listed 26 May 2012, archived 22 June 2012
RfC proposal to merge Stub types for deletion with some other deletion process.
Listed 29 May 2012, archived 22 June 2012
Proposal to establish a closure review on move requests
Listed 23 April 2012, archived 22 June 2012
RfC proposal on expanding the Ban Appeals Subcommittee to non-arbitrator community editors
Listed 5 June 2012, archived 29 June 2012
RfC on how to handle "Year by country" categories
Listed 8 June 2012, archived 29 June 2012
RfC proposal to change guidelines on categorisation of images
Listed 11 June 2012, archived 29 June 2012
Appointments for CheckUser and Oversight. The deadline for submitting comments about the candidates is 23:59, 28 June 2012 (UTC).
Listed 25 June 2012, archived 29 June 2012
Proposal to ban instant blocking for established editors unless a warning has been issued first.
Listed 14 June 2012, archived 30 June 2012
RfC on whether Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing should be a guideline
Listed 19 June 2012, archived 30 June 2012
July 2012
August 2012
RfC about the appropriateness of "X on Twitter" (or similar) articles
Listed 3 July 2012, archived 10 August 2012
Proposal for new class of admin-moderators to resolve content disputes.
Listed 26 July 2012, archived 13 August 2012
RfC on whether MfD is an appropriate venue to discuss portions of user pages
Listed 21 July 2012, archived 13 August 2012
RfC on whether {{ FoP-USonly }} is a valid license for photographs of foreign architecture on the English Wikipedia
Listed 19 July 2012, archived 14 August 2012
RfC on developing a guideline for responding to Article Feedback Tool v5 feedback
Listed 16 July 2012, archived 26 August 2012
Proposal to promote Wikipedia:Official names to guideline
Listed 17 August 2012, archived 26 August 2012
RfC at Meta-Wiki on the global bans policy referred to in the Terms of Use
Listed 29 June 2012, archived 29 August 2012
RfC on whether to add a link to the Teahouse to the standard Welcome templates
Listed 18 August 2012, archived 31 August 2012
Proposal to mark Wikiquette assistance historical
Listed on 20 August 2012. Closed on 15 September 2012 and archived on 19 September 2012.
September 2012
RfC (and poll) on potential changes to the Mediation Committee and whether or not to close the Mediation Cabal
Listed 24 July 2012, archived 2 September 2012 (Mediation Cabal segment hidden 11 August 2012)
RfC discussing whether or not there should be a community-driven process for the removal of administrator rights.
Listed 27 July 2012, archived 2 September 2012
A Request for Comment on Pending Changes Level Two.
Listed 4 September 2012, archived 15 September 2012
Proposal to add T4 (Single-use template) as a criterion for speedy deletion.
Added 14 September 2012, archived 19 September 2012 due to overwhelming opposition.
RfC on whether to enable, and how to configure, an extension for managing Wikipedia educational assignments.
Added 22 August 2012, archived 25 September 2012
October 2012
RfC to change the wording of WP:TITLE related to Wikipedia:Requested moves and consensus for potentially controversial title changes.
Added 1 September 2012, archived 3 October 2012
Proposal for a very simple Personal Image Filter (images on/off switch for individual users).
Added 29 August 2012, archived 4 October 2012
Proposal for a box of some articles with broad topics to fix on mainpage to encourage article editing.
Added 25 August 2012, archived 8 October 2012
A proposal to turn on the "Memento" extension on enwiki.
Added 29 August 2012, archived 8 October 2012
RfC about whether to categorize people according to genetic and cultural heritage, faith, or sexual orientation, and if so the criteria for deciding an identity
Added 25 August 2012, archived 20 October 2012
RfC with proposals to try to simplify and streamline Wikipedia's dispute resolution processes.
Added 23 September 2012, archived 24 October 2012
A proposal to restyle the edit window.
Added 19 September 2012, archived 24 October 2012
RfC on whether reference syntax in the text editor should be differentiated using unique font colors for ease of use.
Added 20 September 2012, archived 24 October 2012
RfC on Pending Changes
Added 30 September 2012, archived 24 October 2012
A rewrite of the Conflict of interest guideline to streamline and clarify (but not change the substance in a major way) is underway. Wider feedback is invited prior to going live with it.
Added 24 October 2012, archived 24 October 2012
A straw poll on the new design for the Main page .
Added 26 October 2012, archived 31 October 2012
November 2012
added 1 November 2012, discussion closed within a few hours after unanimous opposition
Added 20 October 2012, archived 5 November 2012
RfC on the December 2012 Arbitration Committee Elections
Added [undated], archived 5 November 2012
Added 8 October 2012, archived 5 November 2012
Added 17 October 2012, archived 5 November 2012
A RfC on whether there should be a moratorium on Gibraltar DYKs on the main page.
Added [undated], archived 5 November 2012
RfC on whether a new user group should be introduced to the community.
Added 12 October 2012, archived 11 November 2012
An RfC to select members of the Electoral Commission.
Added 8 November 2012, archived 22 November 2012
Added 5 November 2012, archived 24 November 2012
An RfC to finalize pending changes policy prior to going live on December 1st.
Added 28 October 2012, archived 24 November 2012
December 2012
Added 31 October 2012, archived 8 December 2012
An RfC regarding ticker symbols in article leads.
Added 9 November 2012, archived 8 December 2012
A proposal to use our citation templates to provide microformat data.
Added 15 November 2012, archived 8 December 2012
Added 18 November 2012, archived 8 December 2012
Discussion on changing guidelines for loss and restoration of bureaucrat tools.
Added 3 December 2012, archived 8 December 2012
Discussion on the format of the Core Contest for 2013
Added - no date, archived 14 December 2012
Discussion on changing guidelines for loss and restoration of bureaucrat tools.
Added 3 December 2012, archived 14 December 2012
Added 4 October 2012, "bumped" for second phase on 28 October, phase two closed 15 December 2012
A proposal to honor one Wikipedian's DYKs by mentioning the editor on the main page.
added 17 December 2012, closed 24 December 2012, archived 26 December 2012