Commons:Centralized discussion/Archive

2011

Proposal to make Criteria for Speedy Deletion official policy (25 June 2011) - archived 20 July 2011
Notice of an upcoming Wikimedia Foundation referendum on the creation and usage of an opt-in personal image filter (30 June 2011) - archived 23 August 2011
Proposed to add some of the less contentious parts of the COM:CSD proposal into the current Deletion policy (29 June 2011) - archived 23 August 2011
Proposal to split Commons:Categories into two pages (creating Commons:Category structure) (20 July 2011) - archived 22 September 2011
Proposal to add a Special:MyUploads "my uploads" link next to "my contributions" (1 August 2011) - archive 17 October 2011
Short poll regarding the addition of a new "request rotation" link to file pages. (12 October 2011)
Proposal to add more guidance for administrators at Commons:Deletion requests. (31 October 2011) - archive 10 November 2011
Proposal to improve presentation of attribution requests. (31 October 2011) - archive 10 November 2011
Proposal to create a Request for Comment system for user conduct. (10 November 2011) - archived 8 January 2012
Proposal to amend the official guideline Commons:Nudity to account for nudity subcategories in non-nudity categories (1 December 2011) - archived 10 February 2012

2012

RFC on how votes are counted in elections (7 January 2012) - archived 19 February 2012
Deletion request for at least 3475 (by far more affected in total) files because of URAA (free in the source country but not in USA). (18 January 2012) - archived 19 February 2012
Request for comment on renaming Category:Hidden categories and possibly associated labels. (29 January 2012) - archived 19 February 2012
The new server software version MediaWiki 1.19 will be deployed to Commons; scheduled for Wednesday, 22 February 2012, 18:00 UTC. (22 February 2012) - archived 2012-03-08
Request for comment about a copyright review process for public domain images (URAA related) (5 February 2012) - archived 2012-03-10
RFC on amending the Privacy section of the Deletion Policy (8 January 2012) - archived March 18, 2012
Request for comment about some changes in Template:Information (3 February 2012) - archived March 18, 2012
Request for comment about how to better design and maintain galleries. (19 February 2012) - archived March 19, 2012
Request for comments on making Commons:Revision deletion an official policy. (10 February 2012) - archived March 22, 2012
Request for comments on handling offsite discussions (19 April 2012) - archived 30 May 2012
Request for Comments on the OTRS system. (9 January 2012) - archived 21 March 2013
Request for comments about how to improve Commons' Search. (28 February 2012) - archived 21 March 2013
Request for comments about how to reduce the need for Commons and other Wikimedia projects to comply with US copyright laws. (1 March 2012) - archived 21 March 2013
Request for comments on making Commons:Grandfathered old files an official Wikimedia Commons guideline. (4 March 2012) - archived 21 March 2013
Commons:WikiProject Public Domain has been created to organise and review PD files (10 March 2012) - archived 21 March 2013
Request for comment on promoting Commons:User pages to guideline status. (13 April 2012) − archived (21 April 2012
Request for comment on enabling the UniversalLanguageSelector on Wikimedia Commons. (24 April 2012)
Request for comment on enabling the Translate extension on Wikimedia Commons. (28 April 2012)
There is a Request for Comment on naming of Palestine-related categories. (18 August 2012)
A task force is being established to plan and prepare for the mass importing of files from Wikitravel Shared to Commons. (23 August 2012)
There is a Request for Comment on the policy of usurpation of usernames on commons.wikimedia.org (16 September 2012)
There is a Request for Comment on images of identifiable people (30 November 2012)
There is a Request for Comment on how to handle issues around non-US Freedom of Panorama under US copyright law (13 November 2012)

2013

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There is a Request for Comment on hard category redirects #REDIRECT. (1 January 2013)
Request for comment on making Commons:Username policy an official Wikimedia Commons policy. (26 January 2013)
Request for comment on clarifying Commons' Project Scope, as laid down in COM:SCOPE. (11 March 2013)
Request for comment on creating a page to allow users to request others to upload files on their behalf. (14 March 2013)
Request for comment on enabling "article feedback" functionality for selected Commons images. (18 March 2013)
Request for comment on enabling the DynamicPageList extension on Wikimedia Commons. (21 May 2013)
Request for comment on FoP Mexico and licenses. (11 June 2013)
Request for comment on amending licence policy for uploads to "appropriately licensed" media (e.g., no longer accepting GFDL as a sole licence) (15 June 2013)
Review of Commons Scope. This is an important review and will cover a number of contentious issues that have recently been extensively discussed both on and off wiki. (19 June 2013)
URAA Copyright Restoration. The US Copyright renewal; should we enforce this for foreign works deemed public domain in their home country? (16 July 2013)
Request for comment on place categories above content, but below image on file description pages, by default. (9 August 2013)
Request for comment on adopting a set of guidelines for SVG diagrams to be used in the Featured Picture nomination process. (9 August 2013)
Request for comments on categorization of translations made on Translate-extension. (24 August 2013)
Request for comment on categorisation of images of Scotland. (26 August 2013)
Request for comment on how Commons should deal with TemplateData. (28 August 2013)
Request for comment on if Commons should change the default way galleries are displayed. (4 September 2013)
Request for comment on how Commons should deal with Xrays and other radiology images. (4 September 2013)
Request for comment on defining the minimum requirement for categorization of batch uploads. (29 September 2013)
Request for comment on whether Category:ISO 8601 should contain category:Days by day (19 October 2013)
Request for comment on whether censorship of photographs at Featured Pictures is supported by the community. (4 November 2013)
Proposed new regular photo competition to challenge and inspire photographers. (20 November 2013)

2014

Request for comment on whether or not to support the MP4 video file format on Wikimedia projects (15 January 2014)
Request for comment on the current interpretation of COM:DM (15 January 2014)
Request for comments on whether Commons:Criteria for speedy deletion should become policy. (14 March 2014)
Licensing#Higher resolution file invites further suggestions (11 March 2014)
Request for comment on whether allowing server side transfer of files from other Wikimedia Wikis. (1 April 2014)
Request for comment on the licensing of metadata of our files. (3 April 2014)
Request for comment on the Scope of fictional flags on Commons. (12 April 2014)
Request for comment on merging CheckUser and Oversight request pages. (20 April 2014)
Request for comment on amending blocking policy to include Commons:UPLOADWAR. (20 April 2014)
Propose to update CC license tags. (8 June 2014)
Proposal to adopt an alternative paid contribution disclosure policy. (16 June 2014)
Should the Media Viewer software on by default? (27 June 2014)
Proposed overhaul of the "Which files should be renamed?" section of Commons:File_renaming (8 July 2014)
Request for comment on whether or not football kit images should contain logos. (11 July 2014)
Request for comment on WMF Staff account names and managing associated rights on Commons. 13 July 2014
Request for comment on the separation of advanced user privileges (bureaucrat/checkuser/oversighter). 16 July 2014
Request for comment on community consensus required for user rights changes. 28 July 2014
Request for comment on standards for links to Wikidata and structured data. 19 August 2014
Proposal for a translation admin approval policy. 2 September 2014

2015

WMF Global Ban Policy inquiry. (17 January 2015)
RFC on the implications of Flickr's new PD license option (2 April 2015)
Vote and discussion on whether to implement a banner for EU viewers/editors regarding the Commons:Freedom of Panorama 2015 issue (28 June 2015)
Username policy changed "Proposed" to "Policy" after months of discussions. (21 August 2015)

2016

RfC on WMF Board member Geshuri (20 January 2016) - archived 07:24, February 6, 2016 (UTC)
License review policy (24 December 2015) - archived 08:25, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
RFC on Hosting files for 3D models (28 October 2014) - archived 08:25, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
Proposal to change the guidelines for promoting QICs (20 April 2015) - archived 08:25, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
Provide SVG help button (12 September 2015) - archived 08:25, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
WMF Strategy Community consultation (18 January 2016) - archived 04:49, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
Change pre-fill on category creation page due to Wikidata (29 February 2016) – archived 13:15, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
Request for comments concerning the naming of user categories (22 January 2016) – archived 21:25, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
Rfc: Should we request a configuration change to shut down cross-wiki uploads? (4 August 2016) - archived 18:32, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
To monitor large file upload (28 November 2016) - archived 18:34, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

2020

RfC: Patrol reform (19 May 2020) - archived 01:06, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
Remove text from Commons:Rollback. (20 August 2020) - archived 18:09, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
Future of file metadata (2 November 2020) - archived 18:09, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

2021

Deprecating Template:PD-Switzerland-photo (18 April 2021) - archived 18:09, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
Copyright law change in the European Union: do we need a new PD-EU-ToO tag? (6 June 2021) - archived 18:09, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
Using imagery from VOGUE Taiwan (21 August 2021) - archived 18:09, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

2022

Exempt user and user talk namespaces from being indexed by search engines (18 January 2022) - archived 12:53, 7 May 2022 (UTC)

2023

Indonesian laws on copyright (21 August 2020) - archived 17:08, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
Merging all history from imported files (12 December 2022) - archived 17:11, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

2024

Proposal to prohibit political restriction templates (5 February 2024) - archived 9 July 2024