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

• this one is only for German interface users: - archived 21 March 2013
• 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