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See also: Misplaced Pages:Requested moves § Backlog, Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Old, Misplaced Pages:Redirects for discussion, Misplaced Pages:Categories for discussion/Awaiting closure, Misplaced Pages:Templates for discussion § Old discussions, Misplaced Pages:Files for deletion § Old discussions, Misplaced Pages:Possibly unfree files § Holding cell, and Misplaced Pages:Miscellany for deletion § Old businessMisplaced Pages:Categories for discussion/Log/2015 January 8
Seven discussions still open. Erpert 05:35, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
- Down to five now. --BDD (talk) 19:07, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
Template talk:Armed Iraqi groups in the Iraq War and the Iraq Civil War#RfC, best way of categorising groups
Would an experienced editor assess the consensus at Template talk:Armed Iraqi groups in the Iraq War and the Iraq Civil War#RfC, best way of categorising groups (Initiated 3680 days ago on 26 December 2014)? Thanks, Cunard (talk) 20:43, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Articles for creation/RfC to physically restrict access to the Helper Script
states : This RfC will run for 30 days or until a clear consensus emerges. It is recommended that this RfC be closed by an Admin - one who has no previous involvement in the AfC process. This RfC for an emergency measure has run for 11 days and participation has tailed off; a consensus appears to have been reached so would an uninvolved admin please consider closing it. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 05:10, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
From here at WP:AN:
Would an admin assess the consensus the consensus at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Articles for creation/RfC to physically restrict access to the Helper Script (initiated 5 February 2015)? According to this post at WP:ANRFC, this is an "RfC for an emergency measure". Thank you, Cunard (talk) 00:31, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
- You mean to assess if there is a clear consensus? Despite this being an emergency measure, the RfC itself says "this RfC will run for 30 days or until a clear consensus emerges" so it should probably be allowed to continue to run the 30 days if there is no clear consensus. BTW, I'm seeing !votes on 1st February so I think the 5 February date must be wrong. Nil Einne (talk) 14:48, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
Cunard (talk) 08:08, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
- I see that an involved party (namely, the user making the original proposal) has taken it upon himself to close the RfC even though he is *not* uninvolved, the RfC has only run for 15 of the normal 30 days and the proposal is controversial. I believe this should be reverted at once, but would prefer not to become involved in an edit war by reverting it myself. Comments? K7L (talk) 06:46, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
- 30 days have passed. The discussion can now be closed. Cunard (talk) 01:32, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
Misplaced Pages:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2015_February_12#Country Party of Australia
Can an uninvolved admin assess the consensus on this RFD (Initiated 3639 days ago on 5 February 2015)? Thanks, Natg 19 (talk) 19:31, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
Kit Carson
- Please close any RfCs about Kit Carson if they have run out of "response" time. One editor makes editing and progress hopeless. He/she admits knowing nothing about Carson, but finds something to "snaggle" the article's progress at every turn. Thanks! SeeSpot Run (talk) 19:43, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
Misplaced Pages:Village pump (policy)#Appending the Manual of Style on gender-neutral language
- Please assess consensus (for main and/or alternate proposals) and close the discussion, which will provide guidance for editors. (Initiated 3643 days ago on 1 February 2015), with no new comments for a week. ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 01:34, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
Misplaced Pages talk:Manual of Style/Capital letters#Amendment to Celestial bodies section - paragraph 2
Can an uninvolved editor please assess the consensus for change? Cinderella157 (talk) 03:34, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
Talk:Shape of My Heart (Backstreet Boys song)#Requested move 17 February 2015
Discussion has tapered off; consensus seems clear but someone not involved should look at it. -- Calidum 21:03, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
Misplaced Pages talk:Naming conventions (films)#RFC: Series subject as a name
Discusion has tapered off but a single editor won't let the matter drop, threatening to initiate their proposed changes if editors will not continue participating. It really needs to be formally closed so everyone involved can move on. Betty Logan (talk) 23:33, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
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