The Closure requests noticeboard is for posting requests to have an uninvolved editor assess, summarize, and formally close a discussion on Wikipedia. Formal closure by an uninvolved editor or administrator should be requested where consensus appears unclear, where the issue is a contentious one, or where there are wiki-wide implications, such as when the discussion is about creating, abolishing or changing a policy or guideline.
Many discussions do not need formal closure and do not need to be listed here.
Many discussions result in a reasonably clear consensus, so if the consensus is clear, any editor—even one involved in the discussion—may close the discussion. The default length of a formal request for comment is 30 days (opened on or before 12 April 2024); if consensus becomes clear before that and discussion has slowed, then it may be closed earlier. However, editors usually wait at least a week after a discussion opens, unless the outcome is very obvious, so that there is enough time for a full discussion.
On average, it takes two or three weeks after a discussion has ended to get a formal closure from an uninvolved editor. When the consensus is reasonably clear, participants may be best served by not requesting closure and then waiting weeks for a formal closure.
If the consensus of a given discussion appears unclear, then you may post a brief and neutrally-worded request for closure here; be sure to include a link to the discussion itself. Do not use this board to continue the discussion in question. A helper script is available to make listing discussions easier.
If you disagree with a particular closure, please discuss matters on the closer's talk page, and, if necessary, request a closure review at the administrators' noticeboard. Include links to the closure being challenged and the discussion on the closer's talk page, and also include a policy-based rationale supporting your request for the closure to be overturned.
See Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Closure review archive for previous closure reviews.
Any uninvolved editor may close most discussions, so long as they are prepared to discuss and justify their closing rationale.
Because requests for closure made here are often those that are the most contentious, closing these discussions can be a significant responsibility. Closers should be familiar with all policies and guidelines that could apply to the given discussion. All closers should be prepared to fully discuss the closure rationale with any editors who have questions about the closure or the underlying policies, and to provide advice about where to discuss any remaining concerns that those editors may have.
A request for comment from February of 2013 discussed the process for appealing a closure and whether or not an administrator could summarily overturn a non-administrator's closure. The consensus of that discussion was that closures should not be reverted solely because the closer was not an administrator. However, special considerations apply for articles for deletion and move discussions—see Wikipedia:Deletion process#Non-administrators closing discussions and Wikipedia:Requested moves/Closing instructions#Non-admin closure for details.
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Requests for closure
Administrative discussions
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1081#User:Homeostasis07 disruptive_behavior
(Initiated 958 days ago on 27 September 2021) ANI thread that has been open for a while. Discussion has stalled recently but consensus is not obvious, so it would benefit from an administrative close. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 02:25, 17 October 2021 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard#User:Piotrus,_User:Volunteer_Marek,_and_Haaretz
(Initiated 897 days ago on 27 November 2021) A spillover from an original RfC that concerns the question whether said users had any business removing a specific article, where Icewhiz's narrative is presented, among others. The discussion was preemptively closed by Hemiauchemia because it became too heated. An administrative close would be welcome. (The same concerns the two other discussions, the original one and a related RfC about the same content). It would be best to have a separate editor to close each of these discussions. Szmenderowiecki (talk) 01:02, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
Place new administrative discussions above this line using a level 4 heading
Requests for comment
Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_314#RFC:_Reliability_of_Entrepreneur_(magazine)
(Initiated 1329 days ago on 20 September 2020) Significant discussion, but fell off the talkpage. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:36, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
Category talk:Sexual misconduct allegations#RFC: Should this category contain biographies of individual persons?
(Initiated 987 days ago on 29 August 2021) RFC expired, consensus appears to have been reached, but I am unfamiliar with closing discussion and would prefer a more experienced, un-involved editor. --Animalparty! (talk) 00:02, 2 December 2021 (UTC)
Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style#RfC on alphabetization of extended-latin characters (eg "ä" etc)
(Initiated 981 days ago on 3 September 2021) RFC template expired, long ago. GoodDay (talk) 00:33, 15 November 2021 (UTC)
Talk:Juan Guaidó#RfC: Is Juan Guaido still interim president of Venezuela?
(Initiated 969 days ago on 15 September 2021) I think this RFC's official closure, is long over-do. GoodDay (talk) 19:52, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
Talk:Eritrea#RfC about the text of the lead
(Initiated 947 days ago on 7 October 2021) This RfC relates to how the geographical location of Eritrea should be stated in the intro sentence of the article lede. The issues being discussed were (a) whether Eritrea should be described as being in "Eastern Africa," the "Horn of Africa," or both, and (b) if both, in which order. There were five options in the RfC, and I've summarized the preference of the commenters in the table below. The first column only includes commenters' top choice, while the second shows all supported choices, as many commenters indicated support for more than one option (in the context of "Option X, but failing that, Option Y"). BubbaJoe123456 (talk) 17:40, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
| Option # | Text of Option | Commenters Ranking as Top Choice | Commenters Indicating Support |
|---|---|---|---|
| Option 1 | "is a country in Eastern Africa within the Horn of Africa region" | 3 | 4 |
| Option 2 | “is a country in Eastern Africa. It is part of the Horn of Africa region,” | 0 | 1 |
| Option 3 | “is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa,” | 8 | 11 |
| Option 4 | “is a country in Eastern Africa” | 3 | 5 |
| Option 5 | “is a country in the Horn of Africa” | 4 | 6 |
Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style/Linking#RfC:_Linking_non-major_countries
(Initiated 938 days ago on 17 October 2021) Could an experienced editor assess the consensus at this expired RfC? {{u|Sdkb}} talk 21:40, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Biography#Request for Comment: Should fashion models' articles have at least one independent source in the infobox to verify agencies?
(Initiated 923 days ago on 31 October 2021) - RFC template has expired. GoodDay (talk) 18:14, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
Talk:The Battle at Lake Changjin#RfC: "Commissioned by the CCP" in the lead?
(Initiated 923 days ago on 31 October 2021) – Can an experienced editor please help close this RfC? There is a second (currently closed) RfC below the first one which deals with the same topic so I would suggest reading that too. Banedon (talk) 02:05, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style#RFC on wheelchair-based language
(Initiated 921 days ago on 2 November 2021) - The RFC template has expired, after one month & discussion petered out, about two weeks ago. GoodDay (talk) 15:33, 2 December 2021 (UTC)
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Wales#RFC: Should the monarch be included in Wales in Year articles?
(Initiated 921 days ago on 2 November 2021) - The RFC template has expired & discussion petered out, roughly a week ago. GoodDay (talk) 17:10, 2 December 2021 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_359#GEOnet_Names_Server_(GNS)
(Initiated 915 days ago on 8 November 2021) This RSN discussion has been archived without being closed. Due to the high impact of the source this deserves a formal close. FOARP (talk) 18:44, 17 November 2021 (UTC)
- Hmm. Personally, I don't see that as closable, because the apparent consensus would lead to wide-ranging and impactful changes, and I don't think that discussion has sufficient participation to enact changes of that magnitude. Another closer might differ from me.—S Marshall T/C 12:58, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
- S Marshall - Didn't the same thing happen recently with GNIS, which is equally as prominent a source? Or if more participation is needed, then a re-list for another seven days might be a good idea? FOARP (talk) 19:07, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
- Maybe advertise it on WP:CENT?—S Marshall T/C 21:34, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
- For that it needs relisting (EDIT: to be clear, I have no idea to how to do this other than by cutting/pasting, which is normally a no-no in most of Wiki's systems). Either that or start a new one? But that seems likely to draw objections for having a new discussion so soon after the last one. FOARP (talk) 09:05, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
- Maybe advertise it on WP:CENT?—S Marshall T/C 21:34, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
- S Marshall - Didn't the same thing happen recently with GNIS, which is equally as prominent a source? Or if more participation is needed, then a re-list for another seven days might be a good idea? FOARP (talk) 19:07, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
(Initiated 897 days ago on 26 November 2021) This discussion is going on one week, and I wanted to bring up a suggestion that has been made on the talk page: a panel of administrator closers. This is a high profile, long, and complex RfC, and I think it justifies multiple administrators evaluating it for closure. ––FormalDude 
talk 19:53, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
- When it's time for the closure of this RfC I'd second this and also suggest that if not an administrative close, it certainly needs the hand of more than one experience closer. Sideswipe9th (talk) 19:57, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
- I agree on the need for multiple editors when closing this one, and apologize to the health and time of those that take up the task as starter of the RfC as I did not expect it to be such a complex question. Santacruz ⁂ Please ping me! 20:47, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
Just don't close, until after the RFC-template expires. GoodDay (talk) 21:00, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
- I don't think we'll need to necessarily wait thirty days. Time will tell though. Greatly appreciate any admins willing to volunteer to join a panel of closers for this. ––FormalDude talk 21:13, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
- FWIW @FormalDude:, this closure request is in the wrong place. We're posting about an RFC, not WP:AN discussion. GoodDay (talk) 06:47, 2 December 2021 (UTC)
- Corrected. P.I. Ellsworth - ed. put'r there 10:12, 2 December 2021 (UTC)
- FWIW @FormalDude:, this closure request is in the wrong place. We're posting about an RFC, not WP:AN discussion. GoodDay (talk) 06:47, 2 December 2021 (UTC)
- Also supporting a panel of three for this Rfc, which is likely to have a lasting influence well beyond this one article. I'd prefer at least one or two admins, but if it makes it any easier, I'd welcome very experienced non-admin closers who have deep command of policies and guidelines, and have demonstrated neutrality in controversial issues before, among the group of three. Mathglot (talk) 23:42, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
Place new discussions concerning RfCs above this line using a level 4 heading
Deletion discussions
| V | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CfD | 0 | 0 | 36 | 28 | 64 |
| TfD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| MfD | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| FfD | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| RfD | 0 | 0 | 41 | 40 | 81 |
| AfD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
Place new discussions concerning XfDs above this line using a level 4 heading
Other types of closing requests
WP:VPR § Removing links to portals from the Main Page's top banner
(Initiated 929 days ago on 26 October 2021) This WP:CENT-listed discussion has not received any additional !vote since 20 November. Given the scope of the proposal, a formal closure is warranted. Thanks. JBchrch talk 20:00, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
- Yep, this could definitely be wrapped up. I'd appreciate if the closer could include in their close an assessment of consensus around moving the "all portals" link to the "Other areas of Wikipedia" section, as that was raised early on and received significant comment. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 20:41, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
Talk:Race and crime#Propose redirect to Race and crime in the United States
(Initiated 906 days ago on 17 November 2021) Both the survey and discussion have received a good amount of engagement. ––FormalDude talk 05:20, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
WP:NPOV/N § Opening paragraph of Gary Glitter article, following the initial discussion at Talk:Gary Glitter § Page Emphasis
(Initiated 893 days ago on 30 November 2021) – This WP:NPOV discussion, after initially being very active, seems to have come to a natural end, as the editors most invested in the issue seem to be in general agreement on the best way to reword things. It would be good to have some kind of formal closure in order to determine matters. Theknightwho (talk) 14:32, 2 December 2021 (UTC)
WP:COIN#User:Piotrus, User:Volunteer Marek, and Haaretz
Standard COIN discussion that deteriorated quickly into PAs. The closure by an involved editor was challenged,[1][2] and they expressed no objection to posting here. Given the substance question of the discussion, the fact that it spans several articles in a problematic TA, and the intensity and frequency of PAs, I believe a proper admin closure (perhaps by a panel of admins) is warranted. With thanks. François Robere (talk) 11:32, 5 December 2021 (UTC)