Should this policy proposal become a formal naming convention? --- Tbf69 P • T 17:25, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Notified: centralized discussion. --- Tbf69 P • T 17:31, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

For conflicts and protests which are ongoing, but started prior to the current year, then the title should use an WP:ENDASH and present, in brackets (2015–present) at the end of the title. For example, Example-Example war (2015–present) or Example protests (2015–present). – When a protest comes to an end, the title would need to be updated not only in a page move, but also in all the see also sections linking to the article and wherever else full titles are quoted. The delay involved in making such updates would leave misleading titles all over the place. small jars tc 18:37, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed this from WP:CENT. This page is one editor's proposal without any apparent input or use by others. This only merits a community-wide discussion once it is clear that it has some degree of support by others. Sandstein 18:48, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Across Wikipedia, that sentence is de facto policy. Otherwise, conflicts and protests which cover multiple years would end up being updated every year. For example, a war that started in 2018 would have started with the title 2018 Example-Example war. In 2019, it would have been moved to 2018–2019 Example-Example war or Example-Example war (2018–2019). In 2020, it would have been moved to 2018–2020 Example-Example war or Example-Example war (2018–2020). And so on...

Generally most conflict and protest article titles become (2018–present) and then (2018–2023) once they've ended. Whilst this obviously causes the need for post-move cleanup (as you noted in Template:See also), the use of (2018–present) leads to overall less moves than updating every year, and therefore, less post-move cleanup. --- Tbf69 P • T 18:58, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• The sentence on euphemisms presupposes a consistent definition of war, which does not really exist. What is the hole in current guidelines this is seeking to fill? CMD (talk) 18:46, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]