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52 topics 10 solved Group: Community process

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Topic	Participants	Replies	Views	Activity
Request declined, with reasoning Meta › Feature requests site feedback translation wiki post Wiki Request declined, with reasoning — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. I would like to know what people here actually do about request declined, as distinct from what is…	+2	6	173	13mo
Coming back to: Request: tag synonyms surfaced in search Meta › Feature requests site feedback wiki post translation Solved Request: tag synonyms surfaced in search Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Tag synonyms surfaced in search — I have the observation and I do not trust my…		2	26k	13mo
Follow-up: Requesting a page: what makes a good request Documentation › Wiki requests promoted to docs review date maintainership wiki post Solved On the subject in the title: Requesting a page: what makes a good request Working notes rather than a conclusion. Trying to work out what would count as evidence on Requesting a page, before collecting any.…	+44	50	64k	13mo
Merging two pages that cover the same ground Documentation › Wiki requests wiki post promoted to docs maintainership Merging two pages that cover the same ground Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Process question, and I have read the guidelines before asking. I understand the…		2	888	13mo
An orphaned page with no inbound links Meta › Wiki maintenance wiki post maintainership citation check moderation An orphaned page with no inbound links — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. What changes if the standard account of orphaned page is wrong? I ask because I have been treating…	+44	48	7.5k	14mo
Requesting a translation of an existing page Documentation › Wiki requests wiki post maintainership review date Requesting a translation of an existing page — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Requesting a translation keeps being re-asked here and I think that is because the answer is…	+16	20	7.1k	14mo
Pages past their review date, listed — does this still hold? Meta › Wiki maintenance review date moderation citation check maintainership Solved Closed Pages past their review date, listed — does this still hold? — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. I would like to disagree carefully with the settled view…	+27	31	52k	15mo
Review: a draft on reconstitution arithmetic, with objections Documentation › Doc review wiki post promoted to docs citation check Review: a draft on reconstitution arithmetic, with objections Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Proposing that draft on reconstitution arithmetic deserves a…	+120	129	4.1k	15mo
Requesting a page: what makes a good request Documentation › Wiki requests wiki post maintainership promoted to docs review date Requesting a page: what makes a good request Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Trying to work out what would count as evidence on requesting a page, before…	+65	71	9.3k	15mo
About the Wiki maintenance category Meta › Wiki maintenance wiki post review date maintainership Pinned Wiki Review dates, orphaned pages, maintainer handovers, and revision disputes. This post is a community wiki: any member at trust level 3 or above can edit it, and every edit is recorded with its author and a…		4	42k	15mo
Follow-up: Review cadence: how often is a page actually re-checked? Documentation › Doc review wiki post citation check maintainership promoted to docs Solved The question in the title: Review cadence: how often is a page actually re-checked? I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. I would like to know what people here actually do about…		2	64k	16mo
A promotion I argued against, and why I lost Documentation › Doc review promoted to docs wiki post maintainership citation check Closed Posting this under the heading it deserves: A promotion I argued against, and why I lost Everything below is what sits behind that. Two things I would like separated before anyone answers on promotion,…	+148	162	3.9k	16mo
Maintainer handover: how it works Meta › Wiki maintenance review date moderation citation check wiki post On the subject in the title: Maintainer handover: how it works Working notes rather than a conclusion. I would like to disagree carefully with the settled view on maintainer handover, and I would like to be…	+74	82	14k	16mo
Coming back to: Recording a dissent on a document rather than suppressing it Documentation › Doc review promoted to docs review date wiki post maintainership Posting this under the heading it deserves: Recording a dissent on a document rather than suppressing it Everything below is what sits behind that. Recording a dissent, and specifically the version of it that…	+43	47	11k	16mo
About the Wiki requests category Documentation › Wiki requests wiki post promoted to docs maintainership Pinned Wiki Request a new maintained page, or flag one that has drifted out of date. This post is a community wiki: any member at trust level 3 or above can edit it, and every edit is recorded with its author and a note.…	+3	7	655	19mo
Promotion criteria, and the one that stops most nominations Documentation › Doc review citation check review date wiki post promoted to docs Closed Promotion criteria, and the one that stops most nominations — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Nomination for promotion into the documentation commons, with the criteria…	+135	146	17k	19mo
Request: a diff view for wiki revisions Meta › Feature requests site feedback wiki post translation Request: a diff view for wiki revisions — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. I would like to know what people here actually do about diff view for wiki revisions, as distinct…	+24	30	3.1k	19mo
A revision dispute resolved on the topic rather than in the history — a second dataset Meta › Wiki maintenance moderation citation check maintainership wiki post Solved On the subject in the title: A revision dispute resolved on the topic rather than in the history — a second dataset Working notes rather than a conclusion. Posting a small dataset on revision dispute…	+45	50	33k	20mo
Merging two pages that cover the same ground — the long version Documentation › Wiki requests promoted to docs review date maintainership wiki post On the subject in the title: Merging two pages that cover the same ground — the long version Working notes rather than a conclusion. Bringing the figures rather than the impression, since a process question…	+5	9	209	20mo
Requesting a page: what makes a good request — what changed since Documentation › Wiki requests promoted to docs review date wiki post Closed Posting this under the heading it deserves: Requesting a page: what makes a good request — what changed since Everything below is what sits behind that. What changes if the standard account of Requesting a…	+126	141	50k	21mo
[2026 update] Request: show the solution author in the topic list Meta › Feature requests site feedback wiki post translation Request: show the solution author in the topic list Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Bringing the figures rather than the impression, since a process question…		2	59	2y
What happens when a maintainer goes quiet Documentation › Doc review wiki post citation check maintainership promoted to docs Solved The question in the title: What happens when a maintainer goes quiet I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. Nomination for promotion into the documentation commons, with the…	+3	7	13k	2.1y