Wikinews:Polls
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Polls are used by wiki communities to debate contentious issues and ultimately reach a decision democratically.
Each poll may have its own requirements for voting, often being registered for a certain time or having a minimum number of edits. All polls require logged-in users. Please read individual polls before voting.
Please discuss your polls in a non-voting fashion before polling as both polls and Voting is evil. (Or better yet make a decision not using polls)
Open polls
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Closed polls
[edit]- Crossword poll
- Should Wikinews allow crosswords or other similar games?
- RESULT: YES
- Should Wikinews allow crosswords or other similar games?
- Dateline Poll
- Should we make it a requirement for successful peer review that an article have a standardised date in the title?
- RESULT: NO
- Should we make it a requirement for successful peer review that an article have a standardised date in the title?
- English spelling poll
- For preferred spelling, should we use British, American or a combination of both?
- RESULT: No clear consensus: Use either with consideration of both original writer and location of story, as appropriate
- For preferred spelling, should we use British, American or a combination of both?
- American English: 0
- British English: 1
- Either - First Writer (decides) theory: 7
- Either - Appropriate to the locality of story: 10
- Capitalization poll
- Should page titles be capitalized? (Upstyle: "US President Bush Visits China For Trade Agreement" vs. Downstyle: "US President Bush visits China for trade agreement")?
- RESULT: No clear consensus: Downstyle is generally preferred
- Should page titles be capitalized? (Upstyle: "US President Bush Visits China For Trade Agreement" vs. Downstyle: "US President Bush visits China for trade agreement")?
- Wikinews article file names: Upstyle: 11 Downstyle: 48
- Cited headlines in articles: Upstyle: 6 Downstyle: 40
- Wikinews articles listed on Wikinews directory pages (ex: links from Main Page): Upstyle: 21 Downstyle: 26
- Opinion articles poll
- Should Wikinews allow the "publishing" of non-neutral point-of-view articles attributed to a single author?
- RESULT: No clear consensus. (Combined YES votes: 11 Combined NO votes:10 DELAY votes: 8)
- Should Wikinews allow the "publishing" of non-neutral point-of-view articles attributed to a single author?
- Main Page poll
- What should the function of the Main Page be and what should it include?
- RESULTS: No clear consensus.
- What should the function of the Main Page be and what should it include?
- Wikinews:Polls/Arbcom→official
- Is the ArbCom accepted policy?
- RESULTS: YES
- Is the ArbCom accepted policy?