Wookieepedia:Mofferences/March 6, 2016

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Log

 * March 6, 2016 (Text)
 * Agenda

Minutes

 * 1) Consensus policy: Approved rewrite of Consensus.
 * 2) Official Friends of Wookieepedia:
 * 3) *Approved addition of "Nominations must demonstrate a permanent public connection to Wookieepedia, such as through a website's affiliation section. This may be excused for Star Wars VIPs." to Selection process section on OFOW.
 * 4) *Approved removal of the "and any other relevant factors" part from the Selection and Removal processes.
 * 5) *Approved removal of "Official Star Wars PocketModels Website" and "Skywalker.dk" from OFOW.
 * 6) Notability policy:
 * 7) *Sentient species section:
 * 8) **Approved "A species may only receive an article based on this clause if no corresponding character article exists for that species." as a subclause of "Significant development/behind the scenes information, such as inspiration. For example: Red pachydermoid species."
 * 9) **Approved removal of "As a general rule" from "As a general rule, a species must have one of the following to necessitate an article:"
 * 10) *Approved addition of a "Battle droids" section, with the following content: "Articles may only be granted to unidentified battle droids who play a significant plot role or who have significant dialogue."
 * 11) Voting eligibility policy: Approved rewrite of Voting eligibility policy.
 * 12) Spoiler policy: Approve adoption of Moviepoiler to be used for spoilers related to new films. Moviespoiler will stay on pages for two months after the US release date rather than the normal one month.
 * 13) FAN/GAN/CAN:
 * 14) *FAN/CAN/GAN rule 1 will read "...be well-written and comprehensively detailed." FAN/GAN rule 9 and CAN rule 8 will be removed.
 * 15) *FAN/CAN/GAN rule 3 will read "...have comprehensive Appearances and Sources lists."
 * 16) *FAN/GAN rule 16 and CAN rule 13 will read "...include a reasonable number of images of the highest quality to illustrate the article, as source availability permits"
 * 17) *FAN/GAN/CAN rule 4 will read "...be fully referenced. See Wookieepedia:Sourcing for more information." Subsequent rules will be moved down one. FAN rule 11, GAN rule 10, and CAN rule 9 will be removed.
 * 18) *Approved removal of FAN rule 17.
 * 19) *Approved addition of "...include a "Behind the scenes" section for in-universe articles." to FAN rules.
 * 20) Layout Guide: Approved addition of "Images placed in articles must be as high quality as possible, as source availability and technical restraints permit. For example, certain leeway may be granted to video game screenshots, which present particular difficulty for obtaining high-resolution images." in the Images section of Layout Guide. This was approved in vote 6.3.
 * 21) Naming policy: Approved addition of a "Hutts" section under Naming policy, with the following content: "Use a Hutt's full clan name when provided (example: Jabba Desilijic Tiure). If a Hutt character does not have a clan name, omit the appellation "the Hutt" from the article title (example: Dorosii instead of Dorosii the Hutt)."
 * 22) Sourcing policy, Rules section:
 * 23) *Approved addition of a new rule in Sourcing, reading "When citing an external link, a permanent archival link must also be included in the citation template if available. WebCite is recommended for this purpose." This will replace the current rule number 9, which will be moved down one.
 * 24) *Approved addition of a subclause under rule 10 (former rule 9) in Sourcing, reading "The Wookieepedia community, particularly the article-reviewing panels through the article-nomination processes, may judge the validity of expired external links, including social media posts, that lack screenshots. The original URL must be provided in the reference, accompanied by a note indicating that its content has expired, such as ."
 * 25) Bot policy: Approved rewrite of Bots.