Wikinews:Polls

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

• Wikinews talk:2024 Copyright license upgrade#Set date of actual upgrade (a poll)

  Should en.WN declare December 16, 2024 as the date to execute the copyright license update?

Closed polls

• Crossword poll

  Should Wikinews allow crosswords or other similar games?

  RESULT: YES

• Dateline Poll

  Should we make it a requirement for successful peer review that an article have a standardised date in the title?

  RESULT: NO

• 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

1. American English: 0
2. British English: 1
3. Either - First Writer (decides) theory: 7
4. 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

1. Wikinews article file names: Upstyle: 11 Downstyle: 48
2. Cited headlines in articles: Upstyle: 6 Downstyle: 40
3. 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)

• Main Page poll

  What should the function of the Main Page be and what should it include?

  RESULTS: No clear consensus.

• Wikinews:Polls/Arbcom→official

  Is the ArbCom accepted policy?

  RESULTS: YES