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
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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
 * 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
 * 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)


 * Main Page poll
 * What should the function of the Main Page be and what should it include?
 * RESULTS: No clear consensus.


 * Polls/Arbcom→official
 * Is the ArbCom accepted poicy?
 * RESULTS: YES

Individual articles
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