Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Central Notices

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. A summary of the conclusions reached follows.

We all know that there are exceptions to consensus, and one of them is that the Foundation can make it an office action, and there is nothing we can do about it. Now on this page i've seen several comments and would encourage both sides to try and come to an agreement, like pre-posting banner notices, just a notice to get a general opinion on them even from the community. In the end, nothing can come of this RfC because there are no concrete proposals that we can forward to the Foundation and ask if we can have them implemented. It's in both sides interests to aid each other, and not to make enemies over this. Disclaimer: An administrator was asked to close this from WP:ANRFC. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 09:24, 26 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Recently the Foundation and Research Committee launched a banner using the meta:Central Notice system in collaboration with Harvard University Berkman Center. This met with both positive and negative comment in various noticeboards:

One of the criticisms was the lack of discussion/input the English Wikipedia community was granted - and the lack of notification prior to the launch. Feedback on the mailing lists seems to suggest that the Foundation and various committees are not aware of the communities preferences regarding Central Notices, partly because it has not been discussed before. This RFC is intended as a discussion to help develop a guideline or policy, to be posted at WP:Central Notices. Please add new sections for new ideas, where appropriate; I have added some starter sections below.