Wikipedia talk:Did you know/RfCs

This is an index of all requests for comment held at the talk page of Did you know. This list is incomplete; you can help by adding and completing rows.

Title Date Started by Synopsis Result
A Couple of Suggestions... 2008-10-01 Bluegoblin7 Proposal for a DYK mailing list Not adopted
How should backlogs at DYK be handled? 2010-10-01 VernoWhitney
DYK quality assurance and archiving 2011-07-23 Tony1
One GA per shift? Jimmy's on board for reforming DYK 2012-10-07
Gibraltar, again 2012-10-25 AndreasKolbe
Good Article RfC 2013-03-10 Gilderien
Should a DYK for Wikipediocracy be published? 2013-05-23 Herostratus
RFC on QPQ for non self noms 2014-01-05 Matty.007
Backlog (again) (also pertains to QPQs for non self noms) 2014-11-03 Yoninah
RfC (pertains to the formatting of the DYK template on the main page) 2015-05-13 ONUnicorn
DYK process improvement 2015 (pertains to the review process) 2015-06-02 Maile66
Add a requirement for reviewers to copy edit the article 2015-06-18 ONUnicorn
Changing the newness requirement for DYK from 7 days to 30 days 2015-06-19
The current "indicate all aspects of the article that you have reviewed" requirement: retain or abandon? 2015-10-23 BlueMoonset
Reviewer DYK symbol explanation in nomination templates 2016-06-13 Maile66
A bot to review objective criteria 2016-06-17 Intelligentsium
Admin role 2017-06-16 Vanamonde93
Regarding the current DYK Rule 3A "interesting to a Broad audience" 2017-08-10 Kevmin
DYK Admin role 2018-02-11 Vanamonde93
RfC 2018-06-11 Yoninah Handling of gratuitous, sensational, and/or violent hooks
Commas in DYK 2019-01-06 DannyS712
Can we please get rid of/modify WP:DYKSG#C6 already? 2019-03-11 Narutolovehinata5
Ignore All Rules for 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing 2019-03-19 Maile66
Ignore All Rules for the 100th anniversary of women obtaining suffrage in the Netherlands 2019-05-25 SusunW
Suggested re-wording of Rules of thumb for preparing updates 2019-07-29 Maile66
Regarding consumer products in DYK 2019-12-29 Taewangkorea
Within our 200-character limit, does DYK prefer shorter over longer hooks? 2019-12-02 valereee
Reviewing guide#Finishing the review 2020-01-02 evrik
RfC on the Fivefold expansion rule 2020-06-12 Guerillero
RFC on using older reviews as a QPQ 2020-07-28 Maile66
RFC on a time limit to supply a QPQ 2020-07-28
RFC for special occasion hooks 2020-08-18 Yoninah
Wording 2020-09-13 PythonSwarm Changing two words in the supplementary guidelines on update preparation Procedural close; too small for an RfC
Student DYK nominations 2022-04-12 Narutolovehinata5 What can be done to improve the guidance and nomination process for Did you know submissions nominated by student editors? No formal action taken
RFC on Beethoven hooks 2020-12-12 Maile66
RFC to IAR for hook sets of Yoninah's work on the Main Page 2021-04-10 Proposal to re-run hooks written by Yoninah as a tribute, following her death. Hook set approved
Clarification of the real-world link hook requirement 2021-04-14 Narutolovehinata5 Do certain kinds of works, such as music videos, song lyrics, documentaries, or certain kinds of online videos fall under "works of fiction" and thus require a real-world link in hooks about them? Yes, WP:IAR not withstanding
RfC on proposal to require a second QPQ from "senior" DYK editors (those with 20+ DYK credits) when there's a backlog of unreviewed nominations 2021-08-11 EEng, in collaboration with David Eppstein and BlueMoonset Proposal to... well, you can read the title. Proposal adopted
RfC Discussion: Details of implementing EEng's propsal "Unreviewed backlog mode" 2021-09-11 theleekycauldron Follow-up RfC to work out unanswered questions from the previous discussion RfC tag removed procedurally
Request for comment on Ukraine and Russia hooks 2022-03-17 SL93 Handling of hooks pertaining to Ukraine and Russia in light of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Consensus that all Russia and Ukraine hooks that meet the DYK criteria should be ran, although they should be rigorously scrutinized for neutrality
Should users without successful DYK Nominations be asked to judge other DYK Nominations 2022-04-08 Venkat TL Proposed change to rules on QPQ exemption Closed procedurally; statement non-neutral, unclear, and/or WP:POINTy
The need to update Wikipedia:DYK#gen3 2022-11-05 Storye book Proposal to clarify "interesting to a broad audience" Clarified as "The hook should include a definite fact mentioned in the article and likely to be perceived as unusual or intriguing by a reader with no special knowledge or interest."
Hooks from articles that previously appeared on the Main Page 2022-11-07 Sdkb Proposed change to rules on OTD/ITN exclusion Consensus to relax rules, specifications to be decided in a follow-up RfC