Wikipedia: Current surveys

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In order to get more input from the Wikipedia community on important questions, it is sometimes useful to conduct a survey of community opinion. This page lists surveys or polls that are currently being held on various talk pages.

Instructions for listing surveys

Please add new opinion surveys to the list under the appropriate heading. Add a short description of what the survey is about. Note the starting date of the survey and the date the survey will end, if applicable.

After a survey period ends, it may be removed from the list (however, it should remain for at least a short time after the survey ends, to allow anyone interested to view the results). If no closing date is indicated, the survey may be removed when it appears the question is no longer being actively considered. These are not archived; to find older surveys and polls, consult the page history.

Purpose of surveys

Surveys may be used as part of dispute resolution, or to solicit opinions before making significant changes. They can be useful in developing consensus when community opinion is not immediately obvious in normal discussion. For example, a survey may bring in opinions from people who agree with one position, but don't join the discussion because they don't feel they have anything original to add.

For ideas on designing a survey, see Wikipedia:Survey guidelines. The results of a survey are not binding, and may be subject to interpretation. A survey may sometimes be called a poll, and it may involve voting for different options, but it is not the same thing as an election. For information on elections related to Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Elections.

Opinion surveys should be used to determine whether a consensus exists, not to decide which side "wins". Successful surveys and polls generate consensus, because some people who disagree will nevertheless recognize and accept the consensus opinion of the community.

Current surveys

Most recent at top of each section. No signatures, please.

Policies and requirements

• Wikipedia:Preliminary Deletion/Vote2 - A second round of voting on a proposal to reduce the scope (and thusly size) of VfD. For rationale on why a second round is being held, see the page in question.
• Wikipedia:Graphic and potentially disturbing images - An effort to draft a policy on graphic and potentially disturbing images. Ends at 0:00 UTC on January 10, 2005.
• Wikipedia:Elections/Endorsements poll - Are candidate endorsements beneficial, or are they harmful? Ends at 0:00 UTC on January 1, 2005.
• Wikipedia:How to edit a real time update - How can the various current events/news pages be made more encyclopaedic and NPOV/less parochial? Proposed new guidelines at the link.
• Arbitration policy amendment ratification - Streamlining the Arbitration Committee's policy. Ends at 3:19 on December 12, 2004.
• Wikipedia:Viewing deleted articles - What users, if any, should be permitted to view deleted articles?

Software and features

No open polls

Conventions and formatting

• Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2004/Candidate statements/Endorsements#Survey - Should endorsements be listed grouped by endorsers first, or grouped by candidates first?

Article content and structure, and WikiProjects

• Talk:Jesus#Koans - Poll - Poll on whether or not Koans should be mentioned in Jesus article.
• Template talk:Europe#Poll: Which items should be listed? - several polls regarding whether Kazakhstan, Georgia, Armenia, and Akrotiri and Dhekelia should be listed on Template:Europe. Keep scrolling way down to see all items to be voted for. No end date (polls will be closed when consensus is reached).

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