Nookipedia:Proposals

Nookipedia Proposals allow the community to vote on sitewide changes that would affect a large number of pages or users. This process is not a replacement for community-wide input (see:The Roost) or talk page discussion. Rather, it takes the final product of those discussions (in the form of a proposal) and puts them to a vote.

Rules

• Proposals are only necessary for changes that would affect a large number of pages or users. Some examples: rules/policy changes, adding/removing namespaces, making major modifications to/replacing templates that affect 1000+ pages.

• Proposals are for voting on fully worked out ideas. They should be a binary yes/no choice and not have any yet-to-be-determined components: no 'option a, b, or c'. Proposals may be submitted without prior public comment or feedback, but should not receive major edits or changes once voting has started. If a proposal does not follow these rules or is otherwise deemed unfit, it may be vetoed at the discretion of a Bureaucrat.

• Proposals can only be submitted and voted upon by registered users. Comments or votes from unregistered users will be removed immediately. Furthermore, all votes or comments must have a signature attached (~~~~). Users are not allowed to vote on their own proposal, but may respond to comments.

• Proposals will be open for seven days. This voting deadline can be extended upon request, at the discretion of a Bureaucrat.

• At the end of the voting period, if the proposal has at least a 2/3 majority (66%) support and five total votes it will be considered successful. A Bureaucrat will then officially close the proposal, and either enact it themselves, or coordinate with other staff members to make sure the proposal is completed.
  • If the proposal does not have five votes at the end of the voting period, the voting period will be extended for seven days.

• Once a proposal has been enacted, the staff member responsible will make a note here and move the proposal to the Archives.

How to make a proposal

All proposals must be made using the template provided below, posted under the "Current Proposals" heading:

{{proposal
| title       = A short, one-sentence description of the proposal.
| description = Additional proposal details/explanation.
| comments    = User commentary on proposal.
| votes       = User votes on proposal: {{Support}} or {{Oppose}} + signature (~~~~).
}}

Current proposals

There are no active proposals. For a record of past proposals, visit the Archive.

Proposal:	Migrate Nookipedia from CC BY-SA 3.0 to 4.0
Nookipedia is, like many other wikis, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. This proposal is to migrate Nookipedia to using version 4.0 of the same license. 4.0 has been available since 2013, and includes some good improvements and common sense changes -- see this article for full details. Improvements include explicitly allowing attribution by linking to a history page (practical for wikis); a 30-day window to correct license violations; and better internationalization. Wikipedia moved to 4.0 last year (see this blog post), as well as a growing number of our fellow NIWA wikis (Inkipedia, Pikipedia, etc.). Regarding implementation and impact: Creative Commons licenses are forward-compatible, which means that if you adapt a CC 3.0 work, you can license it under 4.0. For Nookipedia, this means that all existing content can and always will be considered to be a 3.0 work, but as new edits are made and articles become derivatives of themselves, they will be considered a 4.0 work. This change has very little impact to the day-to-day experience of our editors and readers. It's worth noting that while Creative Commons versions are forward compatible, they are not backwards compatible. This means that 3.0 works can be used in a 4.0 work, but 4.0 works can't be used in a 3.0 work. By moving to 4.0, we will be better aligned with other wikis on 4.0, and can adapt both 3.0 and 4.0 text. Inversely, any wikis on 3.0 looking to re-use Nookipedia's 4.0 text won't be able to, but can also migrate to 4.0 if they wish. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 17:48, October 19, 2024 (EDT)
Comments:
Votes:	Support ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 17:48, October 19, 2024 (EDT)
Result: (??%)	To be determined.

Voting on this proposal has ended. (refresh)