Requests for Comment/RfCU process

The Miraheze community was invited following the Username Policy RfC to create a Requests for Comment/Usernames page. This RfC is to establish the procedure it should follow. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c - 21:34, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

Proposal 1

 * An RfC/U may be opened to appeal an existing lock by the community at a dedicated page.

Support

 * 1) We should probably ensure the user wants to appeal first.  ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  21:52, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) should be up to the locked user. Zppix (Meta &#124; CVT Member &#124; talk to me) 21:57, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

Proposal 2

 * An RfC/U may be opened to appeal an existing lock by the locked user by emailing stewards[at]miraheze.org to ask a steward to copy the appeal to the dedicated page.

Support

 * 1) - Makes sense  ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  21:52, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

Proposal 3

 * An RfC/U may be opened by a steward to determine appropriate action.

Support

 * 1) Allows Stewards to ask if unsure.  ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  21:52, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
 * 2) all users should be able to open one Zppix (Meta &#124; CVT Member &#124; talk to me) 21:57, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

Proposal 4

 * An RfC/U may only be closed when at least 3 users have commented on it.

Oppose

 * 1) too low.  ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  21:52, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
 * 2) shouldnt be based on user activity. Zppix (Meta &#124; CVT Member &#124; talk to me) 21:57, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

Proposal 5

 * An RfC/U may only be closed when at least 5 users have commented on it.

Support

 * 1) Will impact every wiki.  ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  21:52, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
 * 2) shouldnt be based on user activity. Zppix (Meta &#124; CVT Member &#124; talk to me) 21:57, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

Proposal 6

 * An RfC/U may only be closed when at least 7 days have passed since it was opened.

Support

 * 1) Allows time for comments.  ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  21:52, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
 * 2) Zppix (Meta &#124; CVT Member &#124; talk to me) 21:57, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

Proposal 7

 * All RfC/U's must be listed on the main Requests for Comments page and added to an open requests category.

Support

 * 1)  ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  21:52, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

Neutral

 * 1) Zppix (Meta &#124; CVT Member &#124; talk to me) 21:57, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

Proposal 8

 * An RfC/U must have at least 75% support to pass.

Support

 * 1)  ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  21:52, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
 * 2) Zppix (Meta &#124; CVT Member &#124; talk to me) 21:57, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

Proposal 9

 * An RfC/U must have at least 50% support to pass.

Oppose

 * 1)  ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  21:52, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

Proposal 10

 * An RfC/U outcome can be appealed to under the Code of Conduct policy.

Support

 * 1) Makes sense, final step.  ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  21:52, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
 * 2) Zppix (Meta &#124; CVT Member &#124; talk to me) 21:57, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

Proposal 11

 * The result of an RfC/U is final and may only be appealed to the community again after 6 months.

Support

 * 1) Zppix (Meta &#124; CVT Member &#124; talk to me) 21:57, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) Community would be likely to show the same result so should be sent to someone else for review.  ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  21:52, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

Proposal 12

 * An RfC/U result should be immediately enforced by the closing Steward.

Support

 * 1) only if proposal 13 passes.  ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  21:52, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
 * 2) Zppix (Meta &#124; CVT Member &#124; talk to me) 21:57, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

Proposal 13

 * When a result will lead to an account being locked, the user is given 7 days to comply with the result and request a new username or it will be locked.

Support

 * 1) no need for haste.  ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  21:52, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
 * 2) Zppix (Meta &#124; CVT Member &#124; talk to me) 21:57, 4 October 2019 (UTC)