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This is an index of archives; for recent discussion, see Requests for comment. Please do not post new comments on these pages; if you wish to revive a discussion, either move it back to the main page or link to it. For help archiving pages, see Standard archival system.

2005Edit

cs.wp: Aphaia and Tomos discussion, January 2005 - archived inactive December 2008.
cs.wp: Cswiki issues, August 2005 - archived inactive December 2008.
- and abortive Cswiki issues 2, September 2005, archived inactive December 2008.
Image:Evolution-tasks.png, September 2005 - archived inactive, December 2008.
ko.ws: Korean Wikisource, September 2005 - Archived inactive December 2008.

2006Edit

Board Election 2006, 30 September 2006, last substantive edit December 2006, archived inactive December 2008* cs.wp: Cswiki issues 3, November 2006, archived inactive December 2008.
Wikicode, October 2006 - archived inactive, December 2008.
- Received only one comment.
simple.wp: Netoholic on Simple English Wikipedia, 15 October 2006, concluded 21 November 2006, archived resolved December 2008.
- Request to Stewards regarding User:Netoholic on Simple Wikipedia, 8 November 2006, concluded 20 November 2006, archived resolved December 2008.

2007Edit

yi.wp: Yiddish wikipedia sysop abuse, 14 January 2007, last substantive edit August 2007, archived inactive August 2010.
simple.wp: Blockinblox on Simple English Wikipedia, 15 January 2007. Outcome: transwikied to Simple English Wikipedia 16 January 2007. Discussion at Simple English Wikipedia had been open only a few days before RFC on Meta was launched.
Zazaki Wikipedia v. Kurdish Wikipedia, 1 March 2007, last substantive edit May 2007, archived inactive August 2010.
ug.wp: Jose77 on Uyghur Wikipedia, 27 March 2007. Outcome: user desysopped by User:MaxSem following stewards discussion on IRC, statement 1 April 2007.
ru.wb: User:VasilievVV&Ramir abuse at ruwikibooks, 23 June 2007. Archived inactive August 2010. No comments received, but Ramir's rights removed "temporarily" in January 2008 following January 2008 Requests for comment/Ramir on Russian Wikibooks.
Board Election 2007, 12 July 2007, last substantive edit September 2007, archived inactive August 2010.
he:wn: Yonidebest sysop flag on he.wikinews, 24 July 2007, last substantive edit August 2007, archived inactive August 2010. Outcome: sysop flag removed before RFC not restored.
ja.wp: user Penpen Block, 7 August 2007, archived inactive August 2010. No comments received.
tpi.wp: Tpi issues, on actions of tpi:User:K. Kellogg-Smith, 14 August 2007, archived inactive August 2010. Discussion was copied from Requests for Permissions.
az.wp: Azerbaijani wikipedia sysop abuse, September 2007, archived inactive August 2010. No comments received.
sr.wp: Serbian Wikipedia Sockpuppetry, 4 September 2007, archived inactive August 2010. Discussion was copied from Requests for Permissions; no further comments added in the RFC.
EDP on Afrikaans Wikipedia, 7 September 2007; statement by creator that problem is resolved 12 September 2007.
pt.wp: JSSX and Ozalid Wikipédia PT / Bullying and sysop abuse, 12 September 2007, last substantive edit 3 October 2007, archived inactive August 2010.

2008Edit

Hostage situation in Russian Wikipedia, 7 January 2008, on Russian Arbcom handling of offwiki issues, with privacy implications; closed stale December 2008. No substantive comments received (except for a personal attack from a banned user).
ru.wb: Ramir on Russian Wikibooks, 17 January 2008, closed resolved June 2008. Outcome: Ramir's rights removed "temporarily" in January 2008.
az.wp: Azerbaijani wikipedia, 4 February 2008, archived inactive February 2012.
Wikimedia Foundation staff permissions, 8 February 2008, archived resolved August 2010. Outcome: implemented by September 2008.
ar.wp: الباحث@ar Wikipedia rights removal, 9 March 2008, contestation of local desysop vote, closed resolved 12 March 2008.
cs.ws and others: -jkb-, 17 March 2008, closed 26 March 2008 when RFC filer withdrew it.
Meta-wiki suffrage in regards to local elections, 19 March 2008, closed dormant November 2008.
Usernames and SUL, 26 March 2008, marked as dormant November 2008, archived August 2010.
ko.ws: Problems on ko.wikisource, May 2008, archived resolved August 2010. Outcome: User:WonRyong's temporary adminship removed 31 May 2008.
ar.wp: Riadismet sysop flag on Arabic wp, 10 May 2008, closed resolved July 2008. Outcome: voter qualification issue clarified.
cs.wp: Personal attacks on cs, 21 May 2008, archived stale August 2010.
ce.wp: Bots on Chechen wikipedia, 31 May 2008, on blocking of bots by ce:User:Girdi, archived stale August 2010.
Save the Siberian Wikipedia, 7 June 2008, closed as "trolling" by a user banned on multiple wikis.
fa.wp: Zereshk's RfA at the Persian Wikipedia, 18 June 2008, archived inactive August 2010.
Special global permissions, 7 July 2008, moved to new policy page 2 August 2008.
Zazaki wikipedia, 6 August 2008, archived inactive October 2010.
nl.wp: Dutch Wikipedia - unblock request, 7 August 2008, closed unproductive September 2008.
cross-wiki: Poetlister and Cato, September 2008. Documents investigation of high-level socking across Wikimedia sites.
zh.wp/Meta: Shizhao's use of steward privileges, 26 November 2008, last substantive edit February 2009, archived resolved 4 January 2011. Outcome: "no abuse found".
ru.wp: Canopus Kilya Blocking, 29 November 2008, closed as "bad-faith RFC due to massive trolling and sockpuppetry" 1 December 2008.
Croatian Wikipedia - User Suradnik13 - blocking and deleting
Korean wikipedia
Lombard wikipedia - problems
- The meatpuppeting attack to the LMO wikipedia - Corrective actions requested
- The meatpuppeting attack on LMO wikipedia - Origin (source) of the meatpuppets

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2020Edit

Amendment of CheckUser policy and Oversight policy, closed as unsuccessful on 21 June.
The regulation on Vietnamese Wikipedia opposed Checkuser policy of Wikimedia Foundation, closed on 21 June, the problem was addressed by the Ombudsman Commission.