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Requests for Comment

Requests for Comments are an easy way to gather community feedback and to form community consensus on proposals, ideas, and issues. They can be used whenever the community should be consulted. Please read the Requests for Comment Policy before participating or starting a request.

Before starting a RfC

If you are requesting administrators to take action, consider appropriate request pages first.
Have you discussed your idea on the Community portal?
Technical requests should be made on the Community portal.

Create a Request for Comment

To create a new RfC, enter a title below and click "New Proposal":

Instructions

Create the page and describe your proposal clearly.
Set status to draft if discussion has not started.
Move to feedback when seeking input.
Move to open once ready for voting.
Update community pages if needed.

Open requests

None at this time.

Draft requests seeking feedback

No requests currently.

Draft requests

No draft requests.

Closed requests

Action taken


Year	Scope	Request	Close Date
No records yet.

No action following vote


Year	Scope	Request	Close Date
2026	Wiki Governance	Direct Appointment by Stewards	21 May 2026

Withdrawn with no vote


Year	Scope	Request	Close Date
No records yet.

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-'''Requests for Comment''' can be opened by any community member by making a new section on this page. Requests for Comment must concern one of the following, or else the RFC will be closed as cannot be undertaken:
+{{#seo:|description=Requests for Comments are an easy way to gather community feedback and to form community consensus on proposals, ideas, and issues on WikiOasis.}}
-*Global bans
-*Changes to the Steward team
+<div style="width:100%; border:2px solid #1e6bd6; background:#eaf3ff; padding:12px; border-radius:6px;">
-*Changes to global (non-Foundation) or Meta's policies and processes
+<div style="font-size:180%; font-weight:bold; color:#1e6bd6;">Requests for Comment</div>
-RFCs cannot be used to reverse the team's decisions regarding these issues, for that, you must use the [[Petition and Discussion process]].
+<div style="margin-top:6px;">{{Shortcut|RfC|Rfc}} Requests for Comments are an easy way to gather community feedback and to form community consensus on proposals, ideas, and issues. They can be used whenever the community should be consulted. Please read the [[Requests for Comment Policy]] before participating or starting a request.</div>
-__NEWSECTIONLINK__
+</div>
+__TOC__
+== Before starting a RfC ==
+* If you are requesting administrators to take action, consider appropriate request pages first.
+* Have you discussed your idea on the [[Community portal]]?
+* Technical requests should be made on the [[Community portal]].
+== Create a Request for Comment ==
+To create a new RfC, enter a title below and click "New Proposal":
+<inputbox>
+type = comment
+buttonlabel = New Proposal
+summary = Creating new RfC
+prefix = Requests for Comment/
+preload = Requests for Comment/preload
+break = no
+id = addrfc
+</inputbox>
+== Instructions ==
+# Create the page and describe your proposal clearly.
+# Set status to '''draft''' if discussion has not started.
+# Move to '''feedback''' when seeking input.
+# Move to '''open''' once ready for voting.
+# Update community pages if needed.
+== Open requests ==
+''None at this time.''
+== Draft requests seeking feedback ==
+''No requests currently.''
+== Draft requests ==
+''No draft requests.''
+== Closed requests ==
+=== Action taken ===
+{| class="wikitable sortable" style="border:2px solid #1e6bd6;"
+|+
+! Year !! Scope !! Request !! Close Date
+|-
+| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | ''No records yet.''
+|}
+=== No action following vote ===
+{| class="wikitable sortable" style="border:2px solid #1e6bd6;"
+|+
+! Year !! Scope !! Request !! Close Date
+|-
+|2026
+|Wiki Governance
+|[[Requests for Comment/Direct Appointment by Stewards|Direct Appointment by Stewards]]
+|21 May 2026
+|}
+=== Withdrawn with no vote ===
+{| class="wikitable sortable" style="border:2px solid #1e6bd6;"
+|+
+! Year !! Scope !! Request !! Close Date
+|-
+| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | ''No records yet.''
+|}