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CFI and place names cleanup edit

Voting on: Making the following changes in CFI relating to a recent addition of place name regulation to CFI:

  • 1) In section WT:CFI#Names of specific entities, replace "names of individual people," with "names of individual people, names of geographic features,", thereby undoing the removal of "names of geographic features,".
  • 2) In section WT:CFI#Names of specific entities, add the following bullet item to the list:
    'Place names are subject to the “Place names” section of this page.'
  • 3) In section WT:CFI#Place names, remove the following: "The names of countries, towns and cities meet the criteria for inclusion. Significant natural geographic features such as oceans and large deserts may also be included. Further guidance is contained below."

The above proposals shown:

The section WT:CFI#Names of specific entities, with the planned additions underlined:

This section regulates the inclusion and exclusion of names of specific entities, that is, names of individual people, names of geographic features, names of celestial objects, names of mythological creatures, names and titles of various works, etc. Examples include the Internet, the Magna Carta, the Mona Lisa, the Qur'an, the Red Cross, the Titanic, and World War II.

... In particular:

  • No individual person should be listed as a sense in any entry whose page title includes both a given name or diminutive and a family name or patronymic. For instance, Walter Elias Disney, the film producer and voice of Mickey Mouse, is not allowed a definition line at Walt Disney.
  • Names of specific companies are subject to the “Company names” section of this page.
  • Names of fictional people and places are subject to the “Fictional universes” section of this page.
  • Place names are subject to the “Place names” section of this page.

Such definitions as are included should be succinct rather than encyclopedic.

The section WT:CFI#Place names, with the planned removal struck:

The names of countries, towns and cities meet the criteria for inclusion. Significant natural geographic features such as oceans and large deserts may also be included. Further guidance is contained below.

The following place names should be included as long as they are attested:

  • The names of continents.
  • The names of seas and oceans.
  • The names of countries.
  • ...

Schedule:

Discussion:

Support edit

  1.   Support --Daniel Carrero (talk) 00:51, 26 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    Per rationale: Wiktionary talk:Votes/pl-2017-03/CFI and place names cleanup. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 12:40, 30 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  2.   Support — Andrew Sheedy (talk) 06:28, 26 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  3.   Support -Xbony2 (talk) 23:58, 28 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  4.   Support. I would also suggest adding to WT:CFI#Names of specific entities the name of a geographical feature in the "Examples include […]" list. — SMUconlaw (talk) 13:36, 30 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
      Support Germyb (talk) 07:21, 19 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    Oops, I'm not qualified to vote yet. Germyb (talk) 02:56, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  5.   Support —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 12:31, 19 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  6.   Support — I.S.M.E.T.A. 22:13, 21 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  7.   Support per Wiktionary talk:Votes/pl-2017-03/CFI and place names cleanup#Rationale. This is not intended to change actual regulation but rather merely to do clean-up and remove wording that, upon strict reading, is troublesome. --Dan Polansky (talk) 08:52, 22 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose edit

Abstain edit

  1.   Abstain Far too vague regarding place names, I can't work out what is intended. The rest seems to be OK. DonnanZ (talk) 12:36, 30 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    In case you are interested and didn't see it yet, there's a rationale at the talk page: Wiktionary talk:Votes/pl-2017-03/CFI and place names cleanup. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 12:40, 30 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  2.   Abstain Yeah sounds great. Equinox ◑ 02:21, 19 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  3.   Abstain I don't understand what you are trying to do. SemperBlotto (talk) 05:55, 19 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    If you are interested, these are just minor edits that don't change any CFI regulations. Dan Polansky created this vote and added some rationale at Wiktionary talk:Votes/pl-2017-03/CFI and place names cleanup. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 06:12, 19 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  4.   Abstain Ƿidsiþ 07:51, 19 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  5.   Abstain --Droigheann (talk) 15:28, 21 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Decision edit

Passed: 7-0-5 (100%-0%). --Daniel Carrero (talk) 13:14, 27 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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