Hi Haifeng,
Re : A more general question is: where to find information about policy changes, e.g.,
article creation, in Wikipedia?
The Wikipedia Signpost usually covers major policy changes like this one
(
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost)
As Kerry pointed out though, more subtle policy changes happen without much publicity. If
changes are contentious enough, they might appear in an RfC or The Village Pump, so those
are some other areas to look.
Cheers,
Su-Laine
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 9, 2019, at 11:48 AM, Haifeng Zhang
<haifeng1(a)andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
Dear folks,
I'm checking the Article Creation page
(
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_creation), and it says:
The ability to create articles directly in mainspace is
restricted<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:ACPERM> to autoconfirmed users,
though non-confirmed users and non-registered users can submit a proposed article through
the Articles for
Creation<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_creation&g… process,
where it will be reviewed and considered for publication.
Anyone knows when the restriction (e.g., registered and auto-confirmed) become effective?
I tracked the past revisions of the page but found no clue. A more general question is:
where to find information about policy changes, e.g., article creation, in Wikipedia?
Thanks,
Haifeng
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