Search Results: Wikipedia:NOTCOMPULSORY


Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not
Minggu, 2026-08-09 05:34:56

not tolerated and may result in a ban. Shortcuts WP:NOTCOMPULSORYWP:NOTCOMPULSORY WP:CHOICEWP:CHOICE Wikipedia is a volunteer community and does not require...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Political science
Selasa, 2019-05-21 08:12:19

contribs), whose last portal-space contribs were later that month[2]. WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, so no criticism of Kanogul, but the portal has had no maintainer since...

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Wikipedia:Don't attack the nominator
Sabtu, 2024-07-13 09:50:37

template. Such demands violate the spirit of policies at WP:BURDEN, WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, and WP:BATTLEGROUND. Such demands may be perceived as unreasonable...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gulam
Sabtu, 2025-11-29 21:15:03

You fix it. ~2025-34213-64 (talk) 07:42, 17 November 2025 (UTC) WP:NOTCOMPULSORY. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 14:43, 17 November 2025 (UTC) Keep. there is...

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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2014-01-29/Arbitration report
Sabtu, 2024-01-06 09:04:14

at large at some point, because ArbCom says that it overrides the WP:NOTCOMPULSORY policy; but when I search for it, all I can find are failed policy proposals...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Christian hardcore
Jumat, 2019-05-17 08:19:14

abandoned after creation. That's no criticism of Metalworker14; WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, and any editor is entitled to move on to other interests. All the subpages...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Requests for comment/Article creation at scale/Closing statement
Jumat, 2025-07-18 20:13:17

to get the same results. Fails overwhelmingly, with reference to WP:NOTCOMPULSORY. Moved to second RfC. Fails by a wide margin. Fails nearly unanimously...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:European Space Agency
Minggu, 2019-05-12 06:05:18

before apparently moving on to other things, which is of course fine. WP:NOTCOMPULSORY. Ssolbergj (talk · contribs) did some tweaking the next day, but there...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Taylorwalls
Selasa, 2022-03-01 15:14:18

think it's counterproductive, don't feel the need to comment: see WP:NOTCOMPULSORY. Amisom (talk) 17:37, 22 June 2018 (UTC) Amison, I didn’t mean to imply...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Brunei
Rabu, 2019-05-22 14:56:34

who also created the subpages, and then moved on to other things. WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, so that's fine. However, nobody else did anything with the portal apart...

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Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2016 October 23
Senin, 2022-05-16 13:41:26

WP:FIXIT This seems to violate core Wikipedia policy, specifically, WP:NOTCOMPULSORY. It's fine to encourage people to edit, but this title only serves as...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Burdett-Coutts (promoter)
Senin, 2025-11-24 05:06:11

the idea is that one can do as much or little as one wishes (per WP:NOTCOMPULSORY). Therefore people are at liberty to create unreferenced stubs, which...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Karate
Kamis, 2019-05-16 09:01:54

basically abandoned thereafter. That's no criticism of the editor; WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, so editors are entirely free to move on to other things ... but a decision...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chas Chandler (character)
Sabtu, 2025-12-13 21:54:25

force someone to work on the article, contrary to WP:NOTCLEANUP and WP:NOTCOMPULSORY: "Focus on improving the encyclopedia itself, rather than demanding...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/RGraph
Jumat, 2025-12-12 15:03:53

coverage, fulfilling that criterion. @User:Sandstein: Please see WP:NOTCOMPULSORY. It is not the job of other editors to make the case in either direction...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Basketball
Rabu, 2019-11-06 00:28:16

kangaroo court. I'm used to policies and guidelines, as well as WP:NOTCOMPULSORY as far as requiring users to sign up. Shrug.—Bagumba (talk) 02:51, 23...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Folklore
Kamis, 2019-07-18 11:52:03

maintained. Ihcoyc's last portalspace edit was in March 2008.[2] WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, so an editor is entitled to move on to other interests, but the community...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Kamis, 2019-05-16 09:00:12

abandoned apart from formatting changes. That's no criticism of Mar4d. WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, so editors are fully entitled to move on to other things. However,...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Music Portals by Moxy
Senin, 2019-06-17 09:57:24

per WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, it is against Wikipedia policy for a maintainer to be required. North America1000 18:48, 13 April 2019 (UTC) WP:NOTCOMPULSORY says...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Capital District (2nd nomination)
Rabu, 2019-08-07 15:22:13

2011, one in early 2013, and nothing in the 6 years since then.[1] WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, so editors are free to move on other interests. However portals still...

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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2016-12-22/Special report
Sabtu, 2024-01-06 09:30:43

December 2016 (UTC) On the English Wikipedia, ArbCom has ruled that WP:NOTCOMPULSORY does not apply to admins. Hawkeye7 (talk) 07:39, 23 December 2016 (UTC)...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dalston bus garage
Sabtu, 2025-12-13 22:36:46

to bed rather than bringing the nominator more shrubberies. See WP:NOTCOMPULSORY: "Focus on improving the encyclopedia itself, rather than demanding...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of out-of-town shopping centres in the United Kingdom (3rd nomination)
Rabu, 2025-12-03 06:20:14

double for Hammer. Andy Dingley (talk) 21:30, 14 January 2018 (UTC) WP:NOTCOMPULSORY. Ajf773 (talk) 23:00, 14 January 2018 (UTC) "Focus on improving the...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Architecture
Sabtu, 2019-04-20 07:47:38

the code). Pldx1 (talk) 14:20, 13 April 2019 (UTC) Comment – Per WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, the notion of a mandatory maintainer for content is against Wikipedia...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Charles Cavilla
Sabtu, 2025-11-29 21:02:11

guideline about Wikipedia content as stated above whatsoever. See also WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, where it's stated (in part), "Wikipedia is a volunteer community, and...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of software that supports Vulkan
Jumat, 2025-12-12 11:26:33

Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 08:21, 1 October 2020 (UTC) WP:NOTCOMPULSORY TarkusABtalk/contrib 16:20, 1 October 2020 (UTC) This likewise applies...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Uranus
Kamis, 2019-07-25 06:49:12

hasn't touched any part of it since this edit in February 2011. WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, so the creator is entitled to move on to other interests. But Wikipedia...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Atlanta (2nd nomination)
Jumat, 2019-04-26 11:02:46

00:04, 13 April 2019 (UTC) @Robert McClenon: Regarding updates, WP:NOTCOMPULSORY could be part of the reason why. North America1000 00:08, 13 April 2019...

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Meghan Trainor discography/archive1
Senin, 2023-01-30 18:46:02

anything. You wanted comments (see here [2]), I provided some. See WP:NOTCOMPULSORY. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 15:53, 3 May 2015 (UTC) I'm impressed with how the article...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Asian Americans
Jumat, 2019-06-07 22:45:08

they wish, including moving on from work which they started. See WP:NOTCOMPULSORY) So what we have here is a choice of a broken (and apparently never-completed)...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Photography
Minggu, 2019-12-01 03:12:18

they have no interest whatsoever in this portal (and please see WP:NOTCOMPULSORY), so your pipe-dream votes should hold no weight. Aside from a very...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Thunderstorm
Selasa, 2025-03-04 22:14:51

a Wikipedia:Wikibreak from AFD. Just a reminder that AFD work is WP:NOTCOMPULSORY and there are other solid editors active at AFD. If a topic is truly...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2017 January 8
Selasa, 2022-03-29 23:07:46

prose, and stop assigning responsibilities to others as Wikipedia is WP:NOTCOMPULSORY.—Bagumba (talk) 10:06, 11 January 2017 (UTC) Delete with the same reasoning...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals
Senin, 2026-07-20 22:07:09

Wikipedia talk:Portal guidelines § Second sentence contradicts WP:NOTCOMPULSORY policy, and should be removed Wikipedia talk:Portal guidelines § Concerning...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Поль Крол Злой Диктатор/Userboxes/Andropov
Senin, 2022-04-25 04:29:59

a such key agency in the USSR reek of WP:Other stuff exists and WP:NOTCOMPULSORY. Familiarize yourself with Wikipedia policies before patronizing others...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Arctic
Minggu, 2019-12-01 03:08:14

out to do it alone, but sooner or later moved on to other things. WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, so they are entitled to do move on, but this portal has already been...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Grenada
Jumat, 2019-08-16 13:03:48

Kylekieran's last edit to any part of the portal was in August 2012.[3] WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, so editors are entitled to move on. But portals need ongoing maintenance...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Autumn
Minggu, 2019-05-05 02:16:12

circa 2010. This is another fact and a great occasion to invoke WP:NOTCOMPULSORY. And when someone criticized my description of the 2019 versions as...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Armenia
Kamis, 2025-02-27 04:43:15

contribs), whose last edit to the portal was in November 2007[1]. WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, so editors are quite entitled to move on to other interests, and this...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Western Sahara
Sabtu, 2019-05-25 02:49:45

User:Northamerica1000. Due to WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, no one can compulse you to click on this blue link and read again what the WP:NOTCOMPULSORY policy says exactly. But...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Canada
Minggu, 2019-10-13 12:11:05

to give any assurances on what you plan to do in the future; see WP:NOTCOMPULSORY. But unless some editors give some such credible assurances or can point...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:2010s
Sabtu, 2019-06-01 03:42:13

Redolta's last portal-space edit[1] was 18 months ago, in late 2017. WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, so Redolta and every other is fully entitled to edit whenever and wherever...

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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2014-03-26/Op-ed
Sabtu, 2024-01-06 09:05:27

many purposes it is at the disposal of the Foundation. Of course WP:NOTCOMPULSORY and it is good to have full time staff to drive these things through...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2019 June 6
Rabu, 2019-06-26 07:01:17

June 6 is not. 77.11.125.202 (talk) 21:07, 18 June 2019 (UTC) See WP:NOTCOMPULSORY. It is his choice whether he wants to close this TfD and if he does...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Islamabad
Sabtu, 2021-12-11 18:58:43

Pakieditor (talk) 16:19, 10 October 2019 (UTC) Of course, @Pakieditor. WP:NOTCOMPULSORY. Like everyone else here, you're a volunteer. You manage your own time...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Troy Trepanier
Jumat, 2025-12-19 10:57:28

to make demands on how other volunteers should spend their time (WP:NOTCOMPULSORY)? 192.76.8.86 (talk) 01:30, 24 May 2023 (UTC) Comment x2 As there appears...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Tashkent
Senin, 2019-05-20 22:09:40

agreements to maintain portals that have not been kept. The argument of WP:NOTCOMPULSORY is true but irrelevant. Keeping a portal is optional; maintaining a...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/George Griffith
Jumat, 2025-12-19 03:27:39

idea, turn around and demand they do the rest of the work? Do read WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, please, and when you've done so, please decide whether you want to...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Sports notability
Sabtu, 2024-09-07 04:41:55

the opposition was significantly stronger in terms of policy (see WP:NOTCOMPULSORY) and practical arguments. Editors had issues with using an ultimatum...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Requests for comment/Article creation at scale
Rabu, 2026-02-04 01:18:10

input"), and WP:NOTCOMPULSORY limits this RfC's ability to go beyond this. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:13, 5 October 2022 (UTC) Per WP:NOTCOMPULSORY. We cannot force...

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Failed log/May 2015
Minggu, 2015-05-24 08:24:31

anything. You wanted comments (see here [11]), I provided some. See WP:NOTCOMPULSORY. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 15:53, 3 May 2015 (UTC) I'm impressed with how the article...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2022 March 22
Senin, 2023-04-03 03:34:35

often, but forgotten where they were. For the second, there's also WP:NOTCOMPULSORY. MichaelMaggs (talk) 10:29, 22 March 2022 (UTC) I tend to link to WP:SODOIT...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive872
Jumat, 2023-02-10 01:02:27

change based on this thread. It should be noted that editing is WP:NOTCOMPULSORY. As the person in question is, no doubt, enjoying all this fuss I would...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive996
Kamis, 2026-02-12 21:49:37

--Guy Macon (talk) 00:33, 12 November 2018 (UTC) Well, Wikipedia is WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, so you'll have to run your own cost-benefit analysis on whether or...

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Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Evad37
Sabtu, 2023-02-11 03:47:35

to the answer to a question above, where the candidate linked to WP:NOTCOMPULSORY. So we have someone who has been around long enough that we would have...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive980
Kamis, 2025-09-25 00:44:13

contribs) 19:07, 4 April 2018 (UTC) @Afrodizifunk3: just so you know WP:NOTCOMPULSORY. MarnetteD|Talk 19:11, 4 April 2018 (UTC) The discussion above is closed...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1096
Rabu, 2022-10-26 15:03:10

statement was in fact a lie (meant to deceive). 54129 knows about WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, and so questions Husond's apparent need to deceive, about which the...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive845
Selasa, 2024-01-30 23:20:58

You did mention that I was trying your patience, though. Well, WP:NOTCOMPULSORY applies to admins as well, I would imagine. You're a volunteer, right...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive850
Selasa, 2025-08-26 03:47:11

or ignore them and work elsewhere, and either way I must invoke WP:NOTCOMPULSORY to do so. Muffinator (talk) 21:32, 11 August 2014 (UTC) (involved editor)...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive342
Jumat, 2022-07-22 04:12:23

in the past, there seems to be a distinct lac of volunteers, and WP:NOTCOMPULSORY. Likewise for the "probation officer" approach. And on a more mundane...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1102
Kamis, 2023-09-28 05:59:07

a user edits, and what does it mean for it to be "sustainable"? WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, people. User:HumanxAnthro (Nina CortexxCoco Bandicoot) 01:49, 2 July...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive906
Minggu, 2024-05-19 16:42:17

experienced" editors. Everyone is volunteering their time here and, per WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, they can choose when to disengage with the project in whole or with...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1094
Sabtu, 2026-03-07 06:11:30

categorically impossible for me to pile work on you. Please see WP:NOTCOMPULSORY and WP:VOLUNTEER. You are painting me as stubborn for marking a redirect...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive327
Sabtu, 2022-11-05 05:53:33

opposing editor in the dispute: Oh my. What a tantrum. Oh well, bye...WP:NOTCOMPULSORY That thread makes me want to quit, what a bunch of whinging bullshit...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive330
Selasa, 2023-04-18 11:41:46

article with a valid PD image and then want to be left alone per WP:NOTCOMPULSORY. I'd still like to know why the bot tagged the image for deletion when...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1023
Sabtu, 2026-07-11 08:38:19

with you", which any editor is entitled to do for whatever reason (WP:NOTCOMPULSORY). Instead the only comments they made to object to the principle of...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1016
Jumat, 2026-02-13 13:57:58

am a bad Wikipedian for not being a frequent editor: [64] - given WP:NOTCOMPULSORY this comment was pure bullying Falsely claiming that I am topic banned...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive269
Kamis, 2023-07-20 17:24:18

would have been better achieved if the subject had responded, but WP:NOTCOMPULSORY. Even some input from someone not involved in the discussion would have...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement/Archive149
Selasa, 2023-03-21 01:55:24

Trinidad and Tobago portal, than spending time here. Unfortunately WP:NOTCOMPULSORY does not seem to apply here, and clearly there are those that enjoy...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement/Archive155
Selasa, 2024-10-15 06:43:08

effectively even if the "defence" is poor or non-existent - per WP:NOTCOMPULSORY. Sansdtein should have been satisfied with redacting TParis' comment...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement/Archive309
Sabtu, 2022-08-27 10:44:44

respond to something, assuming you have no WP:MESS to clean up (WP:NOTCOMPULSORY / WP:VOLUNTEER). However, restoring the edit without waiting for discussion—noting...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1066
Jumat, 2026-02-13 13:50:36

can be criticised for their non-participation, in part due to the WP:NOTCOMPULSORY argument, but also since the above discussion cannot reasonably be said...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement/Archive307
Selasa, 2022-09-27 17:45:38

gravely misunderstand the basic nature of Wikipedia's policies (WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, WP:OWNBEHAVIOR, etc.) (B) I don't like Armatura threatened to report...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Beyoncé
Minggu, 2019-05-05 02:03:58

sort of "required" maintainer goes squarely against the grain of WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, part of the WP:NOT policy page, where it states, "Wikipedia is a volunteer...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 122
Minggu, 2025-01-26 22:20:46

14:14, 6 July 2015 (UTC) Support ArbCom has already struck down WP:NOTCOMPULSORY for admins. The amount of activity required is not great, and if it...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 128
Senin, 2025-09-08 08:26:18

enforcing this? Sergecross73 msg me 18:56, 26 May 2016 (UTC) Please read WP:NOTCOMPULSORY. WikiP is a voluntary organization not a "professional" one. I am sorry...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 167
Minggu, 2026-02-15 22:13:40

norm that the community expects editors to follow) it goes against WP:NOTCOMPULSORY. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 17:50, 19 April 2020 (UTC) I'd like to find...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 130
Senin, 2026-03-30 00:32:38

Blueboar (talk) 12:21, 13 July 2016 (UTC) Because Wikipedia is WP:NOTCOMPULSORY and WP:There is no deadline. There are any number of reasons why an...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 106
Jumat, 2023-03-17 06:26:22

(talk) 22:00, 30 December 2012 (UTC) I'm a stalwart proponent of WP:NOTCOMPULSORY etc: indeed no one is required to proactively do anything. The point...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cute timeline
Sabtu, 2025-11-29 21:28:08

encyclopedia. --▸∮truthious ᛔandersnatch◂ 03:14, 8 June 2012 (UTC) *yawn*. WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, I don't have to be doing it as long as you to be doing it right. Thank...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Portals/Evidence
Rabu, 2020-05-20 04:31:04

BHG made arguments about needing volunteers that to me go against WP:NOTCOMPULSORY.[195]—Bagumba (talk) 21:17, 20 December 2019 (UTC) BrownHairedGirl makes...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Magioladitis 2/Evidence
Selasa, 2017-09-05 02:14:42

consume vast swathes of their time, effectively going counter to WP:NOTCOMPULSORY not to mention the stress that it engenders. Current word length: 1058;...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Istituto San Leone Magno
Jumat, 2025-12-12 08:52:20

pending expansion. Applicable policies include WP:ATD, WP:NONENG; WP:NOTCOMPULSORY; WP:NOTPAPER; &c. Andrew🐉(talk) 18:50, 1 November 2020 (UTC) I'd be...

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Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2020 May 29
Jumat, 2020-06-12 04:39:55

minimize non-free use. --Masem (t) 16:23, 5 June 2020 (UTC) Per WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, Wikipedia editors are volunteers who are entitled to be as lazy as...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Biochemistry
Rabu, 2023-03-22 00:59:05

delete portal tracking categories. NA1K's repeated bogus claims taht WP:NOTCOMPULSORY bans any requirement for a portal to have a named maintainer. And now...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2013/Candidates/AGK/Questions
Minggu, 2023-02-05 06:09:28

the community and Arbitration Committee. How does that uphold the WP:NOTCOMPULSORY policy? I don't think editors are ever required to do things they don't...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Portals/Workshop
Kamis, 2022-04-14 23:26:50

i noted the lack of interest from WikiProjects. Bagumba invokes WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, but chooses to omit the subsequent discussion ([7], several posts by...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2016 September 6
Jumat, 2023-03-03 19:55:44

to keep. To address the first concern, I would like to point to WP:NOTCOMPULSORY and (again) to WP:COI. That is, you are not required to spend any of...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2021 February 22
Jumat, 2021-03-05 03:07:57

force someone to work on the article, contrary to WP:NOTCLEANUP and WP:NOTCOMPULSORY: "Focus on improving the encyclopedia itself, rather than demanding...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2018 January 13
Jumat, 2023-03-03 19:20:29

double for Hammer. Andy Dingley (talk) 21:30, 14 January 2018 (UTC) WP:NOTCOMPULSORY. Ajf773 (talk) 23:00, 14 January 2018 (UTC) "Focus on improving the...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/EOMA-68
Sabtu, 2025-11-22 19:36:36

to keep. To address the first concern, I would like to point to WP:NOTCOMPULSORY and (again) to WP:COI. That is, you are not required to spend any of...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Ghana
Sabtu, 2019-09-28 05:45:15

as a portal maintainer because I wanted to, and particularly per WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, nothing more. There is no "game" here. The assessments for Ghana-related...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Nanotechnology
Kamis, 2019-10-03 05:34:13

rot noted above. If Antony-22's interests have moved on, then per WP:NOTCOMPULSORY that's fine, a choice they are entitled to make without reproach. But...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lisa Helfend Meyer
Jumat, 2025-12-19 05:51:37

cases. BeFriendlyGoodSir (talk) 23:19, 14 December 2023 (UTC) Per WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, I am tired of working on this page today. I will refrain unless I am...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2021 February 21
Jumat, 2021-03-05 18:36:47

to bed rather than bringing the nominator more shrubberies. See WP:NOTCOMPULSORY: "Focus on improving the encyclopedia itself, rather than demanding...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Queerly Bohemian/Userboxes/FreedomFighters
Rabu, 2024-10-02 20:41:20

may need to step away until this MFD is finished. 6) Remember that WP:NOTCOMPULSORY and you can log off so as not to see the userbox. MarnetteD|Talk 21:48...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2025 September 4
Jumat, 2025-09-26 10:54:39

field. – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 03:49, 5 September 2025 (UTC) WP:NOTCOMPULSORY: your time is voluntary WP:TFD#REASONS: it is redundant to a better-designed...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2016 April 22
Rabu, 2023-03-01 12:10:56

the idea is that one can do as much or little as one wishes (per WP:NOTCOMPULSORY). Therefore people are at liberty to create unreferenced stubs, which...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2014 June 24
Kamis, 2024-10-17 00:34:00

them, take it up at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard. Wikipedia:NOTCOMPULSORY also applies here, as you're free from not debating with them. If they...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2020 September 29
Sabtu, 2020-10-10 13:18:53

Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 08:21, 1 October 2020 (UTC) WP:NOTCOMPULSORY TarkusABtalk/contrib 16:20, 1 October 2020 (UTC) This likewise applies...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2012 May 10
Sabtu, 2024-07-13 00:47:55

guideline about Wikipedia content as stated above whatsoever. See also WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, where it's stated (in part), "Wikipedia is a volunteer community, and...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2020 January 31
Sabtu, 2024-07-13 01:34:19

coverage, fulfilling that criterion. @User:Sandstein: Please see WP:NOTCOMPULSORY. It is not the job of other editors to make the case in either direction...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mother's Day in Portland, Oregon
Senin, 2026-05-11 13:39:18

just to find out it's all being scrapped... but alas, that's why WP:NOTCOMPULSORY I think elements of all of these articles could be incorporated elsewhere...

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Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Ifnord
Minggu, 2022-03-13 10:42:30

understand the reason given in the answer to Q10, additionally keeping WP:NOTCOMPULSORY in mind, and noting that any decision made now will be perceived as...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2020 November 3
Kamis, 2020-11-12 05:51:02

pending expansion. Applicable policies include WP:ATD, WP:NONENG; WP:NOTCOMPULSORY; WP:NOTPAPER; &c. Andrew🐉(talk) 18:50, 1 November 2020 (UTC) I'd be...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2013 October 5
Selasa, 2023-02-21 13:15:44

for this, or numerous other kinds of templates for that matter (WP:NOTCOMPULSORY)? Dl2000 (talk) 02:03, 2 October 2013 (UTC) Comment Am I wrong that...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Painting
Rabu, 2019-12-25 12:04:50

editing or moved on to other topics, and the portal rotted for years. WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, so any editor is fully entitled to move on without reproach, but that's...

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Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard/Archive 48
Rabu, 2023-08-16 09:39:37

November 2022 (UTC) isaacl: it’s true bureaucrats have a pocket veto in WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, however there would be no way for a single bureaucrat to prevent all...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2013/Candidates/AGK
Sabtu, 2013-11-16 03:17:10

the community and Arbitration Committee. How does that uphold the WP:NOTCOMPULSORY policy? I don't think editors are ever required to do things they don't...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Kafziel/Workshop
Sabtu, 2026-01-03 17:54:00

84.101 (talk) 23:58, 10 January 2014 (UTC) 3) Policy. See also, WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, and in particular WP:CHOICE, which trumps essays (and also methinks...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2015 December 31
Sabtu, 2024-07-13 00:50:03

00:13, 4 January 2016 (UTC) @Viriditas: I basically have to invoke WP:NOTCOMPULSORY on that. The fight over this went on pretty much all day every day for...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2014 November 19
Jumat, 2023-03-03 15:38:08

73 (talk • contribs) 05:59, 19 November 2014‎ (UTC) Wikipedia is WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, every editor can contribute in the manner that is most appropriate...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 January 27
Minggu, 2023-02-05 16:28:59

manage to make all things perfect at once, knowing that Wikipedia is NOTCOMPULSORY. Actually the 5 groups of categories proposed for discussion here come...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2012 June 4
Jumat, 2023-03-03 21:52:13

encyclopedia. --▸∮truthious ᛔandersnatch◂ 03:14, 8 June 2012 (UTC) *yawn*. WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, I don't have to be doing it as long as you to be doing it right. Thank...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Criminal Law in India
Jumat, 2025-12-19 01:51:53

January 2024 (UTC) You have not offered a compromise, and it is WP:NOTCOMPULSORY for me to edit the article Law of India. I intend to withdraw from this...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Ireland
Senin, 2019-04-29 23:16:32

pictures-robots). The baby seems dead, but I will use the famous WP:NOTCOMPULSORY to avoid looking further. A great case of Let the dead bury the dead...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 193
Senin, 2023-01-30 15:50:09

in the article. On the other hand, fulfilling such a request is WP:NOTCOMPULSORY. Whether material should stand on a page while verifiability of a translation...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Carnism (4th nomination)
Kamis, 2025-11-13 10:48:41

00:13, 4 January 2016 (UTC) @Viriditas: I basically have to invoke WP:NOTCOMPULSORY on that. The fight over this went on pretty much all day every day for...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2015/Candidates/Rich Farmbrough/Questions
Rabu, 2022-08-03 21:26:26

groups of users to do certain things - they should "request" - per WP:NOTCOMPULSORY. Recent mass revocations of outdated general sanctions (the first initiated...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Lighthouses
Senin, 2019-11-11 09:43:31

BHGbot 4. And since I am a volunteer like any other editor, then per WP:NOTCOMPULSORY I am free to make my own decision about whether to open a WP:BRFA request...

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Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2019 September
Sabtu, 2019-08-31 07:00:57

long-term problems. And for three years, you hadn't been pro-active. WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, so if your priorities and interests had moved elsewhere, then that's...

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Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates/May 2017
Sabtu, 2026-03-07 19:18:54

we'll see each other at ANI. Banedon (talk) 00:54, 17 May 2017 (UTC) WP:NOTCOMPULSORY is required reading here. You're asking Jayron here (for example) to...

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Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard/Archive 130
Jumat, 2018-11-16 20:11:21

aren't being violated. It's primarily non-COI issues related to WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, WP:IDHT, WP:BLUDGEON, and, today, WP:ASPERSIONS. BC1278 is turning...

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Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates/December 2017
Senin, 2023-03-20 08:40:20

(and regretably I will not be attempting to fix them myself per WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, due to unnecessarily unpleasant previous memories of unsuccessfully...

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Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates/December 2016
Selasa, 2023-03-21 14:18:41

2016 (UTC) WP:SOFIXIT. -Kudzu1 (talk) 05:04, 29 December 2016 (UTC) WP:NOTCOMPULSORY. Masem is free to criticize the article's state, that doesn't mean that...

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Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates/October 2018
Rabu, 2023-03-22 02:37:06

place to complain about that would normally be WP:ERRORS, and, per WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, I'm not yet sure I want to bother to do that, given the difficulty...

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Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates/September 2018
Sabtu, 2026-03-07 22:13:19

Info on this can be found in Breakthrough's News article (but per WP:NOTCOMPULSORY and WP:BNO I'm currently rather reluctant to try to do this myself due...

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Wikipedia:Edit filter noticeboard/Archive 8
Senin, 2024-04-29 10:37:24

Ho Cap'n!⚓ 03:55, 27 January 2021 (UTC) @CaptainEek: Of course, WP:NOTCOMPULSORY. But before I start unpacking the case of WP:TROUT, you unprotected...

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Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates/March 2018
Rabu, 2026-01-28 14:53:53

go to bed, and I'm not sure I want to spend time on it today (per WP:NOTCOMPULSORY and WP:BNO if necessary). Maybe the CNs will get fixed as Americans...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2015/Candidates/Rich Farmbrough
Senin, 2015-11-09 02:07:33

groups of users to do certain things - they should "request" - per WP:NOTCOMPULSORY. Recent mass revocations of outdated general sanctions (the first initiated...

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Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates/August 2018
Kamis, 2025-01-09 21:05:09

so I almost certainly won't be attempting to do so myself (per WP:NOTCOMPULSORY and WP:BNO).Tlhslobus (talk) 03:18, 6 August 2018 (UTC) The discussion...

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Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2019 September 10
Kamis, 2021-08-19 16:17:26

long-term problems. And for three years, you hadn't been pro-active. WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, so if your priorities and interests had moved elsewhere, then that's...

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Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates/November 2017
Minggu, 2024-02-04 03:21:57

not included in the Impacts section. I feel neither willing (per WP:NOTCOMPULSORY) nor properly able to fix it myself. And quite likely the problem will...

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Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates/January 2019
Selasa, 2026-01-06 22:14:14

Thanks for the suggestion. I may try it later, but probably not (per WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, WP:BNO, etc), tho anybody else who wanted to have a go would almost...

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Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard/Archive331
Minggu, 2024-06-09 12:44:01

acknowledged by wikipedia should be determined by consensus." It is WP:NOTCOMPULSORY for us to do so. Morbidthoughts (talk) 23:34, 15 August 2021 (UTC) A...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2025 November 22
Minggu, 2025-11-30 11:10:22

You fix it. ~2025-34213-64 (talk) 07:42, 17 November 2025 (UTC) WP:NOTCOMPULSORY. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 14:43, 17 November 2025 (UTC) Keep. there is...

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Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Deletion of uncited articles
Selasa, 2024-02-13 02:40:42

search for, find and add that source within 30 days. In view of WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, there is no reason to assume that anyone will do that, not even the...

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Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2023 February 27
Rabu, 2023-03-08 22:12:42

time that their action can be challenged. It's a trivial result of WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, not a counter to the way G5 works. Endorse * Pppery * it has begun...

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Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard/Archive345
Rabu, 2025-02-12 23:35:56

one who mentioned that anyone 'should' do anything, I'm well aware of NOTCOMPULSORY. Djmaschek only referred to the material as unsourced, so I assumed...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1283
Sabtu, 2026-06-20 07:55:11

definition of Wikipedia:Be bold. As for "I shouldn't have to fix it, see WP:NOTCOMPULSORY. AdmiralCarl (talk) | :) 00:53, 1 February 2026 (UTC) Every Wikipedia...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RRArchive489
Sabtu, 2025-01-25 19:24:45

(UTC) Fma12, you're not required to deal with anyone (WP:DISENGAGE, WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, and in case someone persistently messages you after a request not to...

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Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard/Archive 51
Sabtu, 2026-08-08 22:39:19

people refrain from editing. The first is clearly their right per WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, and for the second nobody is under any obligation to follow Tamzin's...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 January 2
Rabu, 2024-01-10 06:48:28

January 2024 (UTC) You have not offered a compromise, and it is WP:NOTCOMPULSORY for me to edit the article Law of India. I intend to withdraw from this...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2023 May 10
Selasa, 2023-05-23 08:10:45

idea, turn around and demand they do the rest of the work? Do read WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, please, and when you've done so, please decide whether you want to...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2025 February 28
Sabtu, 2025-03-08 13:52:35

a Wikipedia:Wikibreak from AFD. Just a reminder that AFD work is WP:NOTCOMPULSORY and there are other solid editors active at AFD. If a topic is truly...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 218
Selasa, 2025-06-24 04:13:32

Dicklyon (talk) 23:21, 29 May 2025 (UTC) There's WP:SILENCE (and WP:NOTCOMPULSORY), but at the same time, I think there's enough of a quorum here where...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2026 May 3
Senin, 2026-05-11 14:11:34

just to find out it's all being scrapped... but alas, that's why WP:NOTCOMPULSORY I think elements of all of these articles could be incorporated elsewhere...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2023 May 22
Jumat, 2023-06-02 08:41:27

to make demands on how other volunteers should spend their time (WP:NOTCOMPULSORY)? 192.76.8.86 (talk) 01:30, 24 May 2023 (UTC) Comment x2 As there appears...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive381
Sabtu, 2026-07-25 19:00:13

mean that, nothing prevents it. Nothing could prevent it because WP:NOTCOMPULSORY is both policy and a fundamental truth of human existence. I'm not sure...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2023 December 21
Jumat, 2023-12-29 15:37:25

cases. BeFriendlyGoodSir (talk) 23:19, 14 December 2023 (UTC) Per WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, I am tired of working on this page today. I will refrain unless I am...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 200
Minggu, 2025-04-06 04:16:00

anything. GeogSage (⚔Chat?⚔) 03:56, 20 January 2025 (UTC) Wikipedia is WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, so even a "non-retired" editor might never edit again. And if someone...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1212
Senin, 2026-07-27 09:29:26

(talk) 07:43, 19 January 2026 (UTC) While that may be an essay, WP:NOTCOMPULSORY is a policy: Wikipedia is a volunteer community and does not require...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 205
Selasa, 2023-11-07 11:30:17

taken away. The bottom line is that making edits to Wikipedia is WP:NOTCOMPULSORY. No-one is not entitled to demand that I make edits in the draftspace...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1177
Jumat, 2025-01-31 09:50:18

04:15, 7 January 2025 (UTC) Wikipedia is a volunteer service and WP:NOTCOMPULSORY. I have other WP:OBLIGATION in real life. 𝙳.𝟷𝟾𝚝𝚑 (𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚔) 08:40...

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Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates/December 2025
Jumat, 2026-04-03 22:40:45

alleged profane quote), then the next source is his death. I know WP:NOTCOMPULSORY but I haven't a clue why somebody would suggest an article as bad as...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1228
Selasa, 2026-07-14 07:00:40

behavior unless it descends into tendentious axe grinding. After all, WP:NOTCOMPULSORY is a section of our very important policy WP:NOT, which says Editors...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1125
Selasa, 2026-06-09 19:50:48

But if you don't improve the article - who will?: Per the policy WP:NOTCOMPULSORY: Wikipedia is a volunteer community and does not require Wikipedians...

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Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2023 February
Selasa, 2023-01-31 07:00:28

time that their action can be challenged. It's a trivial result of WP:NOTCOMPULSORY, not a counter to the way G5 works. Endorse * Pppery * it has begun...

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