AVID:Requests for Comment

Requests for Comment

Welcome to AVID's Requests for Comment page.

Requests for Comment (RfCs) are a way to gather community feedback and consensus on certain proposals, ideas, and issues which require the community's approval and assent in order to be applied.

Guidelines

• RfCs should be opened about matters concerning the wiki as a whole, such as policy changes, enabling and disabling extensions, and features and ideas which would have significant effect on the wiki as a whole. Do not use this page to start discussions on page-specific matters, such as merges, splits, single category renames or deletions, except where a dispute pertaining to a single page is so significant that discussion on the article talk page has failed to effectively resolve it.
• Once a proposal is created, it will automatically be added to the list of drafted proposals. When a proposal has been submitted for review, it will automatically move to the submitted requests list. Once approved by two staff members, it will be manually moved by a bureaucrat to the open list. Closed proposals will automatically be moved to the closed list.
• If the drafted proposal has been rejected by two staff members and left with no revisions within the next seven days, it may be closed as failed.
• Voters are given four options to submit their input or comments in the proposal: support, abstain, oppose, and comment. The latter is used to ask questions, provide new ideas to add onto the proposal, etc. Comments are not an alternative voting option. When writing your reasoning, please be sure to behave in a civil, courteous manner per user conduct guidelines.
• Proposals, both drafted and open, are typically closed by a bureaucrat after seven days. However, an administrator, moderator or other suitable member of site staff may close it prematurely in the event that:
  • The proposal is invalid, and is in violation of the above guideline.
    • Additionally, if the proposal is a violation of site rules, the proposal will be deleted and administrative action may be taken against your account.
  • Another ongoing proposal has the same purpose as the one created.
  • The author has made a comment stating that they want to retract the ongoing proposal. Please note that you may not close your own proposal without administrative approval.
  • After two days, if there are 10 votes supporting or opposing a proposal, and there are no competing votes, the request is subject to be closed under the snowball clause. Additionally, in the case where a proposal gains 20 votes supporting or opposing it with no competing votes in its first day, the proposal may be closed immediately without the two-day grace period.
• When a proposal is in the process of being drafted or voted, edits related to the RFC should not be made prematurely.
• Please refrain from using punctuation marks (".", "!", "?", etc.) in the title of your proposal. This is for the following reasons:
  • Because of the way Discord parses links, some links with these marks will instead lead to a 404 error page for those trying to view your proposal from our server.
  • On a larger scale, using page titles to phrase your proposal as a sentence or a question is unnecessary for the proposal in question, and is therefore heavily discouraged. Proposals shall only be titled with the action it seeks to achieve, without having to add punctuation at the end, or phrasing it like a question.

How to submit a proposal

To submit a new proposal, enter a page title for the proposal that you are planning to submit in the text box below and click the "Create or edit" button. From there, enter the title of your proposal in the Request title field and, in the Description field below, type out what your proposal is about and what it'll aim to do once passed. Make sure to be as clear and concise as possible with the details of your proposal so that the community will know what exactly they will be voting on. When you are ready to submit your proposal, click "Save page".

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Open requests (Refresh List)

• Change the way RfCs work
• Add a welcome picture of the mascots on the main page
• Add an “Audio Description” section for logos with DVS (Descriptive Video Services)

Closed requests

Passed proposals

• Remove the "No unspecific technique descriptions" rule
• Stop periods and question marks from being placed at the ends of RFC titles
• Prevent logo duplicates from being uploaded into the wiki.
• Merge all the TV bumpers (i.e. breakbumpers, next bumpers, etc.) into a single "Continuity Bumpers" section
• Only censor pornographic and/or sexual nudity
• Split most in-credit variants from standard logos
• OSCA - Logo design contest
• Show intro wiki - Deciding on its name
• Forbid reputations of companies in Legacy sections and mention in Background instead
• Show intros
• New guidelines regarding RFCs
• Discard "same as the (x) logo" descriptions
• Add Emergency Alert System screens to the wiki?
• Category for voiceover talents
• Stop using the term "recent" in regards to logos being discovered or airing on TV
• Allow warning/disclaimer screens from YouTube channels on the wiki
• More behind the scenes stuff on pages (Credit-style people who made the logo)
• Enable the ConfirmAccount extension
• Introduce sponsor bumpers
• Introduce endcards
• Featured Articles
• Remove subjective/opinionated terms in Technique
• Upload Style Frame Storyboards to the Wiki
• Redefine usage of Technique on still logos
• Bring Back Jeff
• Remove/Replace Logos with "no indicator"
• A page on identifying common symbols, icons, instruments, etc.

Failed proposals

• New Approach
• The title is too long
• AVID X TLW UK
• Make categories to the OSCA, and add programation blocks intros.
• Should we categorize In-credit logo variations as logo variants?
• Add a Roger Corman category
• ReplaceText failures template
• The return to nickname
• Should we make an animated series about the mascots?
• Olga TV
• POLL: 2024 April Fools Proposal
• Add Region Maps For UK Television Idents
• Revert the font back to AVID Sans, or a font like it.
• Replace "practical effect" with something else
• The AVID Channel: Animated shorts involving Ace and Vivi
• Allow ringtones on the wiki
• Remove "Logo-Related Sins Given in CinemaSins" page

Passed proposals

• Logo Misconceptions
• Allow error screens on the wiki
• Allow swear words for company names/film titles
• Notability guidelines
• Franchise bumpers, should we have them or not?
• Discontinue/Remove POV Terms
• Remove ALL uses of the term "Clip-On".
• Rename "Clip-on Library"
• Creating A Page To List Depricated Features
• Rename "Logo/Bumper/ID/whatever" section to "Visuals"
• Music/Sounds section revamp
• Replace all mentions of UK's Fair Dealing system with the US's Fair Use system
• Standardise all dates
• Wiki history article
• Since most production logos for companies with multiple names have their own pages for each company, why not do the same for bumpers?
• Have the "Main" button on the PageButtons template show multiple pages if on a page where a warning or bumper is used by multiple companies
• Availability proposals
• Introduce film leaders
• Implement a definitive AVID logo system
• Allow in-credit notices that are accompanied by a sound element
• Make changes to the 2020 WB logo description
• Add a Logo Identification section in the forums
• Test cards for the Audiovisual Identity Database
• Screen ALL future RfCs
• Include audio files of specific logo soundtracks on the site
• "Project:" namespace
• Add Request a Project to the sidebar
• AVIDProjects: group collaborations to improve the wiki
• Expand the mascots' appearances and roles
• Discontinue use of the Rollbacker role
• Introduce news intros
• Add TV Rating Bumpers/Advisories
• A question?
• AVID logo refresh
• Lower the edit threshold for the Moderator Extension
• Logos with Music by Categories
• Newly redesigned Tutorial Guide
• A poll section
• General UI refresh (Created on behalf of Compooper)
• Change "??? Logo" to "??? Tag" for commercial tags
• April Fools' Day 2023 Proposal
• Include VT clocks on the site
• Sidebar and footer refresh concept
• Renaming "Anti-Piracy Advices" pages and categories
• Links to Logopedia articles on pages
• Clarify Who can close a proposal
• Implement the Moderation extension
• Include splash screens on the site
• Blu-ray screensaver logos
• Guidelines for removing blank sections
• Change Featured Image Nominations
• Add links to logos described in "same as X logo of Y" pointers.
• Reformat some section lists
• Image tracking categories
• Expand AVID:Copyrights
• What should we do with Requests for Rollback?
• Add a time limit to featured image proposals
• Change Lifespan Dates to the Initial Start and End Dates
• Use MDY and DMY date formats accordingly
• Revise criteria for SNOW closure
• Introduce the "Moderator" Role
• Add "Investigation Needed" as an Availability tier
• Have Different Fonts Implemented on AVID
• Featured Videos
• Singular fictional companies page
• Logo Urban Legends
• Separate name changes into their own pages and connect them with Chronology template
• Logo lifespan cleanup
• Change RfC Voting Icons
• The Jeff Question
• Seperate huge variants of logos with tabbers
• MergeSection and SplitSection templates + rewrite Split template
• Remove the Home Entertainment Bumpers section
• PageButtons design refresh
• New designs for wiki message boxes
• Restructure the RfC Voting System
• International English spelling
• Have the new mascots appear on all the sections
• Restructure and Rename the Availability Section
• Merge several portals in the sidebar
• Create lists as project pages
• Anime Dubbing Logos section
• AVID documentary for the AVID Channel
• Adult Entertainment Logos section
• Spoiler tag for individual images/videos in a gallery
• Fix the reply function on forum posts
• AVIDCast: Do we make it?
• Corporate Logos section
• Wiki social media accounts
• Give the wiki mascots
• Add a rollover text function

Failed proposals

• Theme song descriptions
• I think that the page for the News Intros section will be created.
• Hypocritical Logos
• Feature color links for Administrators and Bureaucrats
• Remove the audios that are in "Visuals" and place them in "Audio"
• Please merge with TV Tropes, and speaking of which, Make laconics for logos
• Please for the next april fools prank in 2024 make it Pikachu speak!
• Tabletop Simulator X AVID
• Bringing Back Nicknames In Logo Descriptions
• Music/Sounds section revamp
• Prevent oddly-specific descriptions of clips used in logos from appearing on pages
• I want to see the AVID icons that i see on "Explore","Logo pages" and etc.
• Is thumb your CLG Wiki/Avid.wiki mascot?
• Make a version for smartphones and Nintendo Switch
• Do you have send to me 3D BLENDER FOX MAX to model
• do you have the fox searchlight pictures model
• do you have the 20th century fox 1994 improved model
• New AVID Slogan
• Since MDY and DMY date formats are being used accordingly, why not use the YMD date format as well?
• Availability rename
• Video links for logos without pages
• Special Implementations
• Can you add the tecnokena logo
• Make new positions for both the wiki and other AVID projects and add interim members while implement breaks within certain positions
• Bring back scare factor!
• List of Shortest Logos
• List of Longest Logos
• Logo Rip-Offs
• Implementing News Opens
• Appeal for AVID Discord server?
• Reimplementing Print Logos
• Shall we have time belt bumpers?
• Make a statement in support of the WGA/SAG-AFTRA strike
• Port the Drypaint theme to Wikiforge
• Allow people to vote on featured pages and images for categories
• permission to edit Walt Disney Classics and Connecticut public television
• How about graphics information?
• Logo contests for actual companies
• Change the website URL to av.id
• When will the splash screen portal have content
• Get rid of the Moderator role
• How about Brazilian image campaigns?
• Prohibit future YouTube uploads
• Require a video for most logos on the wiki
• Article rename template
• New sections; The return of Scare and Cheesy Factors
• Create a "needs grammar help" template akin to NeedsImages
• Add "(tentative)" for logos yet to debut
• Removal of the moderation extension
• A new AVID channel for cable TV?
• Introduce an "Arbitration" system
• Remove Appearances Prior to the Logo's Official Debut Date
• Unlicenced image sorting bot
• Image licence bot
• Add 'Music/Sounds' to logo variants
• Keep the good-old Getting Started images...
• we will revert clg wiki to avid on april 2
• Adding Variant Pages
• Official AVID Subreddit
• April Fools' Day 2023: Which CLG Wiki logo shall we use?
• Allow copyrights exemptions for pictures only for templates
• Change "Location" to "Country" name in infobox section
• New User Introduction Page or Forum
• Proposers cannot vote on their own RFC
• Remove the mascots from the wiki.
• Add Featured Image Nominations to the sidebar
• A custom logos page
• Introduce Bots on this Wiki
• How about a template for a missing-in-action logo variation?
• Move almost all video game logos' "availability" tiers to "uncommon" as a minimum
• Shift the "User Reports" page to major rule violations only
• Adding City, Town and State/Province names to the Category section and Infobox Location section
• Controversial logos section
• Ultra rare to extinct category
• New rules for friend requests
• Change Music/Sounds to Music/SFX
• Can You Put All "Legacy" On All AVID Pages?
• Ban RfC votes with no writing
• Why do we want the old AVID name "CLG Wiki" back?
• Negatively-recieved logos section
• let's add 13 new fonts
• Have Captions for All Images
• Change "Music/Sounds" into "Music/SFX"
• Adding more stuff.
• Make an off-topic section
• Making a new mascot
• Restructure the RfC Voting System
• Ban lengthy "Strongest oppose since" intros
• Logos with Stolen Content section
• Restructure and Rename the Availability Section
• Redefine and rename the Reason section
• Bring back the Nicknames subheading
• Upscaling images

• Redefine how gore would factor in an NSFW logo
• Citations Needed: Citation Referendum
• Ban RFCs requesting renaming sections and the wiki
• Various changes to AVID:RFA
• Video captions for the YouTube and Vimeo templates‎
• Main pages should be the company's origin/main location of operation
• Rename AVID due to confusion between Avid Corporation and your wiki
• Define Policies for Admin Intervention in RfCs
• Fix the bold text problem
• Require new Requests for Comment to be verified by admin staff before putting it out
• Should we remove the unused images of in-credit text?
• Bring back the "AVID Remembers" section in homepage
• Allow certain exemptions to the potato capture rule
• New rules for Availability section and other changes
• Replace the CLG Wiki logo with the AVID one on the Timeless skin
• Optimise Wiki on Mobile
• this is bad!
• Prioritize file naming and cropping
• Categories for logos by different design studios
• Making The Wiki More Reliable With Use of Sources
• Visual tracking categories + add guidelines for creating tracking categories
• Outlaw section removal RFCs
• Is it time to remove the FX/SFX Section?
• Fix the logo's problem on the Vector and the Monobook skins
• Define "POV" in removing Legacy sections
• Summarization section
• Merge 1991 and 2014 BBC Two idents
• Print Logo Wiki
• Remove Trivia section
• Update the banner of the Cologne Blue theme
• Incorporate official names into the heading
• Change sitewide font
• New/Update Block Meter
• Prohibit mention of personal uploads in Availability section
• Scary Logos Section
• Merge 2001 and 2003 WBTV Logos
• Proposed guidelines for controversial, sexual and graphic content
• Add a "Draft at" template on nonexistent pages that are already created in draftspace
• Clearer guidelines for merging pages
• Removing Nicknames Section and Reconstructing Availability section
• Merge MVC and TCSHE pages
• remove admit one video presentations page
• Newly registered users can only create pages in the draft space
• Define appropriate use for Requests for Comment
• A new Featured Image Template
• Remove Translations feature
• Decorate the main page for certain events
• Add "Buena Vista Home Entertainment Clip-On Library"
• Further enforce policies for captures that have been on AVID for many years however have no known source where they came from
• Rewrite "About AVID"
• Separate 1953 and 1956 TCF logos
• Merge the 1st and 2nd Gracie Films logos (alongside other logos nearly identical in appearance)
• Rules reform - Remove the "No Stealing Content" rule.
• tidying up the section list
• Defining a system for Featured Images
• Country categories name change
• A Memorial Template
• Rules reform
• Rebranding proposals
• Rebranding the wiki
• Deciding our new leadership structure
• Moving forward (part 1): New leadership
• Future of the BoD

Submitted requests (Refresh List)

• Add a defunct logos category
• Add sources when adding finds to the "Availability" section