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20th century Brazilian theater director and writer Augusto Boal (1931–2009) was a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize. Here he is seen presenting Theatre of the Oppressed. A new post in the WMF blog describes Assistant Professor Amy E. Hughes' experience in the Wikimedia Education Program with a two term graduate class on Western theater history.

This is mostly a list of Non-article page requests for comment believed to be active on 21 August 2013 linked from subpages of Wikipedia:RfC, recent watchlist notices and SiteNotices. The latter two are in bold. Items that are new to this report are in italics even if they are not new discussions. If an item can be listed under more than one category it is usually listed once only in this report. Clarifications and corrections are appreciated; please leave them in this article's comment box at the bottom of the page.

Style and naming

Policies and guidelines

The International Commerce Centre is the tallest building in Hong Kong and the 5th tallest building in the world. The welcome party for Wikimania 2013 was held at the Sky100 observation deck in the building. Two RFCs about tall buildings are currently active on English Wikipedia.

WikiProjects and collaborations

Technical issues and templates

Proposals

  • All proposal RfCs are listed in other sections of this report

English Wikipedia notable requests for permissions

(This section will include active RfAs, RfBs, CU/OS appointment requests, and Arbcom elections)

Meta

Upcoming online meetings

The Frecce Tricolori ("Tricolour Arrows"), the aerobatic demonstration team of the Italian Air Force, seen in a featured picture by Commons contributor Airwolf from www.konflikty.pl. Airwolf is profiled in this post on the WMF Blog.