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This is a list of related pages: </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="General" data-mw-thread-id="h-General"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-General"></span>General<span data-mw-comment-end="h-General"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Reforms&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: General" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reform" title="Wikipedia:Reform">Wikipedia:Reform</a>, essay from 2007</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reform_of_WikiProjects" title="Wikipedia:Reform of WikiProjects">Wikipedia:Reform of WikiProjects</a>, essay from 2007</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Wikipedia_Reform" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikipedia Reform">Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikipedia Reform</a>, active in 2008</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Governance_reform" title="Wikipedia:Governance reform">Wikipedia:Governance reform</a>, proposal from 2008</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_efforts" data-mw-thread-id="h-Current_efforts-General"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Current_efforts-General"></span>Current efforts<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Current_efforts-General"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Reforms&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Current efforts" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Democracy" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Democracy">Wikipedia:WikiProject Democracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:QuackGuru/Reform_of_Wikipedia" title="User:QuackGuru/Reform of Wikipedia">User:QuackGuru/Reform of Wikipedia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Drcrazy102/sandbox/Reforms_for_Wikipedia" title="User:Drcrazy102/sandbox/Reforms for Wikipedia">User:Drcrazy102/sandbox/Reforms for Wikipedia</a></li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_transparency_gap" class="extiw" title="meta:Wikimedia Foundation transparency gap">meta:Wikimedia Foundation transparency gap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RFA_reform" title="Wikipedia:RFA reform">Wikipedia:RFA reform</a></li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Specific_areas" data-mw-thread-id="h-Specific_areas"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Specific_areas"></span>Specific areas<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Specific_areas"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Reforms&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Specific areas" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:2015_administrator_election_reform" title="Wikipedia:2015 administrator election reform">Wikipedia:2015 administrator election reform</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrator_Reform" title="Wikipedia:Administrator Reform">Wikipedia:Administrator Reform</a></li> <li><a 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