Hi,
The way in which the Incubator works is extremely outdated. It is
considerably more difficult to write there than to write in a usual Wikipedia
domain. This is unfair, and there is no good reason for it. Some time ago I wrote a proposal for a thorough overhaul of how the Incubator works.
Very briefly, my proposal is:
* Instead of putting all the languages in one place, create a wiki for each new language.
* This wiki will not be a full-fledged domain that is fully equal to Wikipedia. The URL will look differently, and it will be possible to delete it easily if the wiki turns out to be problematic for any reason.
* However, this wiki will support all the usual functionality of a wiki: user accounts shared with Wikipeia in other languages, Wikidata connectivity, extensions, templates, Visual Editor, Content Translation, etc.
* The wiki will not demand the convoluted techniques that the Incubator demands, such as "Wp/abc/" prefixes.
* If the wiki functions well and the Langcom approves it, it will be converted to a full-fledged domain.
* (This applies to all Incubator projects and not only Wikipedia.)
The proposal is over a year old, but it didn't get a lot of responses from Language Committee members. I think that the time is ripe for starting to execute it, but to convince the right engineers and managers to do it, it would be nice to get some endorsements first.
If you support it, please leave a comment there. (If you don't know how to leave a comment in Phabricator, please contact me.)
If you have any reservations, please leave a comment there as well, or reply to this email.
Getting a unanimous endorsement email from all the Langcom members, or at least the active ones, will be particularly nice, but only if everybody actually agrees, of course :)
Thank you!
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