Hoi,
We have wasted too much time. Please reject wih prejudice.
We do not agree that the situation is similar to Latin. Latin is used on a
daily basis.
Thanks,
GerardM
Op wo 24 apr. 2019 18:10 schreef Steven White <Koala19890(a)hotmail.com>om>:
There are still different opinions on this: Gerard and
Michael would
reject the proposal, MF-W would accept it as eligible. Let me outline
points of agreement first, then points of disagreement. Then I'd like to
propose a next step, and see what people think.
*Agreement: *
1. Even MF-W agrees that, at least in the short-to-mid-term, nobody is
talking about pulling apart the current zhwikisource, and spinning the lzh
content into a new project.
2. (I think) All agree that lzh served a role in East Asia similar to
the role of Latin in Europe. Accordingly, policy allows a separate lzh
project and doesn't demand that lzh content be moved into a zh project.
*Disagreement:*
1. If we mark this as "eligible", does that mean that when the test on
Multilingual Wikisource becomes approvable (if ever), we categorically MUST
move all the lzh content from zhwikisource into the new project? Or can lzh
content exist in both places?
2. (I think) Just because policy *allows* a separate lzh project
doesn't mean it *requires* one; we can still require all lzh content
to be put into the zh project.
- If #2 is true, though, there is still a concern that the zh
project will not meet the needs of non-Mandarin speakers with respect to
lzh content.
The only reason we really even have a problem is the bullet point under
"Disagreement #2". If not for that, we could reject the language request
without a problem. And I'm convinced that at present, that's more of a
theoretical issue being put out by the proponents of an lzh Wikisource than
it is a practical problem people are having right now. Still, we can't
entirely discount it.
In the short run, I think we could keep everyone happy by not touching
current lzh content on zhwikisource, while allowing other lzh content to be
created on oldwikisource. (There is precedent for allowing content on
oldwikisource in parallel to content in a separate Wikisource, though in
the main case I think of, Polish, that's done for copyright reasons. And
we'd want to encourage some ground rules about duplication of documents,
since that's not a concern in the Polish case.) Even if we agree to that,
though, the question remains: How do we resolve the status of the language
request? So here's how I see all the possible options playing out:
- *Eligible. * This does mean that at some point, if the lzh test
becomes approvable, we agree it can be approved. I'm OK with this option if
the answer to "disagreement #1" is that we are not necessarily committing
that all lzh content would have to be moved to an lzh Wikisource. We can
kick the can down the road, and also don't have to commit that lzh content
will not be moved, either. If we do this, I would make it clear on
eligibility that we are not committing to what that means for the future
for the current lzh content of zhwikisource.
- *Place on hold. *(option 1) We can see if enough contributors
actually come to work on lzh content on oldwikisource to make that viable,
or whether by a year from now it becomes a non-issue. (option 2) It goes on
hold because we decide that we're just not going to decide now, and we'll
revisit it if and when that's appropriate.
- *Reject. *This doesn't actually mean we don't allow lzh content to
stay on oldwikisource. After all, there are a number of projects in ancient
languages that have been rejected by LangCom but where tests still exist on
Incubator because the rules for Incubator are less strict than the rules
for subdomain project eligibility/approval. Since the rules for
oldwikisource are even less strict than the rules for Incubator, the lzh
"test" could stay on oldwikisource. But this option basically says that
this content will always stay on oldwikisource.
*My recommendation*
- I think we need to leave the content of zhwikisource alone now, but
allow additional lzh content on oldwikisource, with rules against
duplication.
- By process of elimination, I'd recommend "placing on hold" for now.
I really don't see consensus coalescing here. Also, I think there's a good
enough chance that this test never goes anywhere that we may as well wait
to see what happens before committing to a decision. (And, to tell the
truth, in most cases like this, where there is little actual activity in
the test, that's what we actually usually do until there is proof of
activity.)
- If you're not willing to do that, I would go for "eligible" IF
AND ONLY IF that doesn't mean we're committing to the future of any
existing content either way. In principle, this lzh ought to be eligible,
and there's nothing wrong with saying so. But if we think that
"eligible"
automatically means that content MUST be moved in the future if an
lzhwikisource is created, then I would "reject", because I don't
think that
moving content out of zhwikisource will ever be a viable option.
Please respond promptly to this if you will. I'd love to close this off
(finally).
Steven
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