This
proposal<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_closing_projects/…
has been open for a month. The original proposer makes the case that nobody in China uses
this now, that all Chinese can read the regular Chinese Wikipedia, and that this and other
Chinese Wikipedia projects (Cantonese, Wu, Min-Nan, and others) should all be deleted in
favor of zhwiki.
* The few who have supported the idea did so on the technical grounds that this would
make it easier to move the wiki, currently at
zh-classical.wikipedia.org, to the updated
langcode
lzh.wikipedia.org. I replied on this point that those were not valid grounds, and
that if we were going to undertake a technical close of this wiki to move it, we’d simply
do it, and it wouldn’t be grounds for discussion or voting.
Aside from original proposer (and leaving out the technical argument above), nobody
commenting supports the idea.
* This wiki is, in fact, reasonably active and has plenty of content.
* While our project currently uses a “special” langcode, the language does have a
valid ISO 639-3 code (lzh).
* Many have made the case on this discussion page that the written language is
different from written modern Chinese.
And, if nothing else, this wiki dates to 2006, so predates the current policy and is
grandfathered.
I am proposing to reject the proposal on the grounds that:
* Per current Closing projects
policy<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Closing_projects_policy#Proposing…ng>, “Not
meeting the current Language proposal policy [linked there] is not a valid reason”
(emphasis in original)
* As far as anyone has said, the wiki is reasonably active, has content, and is not
loaded with spam and vandalism. In short, there are no good reasons inherent to the
project to close it.
I will do this in seven days from now unless there are objections.
Steven
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