Hoi, As there is nothing new, no change in the maintenance needed for this particular project I see his point but I do not see the need. Thanks, GerardM On 19 March 2018 at 23:54, Steven White &lt;Koala19890(a)hotmail.com&gt; wrote: > Please see Proposals for closing projects/Closure of Malagasy > Wikibooks > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_closing_projects/Closure_of_Malagasy_Wikibooks> on > Meta. > > > The general argument here is that this project has been dormant for > about ten years, and should be closed. There is not a vandalism problem on > the project, and indeed I argued that LangCom's current position is that it > is better to leave dormant projects alone than to close them and move them > to Incubator. > > > User:MarcoAurelio, a steward who has posted here occasionally, argues > that it's one more dormant project for stewards and global sysops to watch, > and that in his view, it would be better to close this project. Two people > in the community have responded: one user who really the only material > contributor in the last ten years, along with an active sysop from Malagasy > Wikipedia. Both effectively take the position that they're OK either way. > > > I would personally argue against closing, because I don't see this as > being a special case, and I'm concerned that it would open the doors to > many more requests to close small projects. But I'd like to hear some > other opinions about this. > > > Steven > > > Sent from Outlook <http://aka.ms/weboutlook> > > _______________________________________________ > Langcom mailing list > Langcom(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom > > _______________________________________________ Langcom mailing list Langcom(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom

Hoi, Having a project locked is different from having it moved to Incubator.. I do not object to the project being locked. Thanks, Gerard On 21 March 2018 at 14:39, MarcoAurelio &lt;strigiwm(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > Issue is that we're serving a project for just 15 pages. I'd argue > that is, indeed, absence of content since the wiki creation. Combined with > no users interested in the project, etc., the best we can do, IMHO, is to > lock the project and return it back to Incubator. Respectfully submitted, > MA. > > 2018-03-20 7:38 GMT+01:00 Gerard Meijssen &lt;gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com&gt;om>: > >> Hoi, >> As there is nothing new, no change in the maintenance needed for this >> particular project I see his point but I do not see the need. >> Thanks, >> GerardM >> >> On 19 March 2018 at 23:54, Steven White &lt;Koala19890(a)hotmail.com&gt; >> wrote: >> >>> Please see Proposals for closing projects/Closure of Malagasy >>> Wikibooks >>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_closing_projects/Closure_of_Malagasy_Wikibooks> on >>> Meta. >>> >>> >>> The general argument here is that this project has been dormant for >>> about ten years, and should be closed. There is not a vandalism problem on >>> the project, and indeed I argued that LangCom's current position is that it >>> is better to leave dormant projects alone than to close them and move them >>> to Incubator. >>> >>> >>> User:MarcoAurelio, a steward who has posted here occasionally, >>> argues that it's one more dormant project for stewards and global sysops to >>> watch, and that in his view, it would be better to close this project. Two >>> people in the community have responded: one user who really the only >>> material contributor in the last ten years, along with an active sysop from >>> Malagasy Wikipedia. Both effectively take the position that they're >>> OK either way. >>> >>> >>> I would personally argue against closing, because I don't see this >>> as being a special case, and I'm concerned that it would open the doors to >>> many more requests to close small projects. But I'd like to hear some >>> other opinions about this. >>> >>> >>> Steven >>> >>> >>> Sent from Outlook <http://aka.ms/weboutlook> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Langcom mailing list >>> Langcom(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Langcom mailing list >> Langcom(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Langcom mailing list > Langcom(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom > > _______________________________________________ Langcom mailing list Langcom(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom