The compromise position on Norwegian Wikinews would be the "soft close" that several people in the discussion have suggested. There's a link from there to show how Swedish Wikinews did it. This way, the current, arguably embarrassing, content would be out of sight. At the same time, the infrastructure would remain intact, in case someone wants to reactivate the project in the future. How does that sound? Steven Sent from my iPad Sent from my iPad _______________________________________________ Langcom mailing list Langcom(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom

Yes, this makes sense. If the main concern are old articles on the main page, clean the main page. 2017-11-23 17:23 GMT+01:00 Jon Harald Søby &lt;jhsoby(a)gmail.com <mailto:jhsoby@gmail.com>>: Sounds like an OK compromise to me. 2017-11-23 17:09 GMT+01:00 Steven White &lt;koala19890(a)hotmail.com <mailto:koala19890@hotmail.com>>: The compromise position on Norwegian Wikinews would be the "soft close" that several  people in the discussion have suggested. There's a link from there to show how Swedish Wikinews did it. This way, the current, arguably embarrassing, content would be out of sight. At the same time, the infrastructure would remain intact, in case someone wants to reactivate the project in the future. How does that sound? Steven Sent from my iPad Sent from my iPad _______________________________________________ Langcom mailing list Langcom(a)lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Langcom@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom> -- mvh Jon Harald Søby _______________________________________________ Langcom mailing list Langcom(a)lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Langcom@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> Virus-free. www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> _______________________________________________ Langcom mailing list Langcom(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom