Hi all, I have a few questions about our policy towards test Wikipedias.
- Can there be a test Wikipedia without a specific request for the
creation of a Wikipedia in that language? Examples: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Test-wp/enm/ (Middle English), http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Test-wp/Skandinavisk/Hovudside (Unified Scandinavian), http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Test-wp/mis-ryu/ (South-Central Okinawan).
- Should it become a requirement to have a test Wikipedia before a
new Wikipedia can be created??
- Once a Wikipedia is actually created, is there a policy to delete
the test Wikipedia? For example with fiu-vro, I transferred all the articles and gave credit on talkpages; for sco: I transferred all articles. Clearly, having all these pages on meta now is just taking up space.
Mark
Aren't test wikis your invention? Then you should tell us so. Imo, a test wiki is desirable, but should not be obligatory for the creation of a new Wikipedia. And while a test wiki in a language that has no request yet should not be deleted at once, I think someone willing to create a new Wikipedia should always request it properly, so if he/she makes a test wiki he should put a request on the page immediately. Finally, it seems to me nothing but logical that test wikis are removed when the real wikipedia has been created. The moderators should bother to transfer the articles.
Wouter
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