On 6/28/05, Wouter Steenbeek <musiqolog(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
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.
I agree with Wouter. In addition, I think there should be some sort of
policy on what is allowed a test wiki. It shouldn't be a place for
wikis to start up in languages that have been completely rejected by
the community. For example, if there's no consensus on Sindarin, it
shouldn't be able to get around that decision by setting up on Meta.
The test wiki area needs to be strictly for wikis which do have a real
possibility of becoming Wikipedia languages. It also needs to be made
clear that the test area is only for new languages, not for new wiki
ideas, or we'll end up with content like
http://scratchpad.wikicities.com/wiki/Bevelheads:Home and the other
pages at Scratchpad all over Meta, which I don't think would be useful
or appropriate.
Angela.