There appears to be an issue with test-wikipedias again.
Elian has deleted 3 without first gaining a consensus that they may be deleted, and also added the message:
"Important note: The existing test wikipedias listed here may continue to use Meta-Wiki as temporary workspace but no new ones should be added here. Remember that this space serves as a proof of concept and that the number of pages is limited to 100. Please don't create any redirects or pages in the main name space. Images should be uploaded to Commons, not Meta so that they can be later used in the newly created wiki as well."
Why can't anybody create new Test Wikipedias?? Whose decision was that? The consensus at RfD before was to keep all Test Wikipedias, with overwhelming support.
I can understand limiting pages to 100, and requesting people not to make pages in the main namespace, but why can't people create new Test Wikipedias???
And why did you delete 3? Scots I can understand, it has its own Wikipedia now.
But North Frisian and Kokborok??? What is your reasoning for this?? Yes, they're only one or two pages, but it's still wrong to delete them without a successful RfD because there's already a previous vote which by a wide margin chose to keep them.
Mark
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