[Foundation-l] Compulsory policies for all Wikipedias

[Mark Williamson]

The old Belarusan WP is still around; the overwhelming reason for the
closure of ru-sib was language issues.



2009/4/9 David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com>:
> 2009/4/9 Milos Rancic <millosh at gmail.com>:
>> On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 8:01 PM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 2009/4/9 Milos Rancic <millosh at gmail.com>:
>>>> On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Jaska Zedlik <jz53zc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>>>> So, does an all-Wikipedias rules list exist, or if not, what are there
>>>>> global rules which all the Wikipedias must follow?
>
>>>> No.
>
>>> NPOV. Wikipedias which refuse it have been shut down.
>
>> The question was about a list which should exist somewhere (at Meta).
>
>
> Yes, we could do with one.
>
>
>> BTW, probably I missed that some Wikipedia was shut down because of
>> violating NPOV. Which Wikipedias were shut down because of NPOV
>> violation?
>
>
> I understand it was a factor in the shutdown of the old-Belarusian and
> Siberian wikipedias. Not the only thing, but a factor. I could be
> wrong here on its importance, of course.
>
>
> - d.
>
> _______________________________________________
> foundation-l mailing list
> foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
>