The page "State of
Wikiversities<https://beta.wikiversity.org/wiki/States_of_Wikiversities&… gives
an excellent overview of the current situation. To summarize:
There are 53 languages whose root categories at Beta Wikiversity (e.g., Category:YUE) have
at least one page in them.
* Of those 53,
Chinese<https://beta.wikiversity.org/wiki/Category:ZH> has nearly
800 pages in its root category, and five other tests have from about 375 down to about 260
pages. No other test has even 100 in its root category. (Caveat: I haven't tried to
see if there are pages in subcategories but not in the language's root category.)
Based on the list at
Meta<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikiversity>ty>, I will
assume for now that fewer than 100 pages (and possibly even fewer than 200 pages) is
considered prima facie "too small".
* Exactly four tests show some activity nearly every month, and a fifth test is worth
a mention.
* Chinese: As I wrote recently, if one counted the substantial contributions by IP
editors, there would be easily be sufficient activity to make this Wikiversity test
approvable. This test had long stretches between 2012 and 2015 when it always met the
activity requirement outright. I do not know why the project was not approved then, but it
is certainly possible that the lack of approval at that point eventually discouraged some
contributors. Given that this Wikiversity is also much bigger than any other test here—it
would be around #10 in size of all Wikiversities if approved—LangCom should consider
whether or not this should be approved now, even if the activity requirement is "not
quite" met.
*
Ukranian<https://beta.wikiversity.org/wiki/Category:UK> (305 pages) and
Hebrew<https://beta.wikiversity.org/wiki/Category:HE> (87 pages) have some activity
every single month. Neither has ever had three consecutive months of three registered
users with ten edits each, though Hebrew had a stretch of 19 months during 18 of which it
had at least two registered users with ten edits each.
*
Estonian<https://beta.wikiversity.org/wiki/Category:ES> (262 pages) has
some activity most months. It had stretches in 2009-2010 when it met the current
eligibility requirement, but it's not really close at present.
*
Lithuanian<https://beta.wikiversity.org/wiki/Category:ZH> (326 pages) met
the eligibility requirement during nearly all of 2015, but has been completely dormant
since. Again, I do wonder if the lack of attention at a certain point eventually
discouraged some contributors.
* The other two "large enough" tests (Bulgarian and Persian) have a certain
amount of intermittent activity, but nothing regular in the last couple of years.
As for the proposal to merge Beta into Incubator, my official position is to be neutral on
this, and ultimately I am. But, frankly, from a strictly pragmatic perspective, I
don't need the extra load in Incubator right now. And I don't need a bunch of
former Beta administrators telling me I'm not handling their projects correctly. So
either don't do it, or at least don't be in so much of a hurry to do it. It's
easy enough to keep track of what's going on over there.
Steven
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