[Foundation-l] Simple English Encyclopedia

[Chris Down]

That says a WMF project, not Meta. Unless, of course, I'm missing something,
which is entirely possible.

- Chris

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 12:57 AM, Brian Salter-Duke
<b_duke at bigpond.com.au>wrote:

> On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:31:47 +0000, Chris Down <
> neuro.wikipedia at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > I see no '100 edits at meta' restriction. Am I missing something?
>
>
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Proposals_for_closing_projects%2FClosure_of_Simple_English_(2)_Wikipedia&diff=1400782&oldid=1400771<http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Proposals_for_closing_projects%2FClosure_of_Simple_English_%282%29_Wikipedia&diff=1400782&oldid=1400771>
>
> and
>
>
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Proposals_for_closing_projects/Closure_of_Simple_English_(2)_Wikipedia&diff=next&oldid=1401650<http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Proposals_for_closing_projects/Closure_of_Simple_English_%282%29_Wikipedia&diff=next&oldid=1401650>
>
> > - Chris
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 11:27 PM, Brian Salter-Duke
> ><b_duke at bigpond.com.au>wrote:
> >
> >> I am rather disturbed at the discussion on meta here:-
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_closing_projects/Closure_of_Simple_English_(2)_Wikipedia<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_closing_projects/Closure_of_Simple_English_%282%29_Wikipedia>
> <
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_closing_projects/Closure_of_Simple_English_%282%29_Wikipedia
> >
> >>
> >> about closing this project and I am surpried that the issue has not come
> >> up here. While the consensus is clearly against closure, so it likely
> >> will not happen, there are issues. Is this kind of discussion on Meta
> >> really the best way to handle this kind of issue? I am particularly
> >> concerned about the suggestion that only meta regulars (with more than
> >> 100 edits there) can contribute. This prevents or at least discourages
> >> the users of Simple from going to Meta to comment. I also wonder whether
> >> Simple editors really know about this issue, although I see it is
> >> mentioned on their main page.
> >>
> >> There is also a similar discussion about closing the Simple Wiktionary.
> >>
> >> These issues need a much wider and intelligent debate than they are
> >> receiving. They are too important for there to be any chance that they
> >> just dissappear one day, with most people not knowing about it.
> >>
> >> Brian.
> >>
> >> --
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>       Also on Meta-Wiki, Wikiversity, fr:Wikipedia and others.
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