[Wikipedia-l] Re: Locking small wikis

[Anthere]

That looks fine to me.

I think the closing should be announced on the wiki main page, on meta, 
and on this list.

The point I think would need discussion is "It will be unlocked if there 
is interest in reopening it."

This require discussion on how we now open new languages projects.

Anthere


Angela a écrit:
> Inactive wikis, with few articles, very sporadic edits, no community
> and no users dedicated to editing them, accumulate spam and vandalism
> and waste much time of those users who check these small wikis for
> such edits.
> 
> It is possible for a steward to lock an inactive wiki to prevent it
> from being edited whilst not removing any existing content. Locking a
> wiki is not permanent and can be undone by a steward at any time.
> 
> I would like to see whether there are any objections to this being
> done for the inactive Wikipedias, and other projects. I have proposed
> a procedure for this at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Inactive_wikis
> and would appreciate any comments on it.
> 
> To see the message that would be shown when someone tries to edit a
> locked wiki, please see
> http://ba.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Main_Page&action=edit
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Angela.