Proposals for closing projects/Closure of Herero Wikipedia: Difference between revisions
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#{{support}}, practically inactive project.--[[User:Afinogenoff|Afinogenoff]] 04:34, 3 February 2007 (UTC) |
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#{{support}}, inactive project.--[[User:82.57.175.147|82.57.175.147]] 00:52, 7 February 2007 (UTC) |
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#{{support}}, it's useless. something like tech.wikipedia.org for technology things would be better and more useful than this. ([[en:User:Wikinerd2000]]) |
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==Oppose closing hz Wikipedia== |
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Revision as of 19:17, 8 February 2007
Sadly, the Herero Wikipedia is clinically dead and has been so ever since its inception on 29 August 2004, 07:33. Herero is a language spoken mostly in Namibia by the Herero people. According to en:, the number of speakers is estimated at 133,000.
This is the same case as with the Venda Wikipedia: Another zero content Wiki. hz:Special:Recentchanges reveals, that there is no activity except for vandalism and its eventual removal/deletion. The closest to an article on this Wiki is hz:Ombeibela, which is a listing of the books of the bible.
There were two more articles in this wiki, hz:Jesus Kristus and hz:Oparadisa. I chose to delete these articles, as they had no content, both consisted of an image only.
Having a dead wiki around may be tolerable, as long as it is controlled and kept spam-free. So an alternative to closing it may be its lockdown while placing a note on the mainpage with information where to request unlocking if one attempts to contribute. However, this note should be kept in the Herero language, meaning that someone with some command of Herero should be identified to write it. However, I doubt that this will yield better results than first closing it and requiring any proponents to follow the new language policy.
Support closing hz Wikipedia
- Support As outlined above. --Johannes Rohr 16:44, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
- Support, project has not been active in the past two and a half years. --Coredesat (en.wp) 01:24, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
- Support, practically inactive project.--Afinogenoff 04:34, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
- Support, inactive project.--82.57.175.147 00:52, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
- Support, it's useless. something like tech.wikipedia.org for technology things would be better and more useful than this. (en:User:Wikinerd2000)
Oppose closing hz Wikipedia
- Oppose (see my vote on ve.wp) --Node ue 00:18, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
- Oppose Disk space does not cost too much. Urvabara 15:19, 8 February 2007 (UTC)