Wikimedians in Thailand/Wikimedia project names in Thai/en
See Wikimedians in Thailand/Wikimedia project names in Thai for the original page. This page served as the translation of the process for guidance of non-Thai speaker.
Since the establishment of Wikimedia projects in Thai, the project names in use in the first incarnation of every th-based project came from the nomination and/or suggestion of some users and does not reflect the community consensus. As the community grows, there has been several variations of the project names in Thai that refer to the specific project because the project name has not been standardized by the native Thai speakers. The current use of the name is from the translation, transliteration and/or transcription.
Whereas it is necessary to standardized the project name (and its variation references) to coincide with the proposed Wikimedia Thailand chapter, this page is served for Thai Wikimedia community to endorse, object or propose the new name that will be used officially for cross-project references and the Wikimedia chapter issues. This page is linked from every project that has the sister project in Thai (save for the currently closed Thai Wikinews) and from Thai front pages of Commons, Wikispecies, Meta, MediaWiki and Wikidata.
Process
[edit]Timeframe
[edit]- Endorsement for the existing project name and/or nominations for the new project name: no less than 14 days
- Endorsement for the new, nominated project name: no less than 14 days after the nominations was closed
Expected timeframe for overall process is 30 days; decision is to be finalized at the end of March 2013
Eligibility criteria
[edit]- The account eligibility of 2013 Commons Picture of the Year for 2012 is used, changing where necessary. (i.e. have a non-bot account registered and have at least 75 edits on any project, both of which before January 1, 2013; use this tool to verify)
- The account must NOT be the alternate account, sockpuppets or bots. Suspected account may be checked by the Checkuser, and if it was found that several accounts were used, all votes by those accounts will be voided and the account(s) may be blocked.
- Ability to read and understand the nomination page and to join the discussion in Thai. In case of doubts or objections, you may be asked to elaborate your rationale for voting in Thai.
General Provision
[edit]- For the project where the name were used for a long term, and thus become status quo, Wikimedians may only cast the vote to endorse or to object to the current name. For the newly-created project, any Wikimedians may endorse the already proposed name or propose the new name him/herself. Some of the "backstage" project names are not listed for endorsement and/or nominations due to the nature of the project, which serves for administrative purposes of Wikimedia. They shall be referred to by their transliterated names.
- Use {{Support}}, {{Neutral}} or {{Oppose}} to cast the vote on one name per project (reason is optional). Changing the vote cast is allowed before the tally has been done. The tally will be considered on the number of votes and the ratio of support/oppose. If there is no consensus on any project, it is subject to the endorsement in the future.
- Should there be any disputes over the endorsement, the following people shall become the committee to finalize the conflict. One person has one vote, with no respect to the number of permissions assigned to every project.
- Administrators, Bureaucrats, Arbitration Committee, Checkuser, Steward from any Thai Wikimedia projects.
- The person on 1) from Wikispecies, MediaWiki, Wikimedia Commons, Meta-Wiki, who understand Thai.
- The transliterated name of "Wikimedia" is formally used and is not subject to the endorsement, though it may be used as a part of project names. On the contrary, the slogan under the logo is also a part of the project name and is subject to the endorsement and/or objection.
Aftermath
[edit]The endorsed name will be used as the official name for that project until there has been a community consensus (in the specific project, but should receive conseneus no less than this endorsement/vote) to change the name. Any variations referred to the specific project in articles and project pages shall be standardized. In case of no existing logo in any Thai Wikimedia projects, a competition will be held, and the logo as well as endorsed/proposed name will be used for the upcoming Wikimedia Thailand.