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* [[ve:]]. no activity. --[[User:Danny|Danny]] 04:14, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* [[ve:]]. no activity. --[[User:Danny|Danny]] 04:14, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* [[za:]]. no activity. --[[User:Elian|Elian]] 03:49, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* [[za:]]. no activity. --[[User:Elian|Elian]] 03:49, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)

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I've put up a list of wikis sorted by date of last edit at [[Wiki activity statistics]]. I nominate all wikis which haven't been edited in the last 30 days, and have less than 10 articles. That means the following databases:

aawikibooks - aawiktionary - abwiki - abwiktionary - afwikibooks - akwiki - alswikibooks - alswikiquote - alswiktionary - amwikiquote - amwiktionary - anwiktionary - arcwiki - arwikibooks - aswiktionary - azwiktionary - bawikibooks - bawiktionary - bewiktionary - bhwiki - bhwiktionary - biwikibooks - biwiktionary - bmwiki - bowikibooks - bowiktionary - bswikibooks - cawikibooks - cewiki - chrwiktionary - chwikibooks - chwiktionary - chywiki - cowikibooks - cowiktionary - csbwiktionary - cvwiki - cywikibooks - dawikiquote - dkwiki - dkwikibooks - dkwiktionary - dzwiki - dzwiktionary - etwikiquote - euwikibooks - fawikiquote - ffwiki - fjwiki - fowiktionary - gawikibooks - gawikiquote - gawiktionary - gdwiktionary - gnwikibooks - gnwiktionary - gotwikibooks - guwikibooks - guwikiquote - gvwiktionary - hawiki - hawiktionary - hiwikibooks - howiki - hrwikibooks - hywikibooks - hywikiquote - hywiktionary - hzwiki - iawikibooks - idwikibooks - iewiktionary - igwiki - iiwiki - ikwiktionary - iowiktionary - iuwiktionary - jvwiktionary - kawikibooks - kawiktionary - kgwiki - kiwiki - kjwiki - kkwiki - kkwiktionary - klwiktionary - kmwikibooks - kmwiktionary - kowikibooks - krwiki - kswikibooks - kswikiquote - kvwiki - kwwiktionary - kywikibooks - kywiktionary - lawikibooks - lawikiquote - lbwikibooks - lbwikiquote - lbwiktionary - lgwiki - lnwikibooks - lnwiktionary - lowiktionary - ltwikibooks - ltwikiquote - ltwiktionary - lvwikibooks - lvwiktionary - mediawikiwiki - mgwiktionary - mhwiki - miwiktionary - mkwikibooks - mkwiktionary - mlwikiquote - mlwiktionary - mnwiktionary - mowiki - mowiktionary - mrwiktionary - mswikibooks - mtwiktionary - mywiki - mywikibooks - mywiktionary - nahwikibooks - nahwiktionary - nawikibooks - nawikiquote - ndswikibooks - newikibooks - newiktionary - ngwiki - nnwiktionary - nowikibooks - nywiki - ocwikibooks - ocwiktionary - omwiktionary - orwiki - orwiktionary - pawikibooks - pawiktionary - piwiki - pswikibooks - pswiktionary - quwiktionary - rmwikibooks - rmwiktionary - rnwiki - rnwiktionary - roa_rupwiktionary - rwwiktionary - sawikibooks - sawiktionary - scnwiktionary - scwiktionary - sdwiktionary - sewikibooks - sgwiktionary - shwiktionary - simplewikibooks - siwiktionary - skwikibooks - skwikiquote - slwikibooks - slwiktionary - smwiktionary - snwiktionary - sowiki - sowiktionary - sqwikibooks - sqwikiquote - srwikibooks - srwikiquote - sswiktionary - stwiktionary - suwikibooks - suwikiquote - swwikibooks - swwiktionary - tawikibooks - tewiktionary - tgwiktionary - thwikibooks - thwikiquote - tiwiktionary - tkwiki - tkwiktionary - tlhwiktionary - tlwikibooks - tlwiktionary - tnwiktionary - tokiponawikibooks - tokiponawikiquote - tokiponawiktionary - towiktionary - tpiwiktionary - tswiktionary - ttwikiquote - twwiktionary - ugwikiquote - ugwiktionary - ukwikiquote - ukwiktionary - uzwiktionary - vewiki - vowikibooks - vowikiquote - vowiktionary - wawiktionary - wowiktionary - xhwiktionary - yiwiktionary - yowikibooks - yowiktionary - zawikiquote - zh_min_nanwiktionary - zuwikibooks - zuwiktionary -

-- [[User:Tim Starling|Tim Starling]] 05:47, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Revision as of 05:47, 6 November 2004

Inactive wikis are those with few articles and very sporadic edits. They have no community and no users dedicated to editing them. These 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.

Procedure for locking an inactive wiki

  1. Propose the lock on the wiki's main page, and in the nominations section of this page.
  2. Check there is no remaining spam or vandalism or pages that need deleting on the wiki
  3. List pages to be deleted at requests for permissions
  4. Wait for two weeks
  5. Add the following message to the main page:
    This wiki has been locked because <reason>.
    It will be unlocked if there is interest in reopening it.
    If you would like to create articles in <language>, please see how to start a new Wikipedia and then ask a steward to unlock the database at requests for permissions.
  6. List the wiki in the locked inactive wikis section of requests for permissions so a steward can lock it.

Instructions for stewards

  1. Check there is no remaining spam or vandalism or pages that need deleting on the wiki
  2. Make youself a "sysop,developer" if pages need deleting or just a "developer" if you only need to lock the database.
  3. Go to Special:Lockdb.
  4. Enter the same message as was placed on the main page, and sign it (The message is in wikitext, not HTML)
  5. List the wiki in the list of locked wikis section of this page.
  6. Remove your developer/sysop access from that wiki.

List of locked wikis

  • ba:, 6 November, one page existed, no edits in a month. Locked as a test case before this policy created.

Nominations for locking

  • aa:. empty. --Elian 03:45, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • ab:. empty. --Elian 03:45, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • ak:. no activity. --Elian 03:45, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • as:. no articles. --Elian 03:45, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • bi:. One blanked article. Incomplete main page. No article edits in 100 days. Angela 02:47, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • li:. No activity. One user with one edit. Number of articles: 0 --Elian 03:45, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • ln:. no activity. --Elian 03:38, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • ii:. no activity. --Elian 03:45, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • ps:. no activity. --Elian 03:45, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • kj:. no activity. --Elian 03:45, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • mh:. no activity. --Elian 03:45, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • so:. no activity. --Elian 03:45, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • ve:. no activity. --Danny 04:14, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • za:. no activity. --Elian 03:49, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I've put up a list of wikis sorted by date of last edit at Wiki activity statistics. I nominate all wikis which haven't been edited in the last 30 days, and have less than 10 articles. That means the following databases:

aawikibooks - aawiktionary - abwiki - abwiktionary - afwikibooks - akwiki - alswikibooks - alswikiquote - alswiktionary - amwikiquote - amwiktionary - anwiktionary - arcwiki - arwikibooks - aswiktionary - azwiktionary - bawikibooks - bawiktionary - bewiktionary - bhwiki - bhwiktionary - biwikibooks - biwiktionary - bmwiki - bowikibooks - bowiktionary - bswikibooks - cawikibooks - cewiki - chrwiktionary - chwikibooks - chwiktionary - chywiki - cowikibooks - cowiktionary - csbwiktionary - cvwiki - cywikibooks - dawikiquote - dkwiki - dkwikibooks - dkwiktionary - dzwiki - dzwiktionary - etwikiquote - euwikibooks - fawikiquote - ffwiki - fjwiki - fowiktionary - gawikibooks - gawikiquote - gawiktionary - gdwiktionary - gnwikibooks - gnwiktionary - gotwikibooks - guwikibooks - guwikiquote - gvwiktionary - hawiki - hawiktionary - hiwikibooks - howiki - hrwikibooks - hywikibooks - hywikiquote - hywiktionary - hzwiki - iawikibooks - idwikibooks - iewiktionary - igwiki - iiwiki - ikwiktionary - iowiktionary - iuwiktionary - jvwiktionary - kawikibooks - kawiktionary - kgwiki - kiwiki - kjwiki - kkwiki - kkwiktionary - klwiktionary - kmwikibooks - kmwiktionary - kowikibooks - krwiki - kswikibooks - kswikiquote - kvwiki - kwwiktionary - kywikibooks - kywiktionary - lawikibooks - lawikiquote - lbwikibooks - lbwikiquote - lbwiktionary - lgwiki - lnwikibooks - lnwiktionary - lowiktionary - ltwikibooks - ltwikiquote - ltwiktionary - lvwikibooks - lvwiktionary - mediawikiwiki - mgwiktionary - mhwiki - miwiktionary - mkwikibooks - mkwiktionary - mlwikiquote - mlwiktionary - mnwiktionary - mowiki - mowiktionary - mrwiktionary - mswikibooks - mtwiktionary - mywiki - mywikibooks - mywiktionary - nahwikibooks - nahwiktionary - nawikibooks - nawikiquote - ndswikibooks - newikibooks - newiktionary - ngwiki - nnwiktionary - nowikibooks - nywiki - ocwikibooks - ocwiktionary - omwiktionary - orwiki - orwiktionary - pawikibooks - pawiktionary - piwiki - pswikibooks - pswiktionary - quwiktionary - rmwikibooks - rmwiktionary - rnwiki - rnwiktionary - roa_rupwiktionary - rwwiktionary - sawikibooks - sawiktionary - scnwiktionary - scwiktionary - sdwiktionary - sewikibooks - sgwiktionary - shwiktionary - simplewikibooks - siwiktionary - skwikibooks - skwikiquote - slwikibooks - slwiktionary - smwiktionary - snwiktionary - sowiki - sowiktionary - sqwikibooks - sqwikiquote - srwikibooks - srwikiquote - sswiktionary - stwiktionary - suwikibooks - suwikiquote - swwikibooks - swwiktionary - tawikibooks - tewiktionary - tgwiktionary - thwikibooks - thwikiquote - tiwiktionary - tkwiki - tkwiktionary - tlhwiktionary - tlwikibooks - tlwiktionary - tnwiktionary - tokiponawikibooks - tokiponawikiquote - tokiponawiktionary - towiktionary - tpiwiktionary - tswiktionary - ttwikiquote - twwiktionary - ugwikiquote - ugwiktionary - ukwikiquote - ukwiktionary - uzwiktionary - vewiki - vowikibooks - vowikiquote - vowiktionary - wawiktionary - wowiktionary - xhwiktionary - yiwiktionary - yowikibooks - yowiktionary - zawikiquote - zh_min_nanwiktionary - zuwikibooks - zuwiktionary -

-- Tim Starling 05:47, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)