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policy">Closing projects policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proposals_for_closing_projects" title="Proposals for closing projects">Proposals</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E0EEE0;"><div class="noprint plainlinksneverexpand" lang="en" dir="auto" style="line-height:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:x-small;white-space:nowrap;"> This box: <a href="/wiki/Template:Lc-navigation/layout" title="Template:Lc-navigation/layout"><span style="color: var(--color-progressive, #002bb8);font-size:x-small;" title="View this template">view</span></a> <b>·</b> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:Lc-navigation/layout&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:Lc-navigation/layout (page does not exist)"><span style="color: var(--color-progressive, #002bb8);font-size:x-small" title="Discussion about this template">talk</span></a> <b>·</b> <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" 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Please use the Preview button before saving.">edit</span></a></span> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Policy" data-mw-thread-id="h-Policy"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Policy"></span>Policy<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Policy"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Language_committee/FAQ&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Policy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Existing_wikis_didn't_need_this,_why_do_we?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Existing_wikis_didn't_need_this,_why_do_we?-Policy"><span id="Existing_wikis_didn.27t_need_this.2C_why_do_we.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Existing_wikis_didn't_need_this,_why_do_we?-Policy"></span>Existing wikis didn't need this, why do we?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Existing_wikis_didn't_need_this,_why_do_we?-Policy"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Language_committee/FAQ&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Existing wikis didn't need this, why do we?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Requests predating the <a href="/wiki/Language_committee" title="Language committee">language committee</a> were determined by community vote, which were then submitted to Wikimedia developers who arbitrarily created wikis in batches. This caused several problems, such as political repression by out-voting, attempts to falsify votes by creating many accounts per person, empty wikis that even today attract vandalism, spam, and bias, takeover of a small wiki by another language group or a group of friends, and so forth. </p><p>The language committee was formed to prevent these problems in future requests; dealing with existing wikis is beyond their current authority (that is up to the community and Board of Trustees). Thus far, no approved wiki has had such issues. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Why_aren't_historical_or_extinct_languages_accepted?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Why_aren't_historical_or_extinct_languages_accepted?-Policy"><span id="Why_aren.27t_historical_or_extinct_languages_accepted.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Why_aren't_historical_or_extinct_languages_accepted?-Policy"></span>Why aren't historical or extinct languages accepted?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Why_aren't_historical_or_extinct_languages_accepted?-Policy"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Language_committee/FAQ&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Why aren't historical or extinct languages accepted?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>No new wikis are allowed in languages that have no living native communities (except for <a href="/wiki/Wikisource" title="Wikisource">Wikisource</a> editions). The Wikimedia Foundation seeks to provide the sum of human knowledge to every human being. That means that the single purpose of allowing a project in a new language is to make it accessible to more human beings. If a language is historical, allowing a project in that language does not fit our mission because it does not make that project accessible to more human beings. Instead, a wiki in their native languages should be requested if it doesn't already exist. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Why_is_the_policy_applied_retroactively?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Why_is_the_policy_applied_retroactively?-Policy"><span id="Why_is_the_policy_applied_retroactively.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Why_is_the_policy_applied_retroactively?-Policy"></span>Why is the policy applied retroactively?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Why_is_the_policy_applied_retroactively?-Policy"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Language_committee/FAQ&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Why is the policy applied retroactively?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The policy is not applied retroactively, but rather at the time of decision. 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Fortunately, most changes are beneficial— for example, the localization requirements were recently changed so that it is easier to open a first wiki in a language. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Rejection_reasons" data-mw-thread-id="h-Rejection_reasons"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Rejection_reasons"></span>Rejection reasons<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Rejection_reasons"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Language_committee/FAQ&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Rejection reasons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dialect" data-mw-thread-id="h-Dialect-Rejection_reasons"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Dialect-Rejection_reasons"></span>Dialect<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Dialect-Rejection_reasons"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Language_committee/FAQ&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Dialect"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>LANGUAGE_NAME fails the uniqueness criterion for eligibility, namely that it be sufficiently unique that it could not coexist on a more general wiki. 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