Sounds like a good move to me.

J

On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 5:09 PM Amir E. Aharoni <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The way in which the Incubator works is extremely outdated. It is
> considerably more difficult to write there than to write in a usual
> Wikipedia domain. This is unfair, and there is no good reason for it. Some
> time ago I wrote a proposal for a thorough overhaul of how the Incubator
> works.
>
> Very briefly, my proposal is:
> * Instead of putting all the languages in one place, create a wiki for
> each new language.
> * This wiki will not be a full-fledged domain that is fully equal to
> Wikipedia. The URL will look differently, and it will be possible to delete
> it easily if the wiki turns out to be problematic for any reason.
> * However, this wiki will support all the usual functionality of a wiki:
> user accounts shared with Wikipeia in other languages, Wikidata
> connectivity, extensions, templates, Visual Editor, Content Translation,
> etc.
> * The wiki will not demand the convoluted techniques that the Incubator
> demands, such as "Wp/abc/" prefixes.
> * If the wiki functions well and the Langcom approves it, it will be
> converted to a full-fledged domain.
> * (This applies to all Incubator projects and not only Wikipedia.)
>
> For more details, see:
> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T165585
>
> The proposal is over a year old, but it didn't get a lot of responses from
> Language Committee members. I think that the time is ripe for starting to
> execute it, but to convince the right engineers and managers to do it, it
> would be nice to get some endorsements first.
>
> If you support it, please leave a comment there. (If you don't know how to
> leave a comment in Phabricator, please contact me.)
>
> If you have any reservations, please leave a comment there as well, or
> reply to this email.
>
> Getting a unanimous endorsement email from all the Langcom members, or at
> least the active ones, will be particularly nice, but only if everybody
> actually agrees, of course :)
>
> Thank you!
>
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