Proposals for closing projects/Closure of Tamil Wikinews 2
This is a proposal for closing and/or deleting a wiki hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. It is subject to the current closing projects policy.
The proposal for closing n:ta: is currently open for discussion by the community.
- Type: 1 (routine proposal)
- Proposed outcome: closure
- Proposed action regarding the content: move to Incubator
- Notice on the project: n:ta:விக்கிசெய்தி:ஆலமரத்தடி#m:Proposals_for_closing_projects/Closure_of_Tamil_Wikinews_2
- Informed Group(s):
Dead project, no activities, stale news, absence of fresh content. A history of no sustainable user community. --ꠢꠣꠍꠘ ꠞꠣꠎꠣ (talk) 06:13, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
- I agree. There are no active users there and it does not appear to be. Kitabc12345 (talk) 00:33, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
- This project has almost three thousand published articles, and in a random observation of 40-50 articles, it appears that most of the pages have sufficient news content. While it is true that there is little activity, I would suggest a soft closure if the community prefers it, rather than a full closure. Asked42 (talk) 12:40, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
- Indeed, there are several Wikinewses being soft-closed, not a good reason for re-Incubating but more like for temporarily archiving the project. Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 04:46, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
- Oppose closing as has many acceptable articles Atlantic306 (talk) 19:12, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
- Support--Fenikals (talk) 14:56, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
- Support (regretfully). I looked at the Main Page and almost all of the featured news articles were from 2018 or earlier! It's failed in its purpose if its main page features news 6+ years out of date. --SHB2000 (t • c) 01:20, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
- Support Dead site (whereas Wikinews needs to be especially alive), creating makework for others. * Pppery * it has begun 18:40, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
- Support: No new content since 2018 (and only one from that year!!), barely any activity. ToadetteEdit (talk) 19:34, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
- I want to say that after viewing n:ta:Special:PendingChanges, the oldest rev awaiting review dates back to 3852 days (!!). Clearly doesn't have an established community. ToadetteEdit (talk) 19:40, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
- Support hard close or soft close – The wiki has become nearly a ghost town, and leaving it open would leave room for spammers and copyright infringers. —George Ho (talk) 17:32, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Sriveenkat (talk) 13:31, 21 June 2024 (UTC)