I think the assumption is that any Wikipedia will adopt the general policies found on the English Wikipedia, but tailor them for local conditions. A project which wishes to significantly deviate from the general principles of everyone can edit, neutral point of view, and using reliable sources should probably be independent.
Perhaps it is time a definite policy is drafted and published. Fred Bauder > Hi! > > It is totally clear that all the Wikipedias must respect and follow > some particular policies which are global for all the Wikipedias. The > question is what are these policies? > > Each small Wikipedia doesnât have all variety of policies and > guidelines which major Wikipedias have, andâitâs obviousâsome time > or > other they will need such a list of all-projects rules. What I found > for now is > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:How_to_start_a_new_Wikipedia > with the rules of copyright, license, NPOV and âWhat Wikipedia is > notâ, but this page âis obsolete or no longer maintainedâ (and > there > is even no rule of âFive pillarsâ). There is also page > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Founding_principles exists, but it > seems to be relevant for all Wikimedia projects, not only Wikipedias > (âFive pillarsâ, âWhat Wikipedia is notâ are missed). There are > some > other pages exist, but they all are not relevant here as well. > > So, does an all-Wikipedias rules list exist, or if not, what are there > global rules which all the Wikipedias must follow? > > And one more question. What is the general practice of who and how can > decide whether something meets the (all-project) rules or not? > > (This message was also posted to Wikimedia Forum on Meta). > > Thanks, > zedlik > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l