https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23152
Summary: Protection of 3 namespaces for the ru:wiktionary,
be:wiktionary
Product: Wikimedia
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
URL: http://ru:wiktionary
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Normal
Component: Site requests
AssignedTo: wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org
ReportedBy: silo...@narod.ru
== Protection of 3 namespaces for the ru:wiktionary ==
Herewith we request to protect from unregistered users (UUs) three most
important namespaces of the Russian Wiktionary (Викисловарь) - the Main
namespace, Categories and Templates. We've discussed the issue in our community
and agreed upon such a measure. Our considerations:
# At this stage the Russian Wiktionary (as have many other language domains of
the project) has evolved into a very complicated system with rather strict
rules. Being a multi-lingual, multi-functional dictionary means that it has to
strictly maintain uniformity of article structure - otherwise it cannot be
reasonably considered dictionary, but merely a disorganized pile of
information. Unlike what can be observed in Wikipedia, the representation of
the content in Wictionary in not less important than the content itself. Even
well-intentioned UUs generally fail to read, understand and/or comply with the
rules of the Wiktionary and thus expose the articles to the risk of
disfiguring.
# More than 95% of edits made by UUs end up requiring admin attention, whether
it involves brushing up the added (usually in miniscule amounts) content,
reverting or deleting the changes immediately. To date, according to the
estimates, about 40% constitute outright vandalism, about 20% - spam, and the
remainder, being well-intentioned, does not comply with the rules adopted for
the project and thus deteriorate the articles rather than improve them;
moreover, a significant part of it constitutes copyvio.
# Over 90% of useful edits to the Wiktionary are made by Registered Users
(RUs), including both creation of the new articles and enhancing the existing
ones.
# About 20% of the time many of the most active and productive RUs contribute
to the project is dedicated to simply tracking down and undoing or improving
the edits of the UUs, which we have started to consider an undue waste of time
and effort, not to mention an added wiki engine overhead (dozens and sometimes
hundreds of useless transactions every day). Thus, securing the main namespace
from occasional unqualified newcomers will very likely accelerate the
development of the project rather than slow it down.
# The registration procedure is not at all complicated, while imposing some
responsibility onto the users. Besides, all the talk/discussion pages and many
other namespaces of the project will remain open to UUs, so restriction will
not be excessive. Also, most of the active users of Wikimedia projects use the
Single user login feature.
The same goes for the Belorussian Wiktionary (be:wiktionary). There was no
discussion there - since there actually is no community at present; so being
pretty much the single user and the same time the single sysop of be:wikt I
confirm the necessity of the same measure for be: as well.
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