Proposals for closing projects
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This page lists current proposals to close or delete a project hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. It is subject to the current closing projects policy. Prior policy proposals:
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Instructions:
- Before making a proposal for closing a project, please familiarize yourself with the applicable policy.
- List your proposal on a separate subpage.
- You can use the {{Closing project proposal}} template when making a request. Make sure that you add valid reasons (see policy) why the project is no longer useful to the Wikimedia Foundation, links to where the project is currently working at, and links to any discussions prior to its being listed on this page.
- Do not forget to warn the project itself and/or its language community in Wikimedia in the best possible way and add a link to it in the proposal. Proposals with no fair warnings to the projects will be ignored.
- These pages are for community input into the Language committee and Board's final decision. Providing reasons after your votes is encouraged and appreciated.
If this is not the first time a project has been nominated for closure, please compare prior discussions to the current situation and circumstances. Experience shows that repeating a failed proposal doesn't work.
Please note that closing a project does not necessarily mean deleting it completely and removing it from the SiteMatrix. The project will be locked for editing and other actions, except by stewards and system administrators. Appropriate content may be merged into another existing Wikimedia project, or content having potential for use in a future Wikimedia project may be imported to the Incubator, along with its contribution history. Alternatively, it may be exported to a non-Wikimedia host subject to GFDL and CC-BY-SA licenses. Potentially useful content is retained long enough to allow migration to happen. Any proposal to actually delete a project should clearly state that intent.
- Archive (for archived discussions removed from this page)
Open requests
- Please add new requests to the END of the table below.
| Proposal | Request date | Request closed on | Status |
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| Nauruan Wikipedia (Closure) | 02-Nov-2020 | — | Community discussion is in progress. |
| Lak Wikipedia 3 (Closure) | 04-Mar-2021 | — | Community discussion is in progress. |
| Swedish Wikiversity (Closure) | 21-Jun-2021 | — | Community discussion is in progress. |
| Akan Wikipedia 2 (Closure) | 19-Apr-2022 | — | Community discussion is in progress. |
| cnwikimedia (Closure) | 08-May-2022 | — | Community discussion is in progress. |
| Wolof Wikiquote 2 (Closure) | 30-Jul-2022 | — | Community discussion is in progress. |
Closed proposals
| Project | Request date | Request closed on | Result |
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| Mongolian Wikipedia (Closure) | 27-Oct-2022 | 06-Nov-2022 | Speedily closed |
| Hebrew Wikinews (Soft close) | 11-Feb-2021 | 30-Mar-2022 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Esperanto wiktionary (Deletion) | 23-Nov-2021 | 29-Nov-2021 | Speedily closed |
| Gotic Wikipedia (Closure) | 30-Oct-2021 | 03-Nov-2021 | Speedily closed |
| Polish Wikinews (Closure) | 13-Jul-2019 | 21-Jan-2021 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Northern Luri Wikipedia (Closure) | 27-Sep-2020 | 14-Jan-2021 | Approved, project was closed. |
| Korean Wikinews 2 (Closure) | 15-Mar-2020 | 30-Nov-2020 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Turkish Wikinews (Closure) | 17-Jun-2020 | 26-Jun-2020 | The project was closed by decision of developers on Phabricator following a "local" request (T247330); the process here was not followed. |
| Nehiyaw Wikipedia (Closure) | 07-Jan-2020 | 07-Jan-2020 | vandalism by LTA |
| Bulgarian Wikinews (Deletion) | 18-Sep-2018 | 23-Sep-2019 | Approved. Project is closed and will be deleted shortly. |
| Pontic Wikipedia (Closure) | 26-Aug-2019 | 13-Sep-2019 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Greek Wikinews (Soft close) | 25-Aug-2019 | 13-Sep-2019 | Approved. Soft close implemented. |
| Tajik Wikibooks (Closure) | 22-Dec-2018 | 17-Apr-2019 | Withdrawn, project is kept open. |
| Papiamentu Wikipedia (Closure) | 14-Oct-2018 | 15-Oct-2018 | Withdrawn, project is kept open. |
| Uzbek Wikiquote (Closure) | 27-Aug-2018 | 28-Aug-2018 | Withdrawn, project is kept open. |
| Simple English Wikiquote and Wikibooks (Deletion) | 26-Aug-2018 | 28-Aug-2018 | Withdrawn. Projects will not be deleted. |
| Move Beta Wikiversity to Incubator 2 (Migration) | 02-Jul-2017 | 16-Aug-2018 | Rejected. Projects will remain separate. |
| Wikispecies (Closure) | 07-Aug-2018 | 07-Aug-2018 | Proposal was speedy-rejected as inappropriate and disruptive. |
| Simple English Wikipedia (3) (Closure) | 14-Jun-2018 | 01-Aug-2018 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Tok Pisin Wikipedia (Closure) | 06-Jul-2018 | 24-Jul-2018 | Withdrawn, project is kept open. |
| Finnish Wikinews (Closure) | 22-Apr-2018 | 02-Jul-2018 | Rejected in favor of a soft close. |
| Literary Chinese Wikipedia (Closure) | 15-Apr-2018 | 22-May-2018 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Karakalpak Wikipedia (Closure) | 07-May-2017 | 14-May-2018 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Romany Wikipedia (Closure) | 07-May-2017 | 13-May-2018 | Rejected, proposer didn't fulfill notification requirements. |
| Zazaki Wikipedia (Closure) | 09-Jan-2017 | 10-May-2018 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Kanuri Wikipedia (Deletion) | 09-May-2018 | 09-May-2018 | Rejected. Project remains closed, but was not deleted. |
| Malagasy Wikibooks (Closure) | 20-Feb-2018 | 23-Apr-2018 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Wikimedia Macedonia (Closure) | 02-Apr-2018 | 13-Apr-2018 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Cebuano Wikipedia (Closure) | 23-Oct-2017 | 07-Feb-2018 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Kalmyk Wikipedia (Closure) | 04-Feb-2018 | 05-Feb-2018 | Rejected. Proposal speedy closed as disruptive. |
| Norwegian Wikinews 3 (Closure) | 03-Oct-2016 | 28-Nov-2017 | Rejected in favor of a soft close. |
| Moldovan Wikipedia 2 (Deletion) | 04-Jan-2014 | 23-Nov-2017 | Approved; project redirected to ro: |
| Moldovan Wiktionary (Deletion) | 19-Dec-2015 | 23-Nov-2017 | Approved; project redirected to wikt:ro: |
| Alemannisch Wiktionary, Wikibooks and Wikiquote (Deletion) | 16-Feb-2017 | 23-Nov-2017 | Approved; projects redirected to namespaces in als: |
| Bosanski Wikibooks (Closure) | 02-Jan-2015 | 22-Nov-2017 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Lojban Wikipedia 2 (Closure) | 28-Oct-2017 | 06-Nov-2017 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Nahuatl Wikipedia 2 (Closure) | 07-Oct-2017 | 06-Nov-2017 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Taraskievica Wikipedia (Closure) | 20-Sep-2017 | 06-Nov-2017 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Limburgish Wikibooks (Closure) | 13-Mar-2016 | 28-Jul-2017 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Venda Wikipedia 2 (Deletion) | 06-Feb-2017 | 21-Jul-2017 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Marshallese Wikipedia and Wiktionary (Deletion) | 16-May-2015 | 20-Jul-2017 | Rejected. Projects remain closed, but were not deleted. |
| Afar Wikipedia, Wikibooks and Wiktionary (Deletion) | 05-Aug-2016 | 20-Jul-2017 | Rejected. Projects remain closed, but were not deleted. |
| Hiri Motu Wikipedia (Deletion) | 11-Aug-2016 | 20-Jul-2017 | Rejected. Project remains closed, but was not deleted. |
| Albanian Wikinews (Closure) | 11-Feb-2017 | 20-Jul-2017 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Move Beta Wikiversity to Incubator (Closure) | 23-Jun-2013 | 01-Jul-2017 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Ilocano Wikipedia (Closure) | 06-May-2017 | 29-Jun-2017 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Chavacano Wikipedia (Closure) | 12-Dec-2015 | 15-Apr-2017 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Belarusian Wikibooks (2) (Closure) | 13-Mar-2016 | 15-Apr-2017 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Chamorro Wikipedia 2 (Closure) | 21-Mar-2015 | 15-Apr-2017 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Pitkern & Norfuk Wikipedia 2 (Closure) | 29-Nov-2013 | 15-Apr-2017 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Kirundi Wikipedia 2 (Closure) | 21-Oct-2013 | 15-Apr-2017 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Japanese Wikiversity (Closure) | 11-Oct-2013 | 15-Apr-2017 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Lojban Wikipedia (Closure) | 31-Oct-2016 | 29-Jan-2017 | Rejected, proposer didn't fulfill notification requirements. |
| wikimania2005 (Deletion) | 05-Aug-2016 | 13-Aug-2016 | Rejected. Project remains closed, but was not deleted. |
| Adyghe Wikipedia (Closure) | 16-Mar-2016 | 22-Mar-2016 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Persian Wikinews (Closure) | 17-Jun-2015 | 17-Jul-2015 | Withdrawn, project is kept open. |
| Interlingue Wikibooks (Closure) | 31-Jul-2013 | 16-Dec-2014 | Approved, project was closed. |
| Old English Wikibooks 2 (Closure) | 21-Jan-2013 | 16-Dec-2014 | Approved, project was closed. |
| Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia (Closure) | 06-Oct-2014 | 07-Oct-2014 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Wikipedia Masri (Egyptian Arabic Dialect) (Deletion) | 14-Apr-2014 | 21-Apr-2014 | Rejected, proposer didn't fulfill notification requirements. |
| Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia (Deletion) | 26-Feb-2014 | 27-Feb-2014 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| brwikimedia (Closure) | 13-Feb-2014 | 14-Feb-2014 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Uzbek Wikibooks (2) (Closure) | 01-Mar-2013 | 22-Jul-2013 | Approved, project was closed. (See Wb/uz.) |
| Amharic Wikiquote 2 (Closure) | 20-Nov-2012 | 22-Jul-2013 | Approved, project was closed. (See Wq/am.) |
| Xhosa Wikipedia 2 (Closure) | 04-Apr-2013 | 14-Jul-2013 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Norwegian Wikinews 2 (Closure) | 26-Mar-2013 | 14-Jul-2013 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Min Nan Wikiquote (2) (Closure) | 24-Sep-2012 | 09-Jan-2013 | Approved, project was closed. (See Wq/nan.) |
| Inupiak Wiktionary (Closure) | 02-Sep-2012 | 09-Jan-2013 | Approved, project was closed. (See Wt/ik.) |
| Min Nan Wikisource 2 (Closure) | 12-Oct-2012 | 31-Dec-2012 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| English Wikinews (Closure) | 18-Nov-2012 | 19-Nov-2012 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Min Nan Wikibooks (Closure) | 20-Aug-2012 | 29-Sep-2012 | Approved, project was closed. (See Wb/nan.) |
| Strategy Wiki (Closure) | 13-Aug-2012 | 29-Sep-2012 | Approved, project was closed. |
| Zhuang Wiktionary (Closure) | 20-Jun-2012 | 29-Sep-2012 | Approved, project was closed. (See Wt/za.) |
| Simple English Wiktionary (3) (Closure) | 21-Aug-2012 | 19-Sep-2012 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Lojban Wiktionary (Closure) | 11-Jun-2012 | 22-Jul-2012 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Basa Sunda Wikibooks (2) (Closure) | 06-Jun-2012 | 22-Jul-2012 | Approved, project was closed. (See Wb/su.) |
| Volapük Wikibooks (Closure) | 26-Apr-2012 | 27-May-2012 | Approved, project was closed. (See Wb/vo.) |
| Buryat Wikipedia (Closure) | 18-Mar-2012 | 25-Apr-2012 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Chechen Wikipedia (3) (Closure) | 30-Mar-2012 | 15-Apr-2012 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Zulu Wikipedia (Closure) | 25-Jan-2012 | 29-Mar-2012 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| nzwikimedia (Closure) | 02-Jan-2012 | 29-Mar-2012 | Approved, project was closed. |
| Bosnian Wikinews - 2nd proposal (Closure) | 21-Sep-2011 | 29-Feb-2012 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Hebrew Wikinews - 2nd request (Closure) | 31-Aug-2011 | 29-Feb-2012 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Kazakh Wikibooks 2 (Closure) | 20-Jul-2011 | 29-Feb-2012 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| meta-wiki (Closure) | 19-Feb-2012 | 19-Feb-2012 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Romany wikipedia (Closure) | 12-Jan-2012 | 16-Feb-2012 | Implemented as proposed (Indic script removed). |
| wikipedia ten (Closure) | 04-Oct-2011 | 17-Dec-2011 | Approved, project was closed. |
| Fiji Wikipedia 2 (Closure) | 05-Nov-2011 | 13-Nov-2011 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Acehnese Wikipedia (4) (Closure) | 15-Oct-2011 | 15-Oct-2011 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Scots Wikipedia (Closure) | 21-Aug-2011 | 22-Aug-2011 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Old English Wikipedia (Closure) | 03-Jul-2011 | 22-Aug-2011 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Asturianu Wikibooks (Closure) | 02-Jul-2011 | 22-Aug-2011 | Approved, project was closed. (See Wb/ast.) |
| Inuktitut Wikipedia 2 (Closure) | 01-Jul-2011 | 22-Aug-2011 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
| Xitsonga Wikipedia (Closure) | 18-Jul-2011 | 04-Aug-2011 | Rejected, project is kept open. |
→ Older closed proposals (prior to the introduction of the Closing projects policy) are listed on Archive.