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:Interesting train of thought . . . I quite like this idea, though I'm not sure I like the 'GoalAbandoned' name . . . maybe just 'Abandoned'. I'm very much aware of another wiki which was abandoned (due to a threat of legal action over an alleged infringement of a specific British law - the site owner got the jitters, and pulled the plug). Let's see how this idea progresses. [[User:Hoof Hearted|Hoof Hearted]] • <small>[[User talk:Hoof Hearted|talk2HH]]</small> 13:58, 12 September 2012 (PDT) | :Interesting train of thought . . . I quite like this idea, though I'm not sure I like the 'GoalAbandoned' name . . . maybe just 'Abandoned'. I'm very much aware of another wiki which was abandoned (due to a threat of legal action over an alleged infringement of a specific British law - the site owner got the jitters, and pulled the plug). Let's see how this idea progresses. [[User:Hoof Hearted|Hoof Hearted]] • <small>[[User talk:Hoof Hearted|talk2HH]]</small> 13:58, 12 September 2012 (PDT) | ||
::There have also been wikis that were accidentally abandoned because the owner vanished, either because he died, went to jail, or was otherwise unable to get to a computer. [[Libertapedia]]'s owner was absent for 14 months, during which time one of the sysops took over, kicked off a bunch of users, protected a bunch of pages, and conformed the site to his pro-eugenics views. I think there are actually quite a few abandoned wikis out there, although I'm not sure where one draws the line between a site owner who is simply extremely inattentive and one who is totally gone. A lot of site owners neglect their wikis to some degree or another. [[Mises Wiki]]'s tech support sucks; reported glitches remain unfixed for months sometimes, but the wiki is part of an otherwise vibrant website. [[User:Leucosticte|Leucosticte]] ([[User talk:Leucosticte|talk]]) 02:58, 13 September 2012 (PDT) | ::There have also been wikis that were accidentally abandoned because the owner vanished, either because he died, went to jail, or was otherwise unable to get to a computer. [[Libertapedia]]'s owner was absent for 14 months, during which time one of the sysops took over, kicked off a bunch of users, protected a bunch of pages, and conformed the site to his pro-eugenics views. I think there are actually quite a few abandoned wikis out there, although I'm not sure where one draws the line between a site owner who is simply extremely inattentive and one who is totally gone. A lot of site owners neglect their wikis to some degree or another. [[Mises Wiki]]'s tech support sucks; reported glitches remain unfixed for months sometimes, but the wiki is part of an otherwise vibrant website. | ||
::By the way — maybe we should just call it "inactive" and move the wikis currently in the inactive category into the "dead" category? That way, the inactive category can actually have some usefulness. [[User:Leucosticte|Leucosticte]] ([[User talk:Leucosticte|talk]]) 02:58, 13 September 2012 (PDT) | |||
== Big gap between dormant and active == | == Big gap between dormant and active == | ||
Where does one draw the line between dormant and active? There are some wikis with not much activity other than a continual battle against spam. They keep the spam down but don't accomplish much else. This chart has no middle ground between dormant and active, though; there are a lot of wikis with low, but greater than zero, activity. [[User:Leucosticte|Leucosticte]] ([[User talk:Leucosticte|talk]]) 23:43, 13 September 2012 (PDT) | Where does one draw the line between dormant and active? There are some wikis with not much activity other than a continual battle against spam. They keep the spam down but don't accomplish much else. This chart has no middle ground between dormant and active, though; there are a lot of wikis with low, but greater than zero, activity. [[User:Leucosticte|Leucosticte]] ([[User talk:Leucosticte|talk]]) 23:43, 13 September 2012 (PDT) | ||