Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/MediaWiki:Noarticletext/es

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 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the discussion was:  delete. ‑Scottywong | [express] || 03:42, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

MediaWiki:Noarticletext/es

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 *  Java Hurricane  12:20, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

We are not a Spanish-language wiki. We should not have interface messages in Spanish. Aasim 03:29, 5 September 2020 (UTC)


 * To give more clarity: as an English language Wikipedia, it is entirely pointless to have personalized messages in Spanish as it is expected that those contributing have a decent command of English.  Decent enough to understand the no article text messages. Aasim 03:31, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * I’m not sure I agree. En.wikipedia is the first and largest and dominant Wikipedia, and one of the biggest remaining tasks is the translation of en articles to other languages, and to facilitate this foreign language editions need to be welcome.  Few things are more welcoming than translated messages, and few things as unwelcoming as “English only”.  What is this page?  How is it used.  Does it hit English language editors unwanted, or is it only an option?  —SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:53, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
 * The reason why I nominated it for deletion is because for the most part it is pointless to have non-English interface messages on an English language project. If we wanted to, we could direct editors to create on their language Wikipedia.  Enwiki is the largest but the default search redirects to whatever language they are using if I am not wrong.  So most Spanish-language readers and editors will end up on eswiki anyway. :) Aasim 20:07, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah, but that doesn’t answer my questions. Yes, most es.wikipedians will go to es.wikipedia, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t good reasons for es.wikipedians to be trying to do things here. —SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:04, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Question - Why isn't the thing tagged for MFD? Robert McClenon (talk) 18:26, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Because the page is protected, and the nominator isn't an admin. It's tagged now. * Pppery * it has begun... 16:54, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete A user who is incapable of understanding English cannot meaningfully contribute to the English Wikipedia anyway, so making the user interface in other languages infinitesimally more supported accomplishes nothing. * Pppery * it has begun... 16:54, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Java Hurricane  12:20, 13 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete A user who doesn't understand English will likely go to Spanish Wikipedia anyway. Gioguch (talk) 21:30, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.