User:Yatalu/Blog:Merge/en

Hi guys. Since a while ago, I have kept an eye on TranslateWiki. This wiki has been founded in 2005 and has since been moved to an official MediaWiki project. However, both the wiki URL as the content seems to be rather interesting to me. Therefore, I was considering a merge for our two wikis (wlb.wikia and translation.wikia). Concretely, I was thinking the following:


 * We would move our content and images from wlb.wikia → translation.wikia
 * We will request for a Dictionary: namespace
 * the current translation.wikia content (which are word/phrase translations) can be brought into this namespace
 * the word of the week words can be added in this new namespace too
 * I will ask Wikia Staff if it's possible to have message walls moved from wlb.wikia to the other wiki
 * We would take the URL wlb.wikia, because our project isn't only translation
 * We would keep the same site name and layout

This way, we will both preserve the old wiki and use the content for something new, and build up both similar projects together as "TranslateWiki" has now moved elsewhere.

Method
I was thinking we could do it in the following order:
 * 1) I adopt said wiki on Community Central
 * 2) I request for message walls and our map to be moved through Special:Contact
 * 3) I create namespaces Portal: Translate: Correct: Dictionary: on other wiki
 * 4) I port the user rights of our wiki team
 * 5) I recreate our layout on the other wiki
 * 6) We move the existing pages (when they need it) to Dictionary:
 * 7) We check for duplicates in the other pages, to not override any
 * 8) We port the content and reupload the images
 * 9) I request for merge to be finalized through Special:Contact

Questions
Any questions or comments? I probably forgot to cover some topics. Feel free to give your opinion on the merge, and to mention if you support or oppose it :) thanks! You can also vote on the poll below, but I will mainly look at the people who wrote their feedback down.