Requests for Comment/Abolishing the Dormancy Policy

I think that the Dormancy Policy should be abolished. My wikis are completely inactive, and I am the only contributor. I have requested dormancy exemption three times but the first request was turned down, the second request was unresolved, and the third request was completely ignored. Furthermore, for some reason, people seem to hate it when you try to advertise your wikis. It also prevents new users from coming in and contributing if the wiki is already closed. It seems like the Dormancy Policy has done more harm than good, which is why I am suggesting that it should be abolished. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 14:25, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

Support

 * 1)  As proposer. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 14:27, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1)  Uhhhh, what's the point of this request? Sorry, but I'm opposing because of how pointless it is. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 14:29, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
 * What do you mean by malformed exactly? Blubabluba9990 (talk) 14:30, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
 * What I mean by malformed, I mean the fact that this Request for comment just doesn't feel complete, or have enough reasons to support any of it. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 14:33, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
 * There are enough reasons. I also forgot to mention that it might be a little unfair to the bureaucrat who made said wiki. If this proposal does not pass, than people should stop complaining about wiki advertising. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 14:34, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
 * 1)  If we didn't have any dormancy policy whatsoever we'd probably have gone bust. We don't have the resources to host every wiki ever created. (Not sure how many we're approved but we've had over 18,000 requests.)  ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  14:47, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Ok. But seriously, I am just getting annoyed with my wikis lacking contributors. I want to request another wiki but I need to know that both of my other wikis won't get shut down first. The Wow House Wiki is a fork of a FANDOM wiki (called The Anti-ScumHouse Wiki) I made which still exists and is being semi-actively updated by two users. The Fowl House Wiki on the other hand is a fork of another FANDOM wiki I made, The ScumHouse Wiki, which got closed. You can read about The ScumHouse Wiki here: mh:thefowlhouse:The Fowl House Wiki:History. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 14:52, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Now that's fine and dandy, except the Dormancy Policy has a reason for existing, and removing it would cause big problems. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 14:54, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't have requested this here if stewards hadn't ignored my third dormancy policy exemption request on Steward's noticeboard. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 14:57, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
 * 1)  as the Dormancy Policy is essential for dealing with inactive/abandoned wikis. I get that your request not being answered for a while is annoying, but that doesn't call for the Dormancy policy to be abolished. — Arcversin (talk) 15:02, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
 * 2)  as Dormancy Policy is an essentially community-established policy that regularly removes wikis which are inactive, contain minimal contain, or are otherwise unread by few if any people. Note that even if Dormancy Policy were eliminated, removal of such wikis would fall to Site Reliability Engineering to remove in their sole and absolute discretion, in terms of managing Miraheze's limited resources, which I'm sure the global community would absolutely not want to see happen. Thus, keeping Dormancy Policy maintains community control over this important policy. Dmehus (talk) 15:14, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

Comments

 * 1) Without the Dormancy Policy, what's the point? DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 14:30, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
 * To what are you referring? Blubabluba9990 (talk) 14:31, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
 * This wiki would be a giant mess if we get rid of the Dormancy Policy. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 14:35, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
 * True, but wikis just getting left behind just seems a bit neglectful. I mean look at DuchessTheSponge, he owns a bunch of wikis, many of which are closed or inactive. It is kind of stressful to have to look after one wiki when you are the sole contributor, let alone two (like both of my wikis), or however many wikis Duchess has requested. Sometimes the user who requested the wikis ends up getting globally locked, which also puts stress on wiki owners. Also, I want to keep my wikis and I don't want them getting adopted. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 14:39, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
 * There's no chance of it passing anyway. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 14:40, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Well then maybe people should stop getting annoyed with people advertising their wikis. I may end up having to close both wikis if I don't get an influx of contributors soon, and I don't want them to be deleted, I worked so hard on both of those wikis. Even though The Wow House Wiki is a fork of a FANDOM wiki, I wanted to cut my ties with FANDOM. Luckily there are two users keeping the FANDOM version of The Wow House Wiki (called The Anti ScumHouse Wiki) updated. The Fowl House Wiki, on the other hand, is a different story. That wiki is a revival of a closed FANDOM wiki called The ScumHouse Wiki. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 14:43, 13 June 2021 (UTC)