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(in hindsight this part was pretty flimsy to begin with)
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Simple proposal: English (American/British dialects notwithstanding) is the only language to be used on UDWiki:Administration and its subpages. (e.g. [[A/D/S]], where the ''inspiration'' for this policy came from.)  
Simple proposal: English (American/British dialects notwithstanding) is the only language to be used on UDWiki:Administration and its subpages. (e.g. [[A/D/S]], where the ''inspiration'' for this policy came from.)  


Non-English votes (e.g. some of the current ones on [[A/D/S]]) are to be struck and remain uncounted in tallies until rectified.<s>, and non-English commentary is to be removed (e.g. on [[A/M]]), and if persistently replaced, the offending user is to be sent to [[A/VB]] for bad faith by obfuscating their commentary.</s>
Non-English votes (e.g. some of the current ones on [[A/D/S]]) are to be struck and remain uncounted in tallies until rectified.


This policy has absolutely no bearing outside of UDWiki:Administration and its subpages, save for official sysop actions, such as deletion comments and warnings - these must also be in English.
This policy has absolutely no bearing outside of UDWiki:Administration and its subpages, save for official sysop actions, such as deletion log comments and warnings - these must also be in English.
 
 
==Voting Section==
{{PolicyVotingRules}}
 
===For===
 
===Against===

Revision as of 20:08, 26 December 2009

"Official Language" article on Wikipedia:
Typically a nation's official language will be the one used in that nation's courts, parliament and administration.


Simple proposal: English (American/British dialects notwithstanding) is the only language to be used on UDWiki:Administration and its subpages. (e.g. A/D/S, where the inspiration for this policy came from.)

Non-English votes (e.g. some of the current ones on A/D/S) are to be struck and remain uncounted in tallies until rectified.

This policy has absolutely no bearing outside of UDWiki:Administration and its subpages, save for official sysop actions, such as deletion log comments and warnings - these must also be in English.


Voting Section

Voting Rules
Votes must be numbered, signed, and timestamped. They can take one of two forms:
  • # comments ~~~~
    or
  • # ~~~~

Votes that do not conform to the above will be struck by a sysop.

The only valid voting sections are For and Against. If you wish to abstain from voting, do not vote.

For

Against