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> Now the Spanish page for Cheems is probably at risk of being merged into the Doge page because that's what happened on the English Wikipedia because Cheems is

> Now the Spanish page for Cheems is probably at risk of being merged into the Doge page because that's what happened on the English Wikipedia because Cheems isn't as popular with English speakers. Why would you think that? Each language's Wikipedia is a separate project with its own administration and its own criteria for notability. This has always been the case, and the rollout of a new skin certainly hasn't changed that.

benatkin 4y ago
...because a contingent of people think there should be an easier way than a search engine to switch which language you're viewing a page in, even when it hasn't been marked as being the same. This prefers (but doesn't necessarily mandate) a 1:1 mapping. I think a search engine is appropriate.
- duskwuff 4y ago
  Interlanguage links on Wikipedia have existed since 2002. They are not a new feature. Literally the only thing which has changed about them with this skin rollout is that they are now shown in a dropdown at the top of the page, rather than on the sidebar or at the bottom of the page.
  - benatkin 4y ago
    And the expectation that there should be links for pretty much every topic for which there is content on both sites...
    - duskwuff 4y ago
      That expectation has always existed, and interlangage links have been maintained centrally in Wikidata since 2012.
- jdlshore 4y ago
  Your reaction here is a bit overblown. Do you often have concerns about imagined futures? If so, you might want to look into a condition called "anticipatory anxiety."