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{{Age Navigation}}
{{Age Navigation}}
This is the root [[Special:Categories|category]] for '''categorization of wikis by their age'''.  It contains categories for [[wiki]]s founded in various periods of time.  Yearly categorization was intended to start out, but feel free to add granularity or intervening summarizing time periods if it looks like it's necessary.
This is the root [[Special:Categories|category]] for '''categorization of wikis by their age'''.  It contains categories for [[wiki]]s founded in various periods of {{tag|time}}.  Yearly categorization was intended to start out, but feel free to add granularity or intervening summarizing time periods if it looks like it's necessary.


;To determine the age of a wiki:
;To determine the age of a wiki:
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*If they are running [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] software, there are three ways:
*If they are running [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] software, there are three ways:
**Go to the 'Oldest pages' at <code>/Special:AncientPages</code> for the wiki and look at the date of the first article (note that it lists pages that haven't been ''edited'' in a long time, not the oldest pages overall).
**Go to the 'Oldest pages' at <code>/Special:AncientPages</code> for the wiki and look at the date of the first article (note that it lists pages that haven't been ''edited'' in a long time, not the oldest pages overall).
**Go check the date for 'MediaWiki default' at <code>/Special:Contributions/MediaWiki_default</code> (<code>/Special:Contributions/Default</code> on [[:Category:Wikia|Wikia]]) made its first contribution.
**Go check the date for 'MediaWiki default' at <code>/Special:Contributions/MediaWiki_default</code> made its first contribution.
**View history for a system message, and check when MediaWiki default first edited it.
**View history for a system message (as found in the 'MediaWiki' [[WikiIndex:Namespace Conventions|namespace]] – search in [[Special:PrefixIndex]]), and check when MediaWiki default first edited it.
*For [[:Category:Wikia|Wikia]] wikis, the exact date of founding will be at <code>/Special:WikiStats</code>.
**Wikia 'MediaWiki default' is found at <code>/Special:Contributions/Default</code>.


See also: [[:Category:New]].
See also: [[:Category:New]].


[[Category:Wiki Lists|Age]]
[[Category:Wiki Lists|Age]]