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This is the root category for '''categorization of wikis by their age'''.
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'''Category: Wiki age''' — this is the root or 'parent' [[Special:Categories|category]] for '''categorization of {{tag|wiki}}s by their age''' here on WikiIndex.  It contains [[categories]] of periods in {{tag|time}} for the founding date of when [[:Category:All|wiki]] sites, [[:Category:Wiki engine|wiki engines]], [[:Category:Wiki farm|wiki farms]], and [[:Category:Wiki company|wiki companies]], et cetera, came into existence.<!--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.-->


It contains categories for wikis 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.
;''To determine the age of a wiki:
#The [[founder]] of a [[wiki]] probably knows (or ''should'' know) its {{tag|age}}.
#If the wiki site is powered by [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] software, there are a number of ways to look (ideally, use as many of the listed methods to accurately verify its date of founding):
##Go to the 'Oldest pages' at <tt>/Special:AncientPages</tt> for the wiki site, look at the date of the first listed [[article]] (note that this feature lists pages that have not been ''[[edit]]ed'' in a long time, <u>not</u> necessarily the oldest pages overall);
##Check the oldest edit of its [[Wiki main page|main page]], e.g. <tt><nowiki>https://YourWikiURL.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&dir=prev&action=history</nowiki></tt>;
##Find the date for 'MediaWiki default' at <tt>/Special:Contributions/MediaWiki_default</tt> made its first contribution;
##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 (now branded as Fandom), the exact date of founding ''used'' to be at <tt>/Special:WikiStats</tt>, however, this function is now globally disabled; therefore, the above methods for MediaWiki should work:
##Wikia 'MediaWiki default' is found at <tt>/Special:Contributions/Default</tt>.
For all other wikis powered any of the other [[:Category:Wiki engine|wiki engines]], aside from asking the founder, the oldest entry in the [[edit history]] of its main or front page should be a reliable guide.


''To determine the age of a wiki:''
;''See also
* If they're running '''MediaWiki''' go to the [[Special:Ancientpages|Oldest Pages]] or [[Special:Contributions/MediaWiki default|the date "MediaWiki default" contributed]] for the wiki and look at the date of the first article.
[[:Category: New]], [[template: Founded by]], and [[wiki birthday]]


 
;''External links
[[Category:Wiki Lists|*Age]]
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