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This is the root [[Special:Categories|category]] for '''categorization of wikis by their age'''.
'''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 [[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.
;''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
*The founder of a wiki probably knows its age.
[[:Category: New]], [[template: Founded by]], and [[wiki birthday]]
*If they're running '''[[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]]''' there's 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 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.
**View history for a system message, and check when MediaWiki default first edited it.


[[Category:Wiki Lists|Age]]
;''External links
*{{WMF-Meta|Wikipedia:Anniversary|Wikipedia:Anniversary - List of Wikipedias by creation date}} — Meta.Wikimedia.org at [[Wikimedia Meta-Wiki]]
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