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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 [[ | This is the root [[Special:Categories|category]] for '''categorization of wikis by their age'''. It contains categories for [[WhatIsWiki|wikis]] 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: | ||
*The founder of a wiki probably knows its age. | *The [[founder]] of a [[wiki]] probably knows its age. | ||
*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> 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 (as found in the 'MediaWiki' [[WikiIndex:Namespace | **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>. | *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>. | **Wikia 'MediaWiki default' is found at <code>/Special:Contributions/Default</code>. | ||
See also | {{See also|:Category:New}}. | ||
[[Category:Wiki Lists|Age]] | [[Category:Wiki Lists|Age]] | ||