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'''Category:Wiki Age''' — 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.
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 it is powered by [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] software, there are a number of 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 this feature 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.
**Check the oldest edit of its [[Wiki main page|main page]], eg: <code><nowiki>http://YourWikiURL.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&dir=prev&action=history</nowiki></code>.
**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.
**Check the date for 'MediaWiki default' at <code>/Special:Contributions/MediaWiki_default</code> made its first contribution.
*For [[:Category:Wikia|Wikia]] wikis, the exact date of founding will be at <code>/Special:WikiStats</code>.
**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 ''used'' to be at <code>/Special:WikiStats</code>, however, this function is now globally disabled.
**Wikia 'MediaWiki default' is found at <code>/Special:Contributions/Default</code>.
**Wikia 'MediaWiki default' is found at <code>/Special:Contributions/Default</code>.


{{See also|:Category:New}}.
{{See also|:Category:New}}
 
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Revision as of 00:45, 20 February 2019

Category:Wiki Age — this is the root category for categorization of wikis by their age. 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 its age.
  • If it is powered by MediaWiki software, there are a number of ways:
    • Go to the 'Oldest pages' at /Special:AncientPages for the wiki and look at the date of the first article (note that this feature lists pages that haven't been edited in a long time, not the oldest pages overall).
    • Check the oldest edit of its main page, eg: http://YourWikiURL.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&dir=prev&action=history.
    • Check the date for 'MediaWiki default' at /Special:Contributions/MediaWiki_default made its first contribution.
    • View history for a system message (as found in the 'MediaWiki' namespace – search in Special:PrefixIndex), and check when 'MediaWiki default' first edited it.
  • For Wikia wikis, the exact date of founding used to be at /Special:WikiStats, however, this function is now globally disabled.
    • Wikia 'MediaWiki default' is found at /Special:Contributions/Default.
See also: Category:New.
year wikis founded in
see also: wiki engine evolution tree
unknown • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 •
2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 •
2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 •
2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024
Note: this top-tier 'parent category' or 'mother category' should be empty of article pages; Wiki age, and other appropriate articles, should only be listed in the below sub-categories.

Subcategories

This category has the following 32 subcategories, out of 32 total.

 

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Pages in category “Wiki age”

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