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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. | '''Category:Wiki Age''' — this is the root [[Special:Categories|category]] for '''categorization of wikis by their age'''. It contains [[Category|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 (or ''should'' know) its age. | ||
*If | *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 <code>/Special:AncientPages</code> for the wiki and look at the date of the first article (note that this feature lists pages that | **Go to the 'Oldest pages' at <code>/Special:AncientPages</code> for the wiki and 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> the oldest pages overall); | ||
**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> | **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>; | ||
**Check the date for 'MediaWiki default' at <code>/Special:Contributions/MediaWiki_default</code> made its first contribution | **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 conventions|namespace]] – search in [[Special:PrefixIndex]]), 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 ''used'' to be at <code>/Special:WikiStats</code>, however, this function is now globally disabled. | *For [[:Category:Wikia|Wikia]] wikis (now branded as Fandom), the exact date of founding ''used'' to be at <code>/Special:WikiStats</code>, however, this function is now globally disabled; therefore, the above methods for MediaWiki should work. | ||
**Wikia 'MediaWiki default' is found at <code>/Special:Contributions/Default</code>. | **Wikia 'MediaWiki default' is found at <code>/Special:Contributions/Default</code>. | ||
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. | |||
;''See also | |||
[[:Category: New]], [[template: Founded by]], and [[WikiBirthday]] | |||
{{Age Navigation}} | {{Age Navigation}} | ||
{{Parent category}} | {{Parent category}} | ||
[[Category:Time|Age]] | |||
[[Category:Wiki Lists|Age]] | [[Category:Wiki Lists|Age]] | ||
__INDEX__ | __INDEX__ | ||