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==How to know when a wiki went online?==
==How to know when a wiki went online?==
How will we know the day the wiki first went online? [[User:Lumenos|Lumenos]] 12:23, 28 October 2009 (EDT)
How will we know the day the wiki first went online? [[User:Lumenos|Lumenos]] 12:23, 28 October 2009 (EDT)
:We could usually tell by the earliest date in the history of the mainpage but I think that disappears if the mainpage is deleted and recreated. [[User:Lumenos|Lumenos]] 12:23, 28 October 2009 (EDT)
:We could usually tell by the earliest date in the history of the mainpage but I think that disappears if the mainpage is deleted and recreated. [[User:Lumenos|Lumenos]] 12:23, 28 October 2009 (EDT)
::The [http://www.archive.org/index.php WayBackMachine at archive.org] could be used to verify an earlier date, but not all sites are archived there. [[User:Lumenos|Lumenos]] 12:23, 28 October 2009 (EDT)
::The [[Internet Archive WaybackMachine]] – [http://www.archive.org/index.php WayBackMachine at archive.org] could be used to verify an earlier date, but not all sites are archived there. [[User:Lumenos|Lumenos]] 12:23, 28 October 2009 (EDT)
:::If it has its own domain we could go by the date of the domain registration (enter the website name [http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/index.jsp here]) but this doesn't mean the wiki was up at that time. [[User:Lumenos|Lumenos]] 12:23, 28 October 2009 (EDT)
:::If it has its own domain we could go by the date of the domain registration (enter the website name [http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/index.jsp here]) but this doesn't mean the wiki was up at that time. [[User:Lumenos|Lumenos]] 12:23, 28 October 2009 (EDT)