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;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 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 | *For [[:Category:Wikia|Wikia]] wikis, the exact date of founding used to be available at <code>/Special:WikiStats</code> – this [[:Category:Wiki syntax|feature]] is now defunct, so follow the above MediaWiki advice; | ||
**Wikia 'MediaWiki default' is found at <code>/Special:Contributions/Default</code>. | **Wikia 'MediaWiki default' is found at <code>/Special:Contributions/Default</code>. | ||
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