Help:Manual

From Wikimedia Incubator

This page contains a handbook for people wanting to start a Wikimedia wiki in a language which does not yet have its own wiki. See Special:SiteMatrix for an overview of already existing wikis (red links are not-existing wikis).

A tool is being created at http://toolserver.org/~robin/?tool=proposewiki that should make it easier.

Contents 1 Step 1: Requirements 2 Step 2: Starting a test 3 Step 3: Submitting the request 4 Step 4: Localisation 5 Step 5: At Incubator 6 Step 6: When the wiki is approved 7 Step 7: When the wiki is created 8 See also

[edit] Step 1: Requirements

• Before you can start, know that the rules to get an own wiki are much stricter than the rules to start a test project here.
• Please be sure you will have enough people who could contribute to the wiki.
• And be sure the language has a valid ISO 639 language code.
  • I don't have a valid code
  • I don't know what the code is

[edit] Step 2: Starting a test

• Create a page Project/code with the template {{test wiki}}. Information can be found on I:TESTSTATUS.
  • Project is the Wikimedia project (see I:Policy#projects)
  • Code is a valid I:ISO 639 code. Use an w:ISO 639-1 code, if it doesn't exists, an w:ISO 639-3 code.
• Create a main page, with the title Project/code/Main_Page
  • Main Page is the word "Main Page" in your language. It is recommended to be the same as the MediaWiki message "MediaWiki:Mainpage" (translatable at Betawiki).
• List the test on Template:Tests.

[edit] Step 3: Submitting the request

You can start a test here at Incubator also without a request at Meta, but without one, you won't get an own wiki.

• Follow the instructions at the handbook for requesters.
• As we already said, the policy to get a Wikimedia subdomain are stricter than to start a test project here. Read the policy carefully.
  • If the test project meets all requirements, it will be marked "verified to be eligible". If the request after a long time is not yet marked so, a requirement is probably missing.

[edit] Step 4: Localisation

• The interface needs to be localised (= translated). You can do this at Betawiki. The handbook for requesters has more information about this.

[edit] Step 5: At Incubator

• You can apply for test-adminship, to take care of your test.
• It can sometimes take a long time before your wiki is approved. Don't be discouraged.
  • Most proposals have a status page (automatic list) which easily says what needs to be done before it is approved.

[edit] Step 6: When the wiki is approved

If approved, the language committee will submit a bug request at Bugzilla. Then it is only waiting on the developers to create the site.

[edit] Step 7: When the wiki is created

• Stop! Maybe you want to copy all the page from Incubator to the new wiki, but please don't do this.
• Someone will import all the pages with their history, and without their prefixes.
• If you want your own logo instead of the English one, upload it as "Wiki.png" to your local wiki and submit a Bugzilla request. (If you don't know how to do that, you can ask for help).

[edit] See also

• Help:FAQ
• Help:Contents