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href="/wiki/Help:Manual/es" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Ayuda:Manual (100% translated)" lang="es" dir="ltr">español</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/eu" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Help:Eskuliburua (7% translated)" lang="eu" dir="ltr">euskara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/fr" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Aide:Manuel (100% translated)" lang="fr" dir="ltr">français</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/gl" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Axuda:Manual (22% translated)" lang="gl" dir="ltr">galego</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/it" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Help:Manuale (82% translated)" lang="it" dir="ltr">italiano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/lt" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Pagalba:Vadovas (25% translated)" lang="lt" dir="ltr">lietuvių</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/hu" class="mw-pt-progress 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href="/wiki/Help:Manual/ro" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Ajutor:Manual (82% translated)" lang="ro" dir="ltr">română</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/sk" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Pomoc:Príručka (37% translated)" lang="sk" dir="ltr">slovenčina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/fi" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Help:Opas (76% translated)" lang="fi" dir="ltr">suomi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/sv" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Hjälp:Manual (100% translated)" lang="sv" dir="ltr">svenska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/tok" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Help:Manual/tok (3% translated)" lang="tok" dir="ltr">toki pona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/tly" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Koməq:Manual (1% translated)" lang="tly" dir="ltr">tolışi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/bci" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Help:Manual/bci (0% translated)" lang="bci" dir="ltr">wawle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/ang" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Help:Handbōc (1% translated)" lang="ang" dir="ltr">Ænglisc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/cs" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Nápověda:Manuál (100% translated)" lang="cs" dir="ltr">čeština</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/szl" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Help:Manual (21% translated)" lang="szl" dir="ltr">ślůnski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/el" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Βοήθεια:Εγχειρίδιο (76% translated)" lang="el" dir="ltr">Ελληνικά</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/ba" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Help:Ҡулланма (3% translated)" lang="ba" dir="ltr">башҡортса</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/ky" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Колдонмо (7% translated)" lang="ky" dir="ltr">кыргызча</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/ru" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Справка:Руководство (100% translated)" lang="ru" dir="ltr">русский</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/cu" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Help:Manual/cu (0% translated)" lang="cu" dir="ltr">словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/uk" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Help:Посібник (94% translated)" lang="uk" dir="ltr">українська</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/kk" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Көмек:Нұсқаулық (28% translated)" lang="kk" dir="ltr">қазақша</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/kk-kz" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Көмек:Нұсқаулық (1% translated)" lang="kk-KZ" dir="ltr">қазақша (Қазақстан)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/he" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="עזרה:הדרכה (75% translated)" lang="he" dir="rtl">עברית</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/ug" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="ياردەم:يولباشچى (4% translated)" lang="ug" dir="rtl">ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/ur" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Help:Manual/ur (18% translated)" lang="ur" dir="rtl">اردو</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/ar" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Help:Manual/ar (75% translated)" lang="ar" dir="rtl">العربية</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/azb" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="یاردیم:قیلاووزb (36% translated)" lang="azb" dir="rtl">تۆرکجه</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/arq" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="معاونة:كتيّب` المعمولات (0% translated)" lang="arq" dir="rtl">جازايرية</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/bcc" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="کمک:دستی (0% translated)" lang="bcc" dir="rtl">جهلسری بلوچی</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/bgn" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Help:Manual (15% translated)" lang="bgn" dir="rtl">روچ کپتین بلوچی</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/skr" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="مدد: رسالہ (24% translated)" lang="skr" dir="rtl">سرائیکی</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/sd" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Help:مينوئل (19% translated)" lang="sd" dir="rtl">سنڌي</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/fa" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="کمک:نظام نامه (39% translated)" lang="fa" dir="rtl">فارسی</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/luz" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="همیاری : رهنِما (30% translated)" lang="luz" dir="rtl">لئری دوٙمینی</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/lrc" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="هومیاری:دسی (16% translated)" lang="lrc" dir="rtl">لۊری شومالی</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/mzn" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="کمک:نظام نامه (24% translated)" lang="mzn" dir="rtl">مازِرونی</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/arz" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Help:Manual/arz (1% translated)" lang="arz" dir="rtl">مصرى</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/ps" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="مرسته:لارښود (16% translated)" lang="ps" dir="rtl">پښتو</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/ckb" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="یارمەتی:دەستی (22% translated)" lang="ckb" dir="rtl">کوردی</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/khw" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="مدد:مینویل (21% translated)" lang="khw" dir="rtl">کھوار</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/anp" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="सहायता:नियमावली (85% translated)" lang="anp" dir="ltr">अंगिका</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/awa" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="सहायता:गाइड (45% translated)" lang="awa" dir="ltr">अवधी</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/dty" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Help:Manual (37% translated)" lang="dty" dir="ltr">डोटेली</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/ne" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="मद्दत:म्यानुअल (27% translated)" lang="ne" dir="ltr">नेपाली</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/bho" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="मदद:नियमावली (4% translated)" lang="bho" dir="ltr">भोजपुरी</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/mag" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="सहायता:नियमाबली (51% translated)" lang="mag" dir="ltr">मगही</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/mr" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Help:माहितीपुस्तिका (81% translated)" lang="mr" dir="ltr">मराठी</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/mai" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="मद्दति (3% translated)" lang="mai" dir="ltr">मैथिली</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/sa" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Help:Manual/sa (18% translated)" lang="sa" dir="ltr">संस्कृतम्</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/hi" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="सहायता:नियमावली (94% translated)" lang="hi" dir="ltr">हिन्दी</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/as" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="সহায়:হাতপুথি (1% translated)" lang="as" dir="ltr">অসমীয়া</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/bn" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="সহায়তাঃ ব্যবহারবিধি (67% translated)" lang="bn" dir="ltr">বাংলা</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/gu" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Help:Manual/gu (3% translated)" lang="gu" dir="ltr">ગુજરાતી</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/or" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="ସହାୟତା:ମାନୁଆଲ୍ (96% translated)" lang="or" dir="ltr">ଓଡ଼ିଆ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/ta" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="உதவி:கைமுறை (24% translated)" lang="ta" dir="ltr">தமிழ்</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/kn" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="ಸಹಾಯ: ಕೈಪಿಡಿ (84% translated)" lang="kn" dir="ltr">ಕನ್ನಡ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/ml" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="സഹായം:മാനുവൽ (6% translated)" lang="ml" dir="ltr">മലയാളം</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/si" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="උදව්:සංග්‍රහය (18% translated)" lang="si" dir="ltr">සිංහල</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/th" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Help:คู่มือ (33% translated)" lang="th" dir="ltr">ไทย</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/blk" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="အကူႏညီႏ:စူခွုမ် (31% translated)" lang="blk" dir="ltr">ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/kjp" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="ဆ်ုမာၜိုဝ်:မာလ်ုစူး (16% translated)" lang="kjp" dir="ltr">ဖၠုံလိက်</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/mnw" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="ရီုဗၚ်:သကေမ် (9% translated)" lang="mnw" dir="ltr">ဘာသာမန်</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/my" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="အကူအညီ:လက်စွဲ (88% translated)" lang="my" dir="ltr">မြန်မာဘာသာ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/rki" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="အကူအညီ-လက်စွဲစာအုပ် (94% translated)" lang="rki" dir="ltr">ရခိုင်</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/shn" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="လွင်ႈၸွႆႈထႅမ်:ၵႅမ်မိုဝ်း (6% translated)" lang="shn" dir="ltr">ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/xmf" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Help:ხეონჯღვერუე (66% translated)" lang="xmf" dir="ltr">მარგალური</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/ka" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="დახმარება:სახელმძღვანელო (22% translated)" lang="ka" dir="ltr">ქართული</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/chr" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="ᏚᏅᏍᏓᏕᎴ (4% translated)" lang="chr" dir="ltr">ᏣᎳᎩ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/sat" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="ᱜᱚᱲᱚ:ᱢᱟᱱᱩᱣᱟᱞ (16% translated)" lang="sat" dir="ltr">ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/grc" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Βοήθεια:Ἐγχειρίδιον (25% translated)" lang="grc" dir="ltr">Ἀρχαία ἑλληνικὴ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/zgh" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="ⵜⵉⵡⵉⵙⵉ:ⴰⵡⴼⵓⵙ (4% translated)" lang="zgh" dir="ltr">ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ ⵜⴰⵏⴰⵡⴰⵢⵜ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/zh" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="帮助:指南 (100% translated)" lang="zh" dir="ltr">中文</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/ja" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Help:マニュアル (100% translated)" lang="ja" dir="ltr">日本語</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/yue" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="幫手:指南 (39% translated)" lang="yue" dir="ltr">粵語</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/syl" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="ꠡꠣꠁꠎ꠆ꠎ:ꠘꠤꠅꠝꠈꠣꠘꠥꠘ (16% translated)" lang="syl" dir="ltr">ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/mni" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="ꯃꯇꯦꯡ: ꯈꯨꯠꯄꯥꯏ (18% translated)" lang="mni" dir="ltr">ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Manual/ko" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="도움말:안내서 (96% translated)" lang="ko" dir="ltr">한국어</a></li></ul></div> <p>This page contains a handbook for people wanting to start a <a class="external text" href="https://www.wikimedia.org">Wikimedia</a> wiki in a language which does not yet have its own wiki. 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This will make it easier to keep track of fellow contributors. </p><p>Then, go to <a href="/wiki/Special:Preferences" title="Special:Preferences">Special:Preferences</a> (1) and change your interface language (2) and change the test wiki settings: </p> <ul><li>The project (3), e.g., Wikipedia for <code>Wp/xx</code></li> <li>The language code (4), the "xx" in <code>Wp/xx</code></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Step_2:_Starting_a_wiki" data-mw-thread-id="h-Step_2:_Starting_a_wiki"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Step_2:_Starting_a_wiki"></span><span id="2"></span>Step 2: Starting a wiki<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Step_2:_Starting_a_wiki"></span></h2></div> <ul><li>If you doubt whether your language meets the criteria, you can ask it on <a href="/wiki/Incubator:Requests_for_starting_a_test" title="Incubator:Requests for starting a test">Incubator:Requests for starting a test</a>. <dl><dd><small>If your language is <b>in</b>valid, it may be deleted. If your language is valid, its content will certainly be kept and all work will be moved to the new wiki once the wiki is created.</small></dd></dl></li> <li>In the box below, replace "xyz" with your language code. Use an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-1" class="extiw" title="w:ISO 639-1">w:ISO 639-1</a> code, and if it does not exist, use an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-3" class="extiw" title="w:ISO 639-3">w:ISO 639-3</a> code.</li> <li>Also replace "Wp" (Wikipedia) if it is for another project ("Wt" = Wiktionary, "Wn" = Wikinews, "Wb" = Wikibooks, "Wq" = "Wikiquote", "Wy" = Wikivoyage).</li></ul> <div class="mw-inputbox-centered" style=""><form name="createbox" class="createbox mw-inputbox-form" action="/w/index.php" method="get"><input type="hidden" value="edit" name="action"/><div class="cdx-text-input"><input name="title" class="mw-inputbox-input mw-inputbox-createbox cdx-text-input__input" value="Wp/xyz" placeholder="" required="" size="50" dir="ltr"/></div><br/><input type="submit" name="create" value="Create page" class="cdx-button cdx-button--action-progressive cdx-button--weight-primary"/></form></div> <p>Click on the create button above, and in the edit form, replace "language name in English". Extra information can be found on <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Incubator:Policy/Test_wiki_info_page" title="Special:MyLanguage/Incubator:Policy/Test wiki info page">this page</a>. Then save the page. </p> <ul><li>Follow the instructions on the page you just created. You will be asked to create a main page, with the title <kbd>Project/code/Main_Page</kbd>. <ul><li>It is recommended to be the same as the MediaWiki message "<a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Mainpage" title="MediaWiki:Mainpage">MediaWiki:Mainpage</a>" (translatable at <a href="https://translatewiki.net/wiki/" class="extiw" title="translatewiki:">Translatewiki.net</a>).</li></ul></li> <li>You can list the wiki on <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/I:Wikis" title="Special:MyLanguage/I:Wikis">Incubator:Wikis</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Step_3:_Submitting_the_request" data-mw-thread-id="h-Step_3:_Submitting_the_request"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Step_3:_Submitting_the_request"></span><span id="3"></span>Step 3: Submitting the request<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Step_3:_Submitting_the_request"></span></h2></div> <p>You can develop a test wiki here without making a request at Meta, but such a request is necessary if you want the wiki to eventually be moved out of the Incubator. </p> <ul><li>It is recommended to <a href="/wiki/Special:MergeAccount" title="Special:MergeAccount">merge your account</a> so you are automatically logged in into all wikis including <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="meta:">MetaWiki</a>.</li> <li>Follow the instructions at the <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Language_committee/Handbook_(requesters)" class="extiw" title="meta:Language committee/Handbook (requesters)">handbook for requesters</a>.</li> <li>Update the Wx/xyz info page here by changing the parameter "meta" to <code>| meta = yes</code></li> <li>As we already said, the policy to get a Wikimedia subdomain are stricter than to start a test project here. Read the <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Language_proposal_policy" class="extiw" title="m:Special:MyLanguage/Language proposal policy">policy</a> carefully. <ul><li>If the test project meets all formal 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.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Step_4:_On_Incubator" data-mw-thread-id="h-Step_4:_On_Incubator"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Step_4:_On_Incubator"></span><span id="4"></span>Step 4: On Incubator<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Step_4:_On_Incubator"></span></h2></div> <ul><li>Content work is the most important thing. Write and maintain articles.</li> <li>It can sometimes take a long time before your wiki is approved. Don't be discouraged. <ul><li>Most proposals have a <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages" class="extiw" title="m:Requests for new languages">status page</a> which easily says what needs to be done before it is approved.</li></ul></li> <li>You can apply for <a href="/wiki/Incubator:Administrators" title="Incubator:Administrators">test wiki adminship</a>, to take care of your test wiki.</li> <li>A member of the <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Language_committee" class="extiw" title="meta:Special:MyLanguage/Language committee">Language Committee</a> may propose the approval of your test wiki. If not, and you think your test wiki meets the requirements, you can propose its approval on <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Language_committee" class="extiw" title="meta:Talk:Language committee">their talk page</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Basic_guidelines" data-mw-thread-id="h-Basic_guidelines-Step_4:_On_Incubator"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Basic_guidelines-Step_4:_On_Incubator"></span>Basic guidelines<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Basic_guidelines-Step_4:_On_Incubator"></span></h3></div> <p>There are a few rules that all Wikimedia projects must follow: </p> <ul><li>The <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_use" class="extiw" title="wmf:Terms of use">Terms of use</a> apply for all wikis. All pages need to be licensed under <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html">GNU Free Documentation License</a>. Please keep in mind not to copy texts from other places which are not licensed this way without asking the author. <ul><li>Wikinews projects commonly use <a href="//creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/" class="extiw" title="creativecommons:by/2.5/">Creative Commons Attribution 2.5</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>Authors must write from a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" class="extiw" title="en:Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">neutral point of view</a> (NPOV).</li> <li>Orthographic practices - if there is more than one way to spell or write your language, you will need rules about it.</li> <li>Stylistic conventions - if your language does not have a standardised universal form (the way everybody speaks it to understand each other), you will need to have one or have a rule to tell people which forms or dialects of your language to use. Also, you will need more complex stylistic conventions (for an example, see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_style" class="extiw" title="en:Wikipedia:Manual of style">here</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Step_5:_Localisation" data-mw-thread-id="h-Step_5:_Localisation"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Step_5:_Localisation"></span><span id="5"></span>Step 5: Localisation<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Step_5:_Localisation"></span></h2></div> <p>The interface needs to be localised into your language. "Localization" includes translating the MediaWiki interface. Translation is one of the requirements before a wiki can be created. You can do this at <a href="https://translatewiki.net/wiki/" class="extiw" title="translatewiki:">Translatewiki</a>. It is usually done parallel to the work on the test wiki. </p> <ol><li>If you are not yet familiar with translatewiki.net, please follow <b><a href="https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:FirstSteps" class="extiw" title="translatewiki:Special:FirstSteps">the instructions there</a></b>.</li> <li>Go to "<a href="https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:Translate" class="extiw" title="translatewiki:Special:Translate">Special:Translate</a>" on translatewiki.net and then start translating: <ul><li>While it would be even better to translate the entire interface, for a first project in a language you only need to localise the "<a href="https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:Translate/core-0-mostused" class="extiw" title="translatewiki:Special:Translate/core-0-mostused">most used MediaWiki messages</a>". These are the messages that are of most importance to our readers. <dl><dd><i>Note: If the interface is not yet available at all in your language — check the drop-down language menu at the top of the page—you will additionally need to translate at least <b>13%</b> of the <a href="https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:Translate/core" class="extiw" title="translatewiki:Special:Translate/core">core MediaWiki messages</a> in order to activate the interface in your language. (The "most used" messages count toward the 13%.)</i></dd></dl></li> <li>For any subsequent project in a language, all the <a href="https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:Translate/core" class="extiw" title="translatewiki:Special:Translate/core">core MediaWiki messages</a> and the messages of the <a href="https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:Translate/ext-0-wikimedia-main" class="extiw" title="translatewiki:Special:Translate/ext-0-wikimedia-main">main extensions used by the Wikimedia Foundation</a> need to be translated. It is expected that the community of the first project has maintained and improved the localisation and consequently it should be no hardship.</li></ul></li></ol> <p>You are encouraged to join the <a href="https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Language_support_team" class="extiw" title="translatewiki:Language support team">language support team</a> for your language, where you can provide information about your language (such as plural rules) or test functionality. If there is any technical problem, such as a lack of input methods or fonts for your language, do not hesitate to contact either through our <a href="/wiki/Incubator:Community_Portal" title="Incubator:Community Portal">community portal</a> or on <a href="https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Support" class="extiw" title="translatewiki:Support">translatewiki.net</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Step_6:_When_the_wiki_is_approved" data-mw-thread-id="h-Step_6:_When_the_wiki_is_approved"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Step_6:_When_the_wiki_is_approved"></span><span id="6"></span>Step 6: When the wiki is approved<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Step_6:_When_the_wiki_is_approved"></span></h2></div> <p>If approved, the language committee will submit a bug request at <a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/" class="extiw" title="phabricator:">Phabricator</a>. Then it is only waiting on the developers to create the site. You can track the progress on <a href="/wiki/Incubator:Site_creation_log" title="Incubator:Site creation log">Incubator:Site creation log</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Step_7:_When_the_wiki_is_created" data-mw-thread-id="h-Step_7:_When_the_wiki_is_created"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Step_7:_When_the_wiki_is_created"></span><span id="7"></span>Step 7: When the wiki is created<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Step_7:_When_the_wiki_is_created"></span></h2></div> <ul><li>Stop! Maybe you want to copy all the pages from Incubator to the new wiki, but please do not do this.</li> <li>Someone <a href="/wiki/Incubator:Importing_from_Incubator" title="Incubator:Importing from Incubator">will import</a> all the pages with their history, and without their prefixes.</li> <li>After the import from the Incubator is done, you can edit everything, create new articles, invite new editors, and do other things to grow the wiki. <b>Graduating from the Incubator is not the end; it is the beginning.</b></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="See_also" data-mw-thread-id="h-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Incubator:Community_Portal" title="Incubator:Community Portal">Incubator:Community Portal</a> (any questions, problems, …)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:FAQ" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:FAQ">Help:FAQ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents">Help:Contents</a></li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Small_wiki_toolkits/Starter_kit" class="extiw" title="m:Special:MyLanguage/Small wiki toolkits/Starter kit">Starter kit for smaller language wikis</a> (lists of technical resources and recommendations)</li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual_for_small_and_new_Wikipedias" class="extiw" title="m:Special:MyLanguage/Manual for small and new Wikipedias">Manual for small and new Wikipedias</a></li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_articles_every_Wikipedia_should_have" class="extiw" title="m:List of articles every Wikipedia should have">List of articles every Wikipedia should have</a> - A list of articles that are recommended (not required!) for Wikipedia in every language</li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://incubator.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Help:Manual&oldid=6462307">https://incubator.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Help:Manual&oldid=6462307</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Category</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Help:(all)" title="Category:Help:(all)">Help:(all)</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 17 November 2024, at 15:37.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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