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For the policy that governs such requests (including criteria for approval), see the [[language proposal policy]].</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div> | notes = This page explains the procedures for making [[requests for new languages]]. For the policy that governs such requests (including criteria for approval), see the [[language proposal policy]].<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> For a broader overview of the process, see [[Create a new Wikimedia wiki]]. </ins></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>}}</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>}}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>{{TNT|lc-navigation}}</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>{{TNT|lc-navigation}}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>__TOC__</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>__TOC__</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>==Making a new request==</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>==<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </ins>Making a new request<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </ins>==</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div><ol></div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div><ol></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div><li>'''Read the [[Language proposal policy]].''' Requests that do not meet the policy will be rejected.</li></div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div><li>'''Read the [[Language proposal policy]].''' Requests that do not meet the policy will be rejected.</li></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 29:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 29:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>| language_English = French</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>| language_English = French</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>| language_native = français</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>| language_native = français</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>| language_Wikidata= Q150</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>| new_language = yes/no </div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>| new_language = yes/no </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>| directionality = LTR </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>| project_English = Wikipedia</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>| project_English = Wikipedia</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>| project_native = Wikipédia</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>| project_native = Wikipédia</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 39:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 41:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>| add_namespaces = </div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>| add_namespaces = </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>| add_settings = </div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>| add_settings = </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>| category = </div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>| category<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </ins> = </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>}}</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>}}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>==Proposal==</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>==<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </ins>Proposal<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </ins>==</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>Replace this text with your opening argument in favour of the new project.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>Replace this text with your opening argument in favour of the new project.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>You can also refer to external documentation or websites.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>You can also refer to external documentation or websites.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>Sign your request by ending your statement with: <nowiki>--~~~~</nowiki></div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>Sign your request by ending your statement with: <nowiki>--~~~~</nowiki></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>==Discussion==</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>==<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </ins>Discussion<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </ins>==</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div></pre></li></div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div></pre></li></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div><li>On [[Requests for new languages]], add "<nowiki>{{subst:ls-newrow|</nowiki>''Project Language name''<nowiki>}}</nowiki>" (for example, "<nowiki>{{subst:ls-newrow|Wikipedia French}}</nowiki>") under "Open". "''Project Language name''" must match the name of the page you just created; if it adds a red link, check that you spelled it correctly (note that the page cannot be edited by anonymous or [[newly registered user]]s; in that case, just <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">waited</del> until you are registered long enough).</li></div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div><li>On [[Requests for new languages]], add "<nowiki>{{subst:ls-newrow|</nowiki>''Project Language name''<nowiki>}}</nowiki>" (for example, "<nowiki>{{subst:ls-newrow|Wikipedia French}}</nowiki>") under "Open". "''Project Language name''" must match the name of the page you just created; if it adds a red link, check that you spelled it correctly (note that the page cannot be edited by anonymous or [[newly registered user]]s; in that case, just <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wait</ins> until you are registered long enough).</li></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div></ol></div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div></ol></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>===Test wikis===</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>===<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </ins>Test wikis<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </ins>===</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>* '''Wikisource:''' The [[oldwikisource:|multilingual Wikisource]] accepts content in languages that do not yet have a subdomain (see [[oldwikisource:Wikisource:Language domain requests#Until_a_language_subdomain_is_created|instructions]]). Feel free to place pages there at any time; they will be moved to the subdomain if it is created.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>* '''Wikisource:''' The [[oldwikisource:|multilingual Wikisource]] accepts content in languages that do not yet have a subdomain (see [[oldwikisource:Wikisource:Language domain requests#Until_a_language_subdomain_is_created|instructions]]). Feel free to place pages there at any time; they will be moved to the subdomain if it is created.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>* '''Wikiversity:''' See a [//www.wikiversity.org/ list of existing Wikiversities]. Discuss new language versions of Wikiversity at the [//beta.wikiversity.org/ Wikiversity Beta multlingual hub]. For more information, see the [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikiversity-l wikiversity-l] and <small>[//lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/ foundation-l archive] (August 2006, particularly [//lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2006-August/009074.html this post])</small> mailing lists.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>* '''Wikiversity:''' See a [//www.wikiversity.org/ list of existing Wikiversities]. Discuss new language versions of Wikiversity at the [//beta.wikiversity.org/ Wikiversity Beta multlingual hub]. For more information, see the [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikiversity-l wikiversity-l] and <small>[//lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/ foundation-l archive] (August 2006, particularly [//lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2006-August/009074.html this post])</small> mailing lists.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>* '''Incubator (all other projects):''' See the [[incubator:Help:Manual|instructions]] to start a test wiki at the [[incubator:|Wikimedia Incubator]].</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>* '''Incubator (all other projects):''' See the [[incubator:Help:Manual|instructions]] to start a test wiki at the [[incubator:|Wikimedia Incubator]].</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>===Old template===</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>===<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </ins>Old template<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </ins>===</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This</del> is an example of how to use the old template:</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The old template should not be added to new pages. On some old requests it is still used. Generally, there is no need to replace it with the new template. For reference, this</ins> is an example of how to use the old template:</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div><pre></div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div><pre></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>{{lc-header|open}}</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>{{lc-header|open}}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 76:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 78:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div></pre></div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div></pre></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>==Localization==</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>==<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </ins>Localization<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </ins>==</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>Please see [[translatewiki:|translatewiki.net]] and [[incubator:Help:Manual#5]] on Incubator for more information.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>Please see [[translatewiki:|translatewiki.net]] and [[incubator:Help:Manual#5]] on Incubator for more information.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty 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<a href="/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages" title="Requests for new languages">requests for new languages</a>. For the policy that governs such requests (including criteria for approval), see the <a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy" title="Language proposal policy">language proposal policy</a>. For a broader overview of the process, see <a href="/wiki/Create_a_new_Wikimedia_wiki" title="Create a new Wikimedia wiki">Create a new Wikimedia wiki</a>. </div> <table lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="margin:2px 0.5em;float:right;clear:right;margin-right:0;background:#FFF;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:2px;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#E0EEE0;"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Language_committee" title="Special:MyLanguage/Language committee">Language committee</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Language_committee" title="Language committee"><img alt="Language committee" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Language_Committee_logo_2_%28alt%29.svg/115px-Language_Committee_logo_2_%28alt%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="115" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Language_Committee_logo_2_%28alt%29.svg/173px-Language_Committee_logo_2_%28alt%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Language_Committee_logo_2_%28alt%29.svg/230px-Language_Committee_logo_2_%28alt%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="96" data-file-height="100"/></a><figcaption>Language committee</figcaption></figure> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#E0EEE0;">For requesting users </th></tr> <tr> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Requests_for_new_languages" title="Special:MyLanguage/Requests for new languages">Requests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Language_proposal_policy" title="Special:MyLanguage/Language proposal policy">Proposal policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Language_committee/Handbook_(requesters)" title="Special:MyLanguage/Language committee/Handbook (requesters)">Handbook (requesters)</a></li> <li><a href="https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Manual" class="extiw" title="incubator:Help:Manual">Incubator manual</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#E0EEE0;">For members </th></tr> <tr> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Language_committee/Handbook_(committee)" title="Special:MyLanguage/Language committee/Handbook (committee)">Handbook (committee)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_committee/Voting_policy" title="Language committee/Voting policy">Voting policy</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#E0EEE0;">Information </th></tr> <tr> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Language_committee/FAQ" title="Language committee/FAQ">Common answers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_committee/Archives" title="Language committee/Archives">Discussion archives</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#E0EEE0;">Closing projects <i>(voluntarily)</i> </th></tr> <tr> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Closing_projects_policy" title="Special:MyLanguage/Closing projects policy">Closing projects policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proposals_for_closing_projects" title="Proposals for closing projects">Proposals</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E0EEE0;"><div class="noprint plainlinksneverexpand" lang="en" dir="auto" style="line-height:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:x-small;white-space:nowrap;"> This box: <a href="/wiki/Template:Lc-navigation/layout" title="Template:Lc-navigation/layout"><span style="color: var(--color-progressive, #002bb8);font-size:x-small;" title="View this template">view</span></a> <b>·</b> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:Lc-navigation/layout&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:Lc-navigation/layout (page does not exist)"><span style="color: var(--color-progressive, #002bb8);font-size:x-small" title="Discussion about this template">talk</span></a> <b>·</b> <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Lc-navigation/layout&action=edit"><span style="color: var(--color-progressive, #002bb8);font-size:x-small" title="You can edit this template. Please use the Preview button before saving.">edit</span></a></span> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Making_a_new_request" data-mw-thread-id="h-Making_a_new_request"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Making_a_new_request"></span>Making a new request<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Making_a_new_request"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Language_committee/Handbook_(requesters)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Making a new request"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol> <li><b>Read the <a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy" title="Language proposal policy">Language proposal policy</a>.</b> Requests that do not meet the policy will be rejected.</li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&type=signup">Register an account</a> or <a href="/wiki/Special:UserLogin" title="Special:UserLogin">log in</a> on Meta.</li> <li>Below, replace WIKIPROJECT with "Wikipedia", "Wikisource", ... and replace LANGUAGE with the language name, so it is for example "Requests for new languages/Wikipedia French". <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="Requests for new languages/WIKIPROJECT LANGUAGE" placeholder="" required="" size="80" 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> </li> <li>Create the page with the following template. Make sure to fill out the template and replace the examples. Preview the new page to view explanations for each field. <pre>{{New wiki request | status = open | language_code = fr | language_code3 = fra | language_English = French | language_native = français | language_Wikidata= Q150 | new_language = yes/no  | directionality = LTR  | project_English = Wikipedia | project_native = Wikipédia | ns_project = | ns_project_talk = | enable_upload = no | logo = File:... | timezone = Continent/City | add_namespaces = | add_settings = | category =  }} == Proposal == Replace this text with your opening argument in favour of the new project. You can also refer to external documentation or websites. Sign your request by ending your statement with: --~~~~ == Discussion == </pre></li> <li>On <a href="/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages" title="Requests for new languages">Requests for new languages</a>, add "{{subst:ls-newrow|<i>Project Language name</i>}}" (for example, "{{subst:ls-newrow|Wikipedia French}}") under "Open". "<i>Project Language name</i>" must match the name of the page you just created; if it adds a red link, check that you spelled it correctly (note that the page cannot be edited by anonymous or <a href="/wiki/Newly_registered_user" title="Newly registered user">newly registered users</a>; in that case, just wait until you are registered long enough).</li> </ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Test_wikis" data-mw-thread-id="h-Test_wikis-Making_a_new_request"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Test_wikis-Making_a_new_request"></span>Test wikis<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Test_wikis-Making_a_new_request"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Language_committee/Handbook_(requesters)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Test wikis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Wikisource:</b> The <a href="https://wikisource.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="oldwikisource:">multilingual Wikisource</a> accepts content in languages that do not yet have a subdomain (see <a href="https://wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Language_domain_requests#Until_a_language_subdomain_is_created" class="extiw" title="oldwikisource:Wikisource:Language domain requests">instructions</a>). Feel free to place pages there at any time; they will be moved to the subdomain if it is created.</li> <li><b>Wikiversity:</b> See a <a class="external text" href="https://www.wikiversity.org/">list of existing Wikiversities</a>. Discuss new language versions of Wikiversity at the <a class="external text" href="https://beta.wikiversity.org/">Wikiversity Beta multlingual hub</a>. For more information, see the <a class="external text" href="https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikiversity-l">wikiversity-l</a> and <small><a class="external text" href="https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/">foundation-l archive</a> (August 2006, particularly <a class="external text" href="https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2006-August/009074.html">this post</a>)</small> mailing lists.</li> <li><b>Incubator (all other projects):</b> See the <a href="https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Manual" class="extiw" title="incubator:Help:Manual">instructions</a> to start a test wiki at the <a href="https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="incubator:">Wikimedia Incubator</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Old_template" data-mw-thread-id="h-Old_template-Making_a_new_request"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Old_template-Making_a_new_request"></span>Old template<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Old_template-Making_a_new_request"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Language_committee/Handbook_(requesters)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Old template"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The old template should not be added to new pages. On some old requests it is still used. Generally, there is no need to replace it with the new template. For reference, this is an example of how to use the old template: </p> <pre>{{lc-header|open}} {{New language proposal |language = [[w:French language|French]] (''français'', fr ISO 639-2) |links = [[incubator:Wp/fr|development wiki project]] |community = ??? |external = [http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/ai-ia/fi-if/index_e.cfm International Francophonie] |url = http://fr.wikipedia.org/ |project_name = Wikipédia |project_namespace = Wikipédia |project_talk = Discussion Wikipédia |logo = Wikipedia svg logo-fr.svg |timezone = CET (UTC+1) }} </pre> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Localization" data-mw-thread-id="h-Localization"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Localization"></span>Localization<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Localization"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Language_committee/Handbook_(requesters)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Localization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Please see <a href="https://translatewiki.net/wiki/" class="extiw" title="translatewiki:">translatewiki.net</a> and <a href="https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Manual#5" class="extiw" title="incubator:Help:Manual">incubator:Help:Manual#5</a> on Incubator for more information. </p></div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1&useformat=desktop" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Language_committee/Handbook_(requesters)&oldid=27547480">https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Language_committee/Handbook_(requesters)&oldid=27547480</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:Language_committee" title="Category:Language committee">Language committee</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 2 October 2024, at 19:06.</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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