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| ←main page | Request for a new language edition: New wiki request |
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- The community needs to develop an [[incubator:W/{{{language_code}}}|active test project]]; it must remain active until approval (automated statistics, recent changes). It is generally considered active if the analysis lists at least three active, not-grayed-out editors listed in the sections for the previous few months.
- The community needs to complete required MediaWiki interface translations in that language (about localization, [[translatewiki:Portal:{{{language_code}}}|translatewiki]], [[toolforge:codelookup/{{{language_code}}}|check completion]]).
- The community needs to discuss and complete the settings table below:
| What | Value | Example / Explanation |
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| Proposal | ||
|---|---|---|
| Language code | {{{language_code}}} ([[iso639-3:{{{language_code}}}|SIL]], [[glottolog:{{{language_code}}}|Glottolog]]) | A valid ISO 639-1 or 639-3 language code, like "fr", "de", "nso", ... |
| Language name | [[:en:{{{language_English}}} language|{{{language_English}}}]] | Language name in English |
| Language name | Language name in your language. This will appear in the language list on Special:Preferences, in the interwiki sidebar on other wikis, ... | |
| Language Wikidata item | please add | language_Wikidata= [[:d:Special:Search/{{{language_English}}} (language OR dialect OR orthography)|(search)]]
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Item about the language at Wikidata. It would normally include the Wikimedia language code, name of the language, etc. Please complete at Wikidata if needed. |
| Directionality | no indication | Is the language written from left to right (LTR) or from right to left (RTL)? |
| Site URL | {{{language_code}}}.{{{project_english}}}.org | langcode.wikiproject.org |
| Settings | ||
|---|---|---|
| Project name | {{{project_native}}} | "Wikiproject" in your language |
| Project namespace | {{{ns_project}}} | usually the same as the project name |
| Project talk namespace | {{{ns_project_talk}}} | "Wikiproject talk" (the discussion namespace of the project namespace) |
| Enable uploads | yes/no/admin | Default is "no". Preferably, files should be uploaded to Commons. If you want, you can enable local file uploading, either by any user ("yes") or by administrators only ("admin").
Notes: (1) This setting can be changed afterwards. The setting can only be "yes" or "admin" at approval if the test creates an Exemption Doctrine Policy (EDP) first. (2) Files on Commons can be used on all Wikis. (3) Uploading fair-use images is not allowed on Commons (more info). (4) Localisation to your language may be insufficient on Commons. |
| Optional settings | ||
| Project logo | This needs to be an SVG image (instructions for logo creation). | |
| Default project timezone | "Continent/City", e.g. "Europe/Brussels" or "America/Mexico City" (see list of valid timezones) | |
| Additional namespaces | For example, a Wikisource would need "Page", "Page talk", "Index", "Index talk", "Author", "Author talk". | |
| Additional settings | Anything else that should be set | |
Usage
The comment field in this template should only be used by members of the Language committee, since it is an official message.
This template is used on requests for new wikis, to give information about the language and the subdomain settings. Use this:
{{new wiki request
| status = open
| comment = <!-- leave this to language committee members -->
| language_code = fr
| language_code3 = fra
| language_English = French
| language_native = français
| language_Wikidata= Q150
| new_language = yes/no <!-- usually yes if it's a Wikipedia, otherwise usually no -->
| directionality = LTR <!--LTR = "left to right"; "RTL" for right-to-left scripts.-->
| project_English = Wikipedia
| project_native = Wikipédia
| ns_project =
| ns_project_talk =
| enable_upload = yes/no/admin
| logo = File:...
| timezone = Continent/City
| add_namespaces =
| add_settings =
| category = <!-- used for wikisource and wikiversity -->
}}
Additional notes
- "new_language" is whether it is a completely new language for Wikimedia (i.e. there is not yet a project in this language), usually when creating a new Wikipedia.
- "language_native" is actually only needed when "new_language" is "yes"
Optional:
- "url" to override the default site URL
- "interfacelang" if it is different from the subdomain
- A link to Phabricator (with the settings pre-filled) is added when the status is set to approved
- For Wikisource and Wikiversity, use "category" and maybe also "main_page"
- Optional parameters "community" and "links" for converting old proposals
Some simple words or short sentences are translatable on Template:New wiki request/translation.
No description.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The English name of a project | project_English | no description
| Line | required |
| The native name of the project | project_native | The native name of the project. For example, "Wikipedia" in Russian is "Википедия". | Line | suggested |
| language_code | language_code | no description | Line | required |
| status | status | Possible values: open, waiting, old, stale, rejected, eligible, approved
| Line | required |
| new_language | new_language | no description
| Line | required |
| comment | comment | no description | Unknown | suggested |
| category | category | no description | Unknown | optional |
| main_page | main_page | no description | Unknown | optional |
| language_native | language_native | no description | Unknown | required |
| interfacelang | interfacelang | no description | Unknown | optional |
| language_code3 | language_code3 | Optional. Add this if the language has both a three-letter and a two-letter language code. | Line | optional |
| English Wikipedia article title | wtitle | no description | Line | suggested |
| language_English | language_English | no description
| Line | suggested |
| language_Wikidata | language_Wikidata | no description | Line | suggested |
| directionality | directionality | no description
| Line | suggested |
| community | community | no description | Unknown | optional |
| links | links | no description | Unknown | optional |
| url | url | no description | Unknown | optional |
| ns_project | ns_project | no description | Unknown | optional |
| ns_project_talk | ns_project_talk | no description | Unknown | optional |
| enable_upload | enable_upload | no description | Unknown | optional |
| logo | logo | no description | Unknown | optional |
| timezone | timezone | no description | Unknown | optional |
| add_namespaces | add_namespaces | no description | Unknown | optional |
| add_settings | add_settings | no description | Unknown | optional |
| langname | langname | no description | Unknown | optional |