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This is an
official
Incubator policy.
This page has been elaborated and approved by the community and its compliance is mandatory for all users. You may edit it, but please discuss major changes on the talk page first.
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This is the policy of Incubator.
You can find other parts on:
Incubator:Policy/Test wiki info page
(see
#Marking test languages
Incubator:Requests for deletions
(see
#Closure or deletion
Incubator:Administrators
(see
#Administrators
What Wikimedia Incubator hosts
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The Wikimedia Incubator hosts tests of new language editions of the following Wikimedia projects:
Wikipedia
(prefix "
Wp/
")
Wiktionary
(prefix "
Wt/
")
Wikiquote
(prefix "
Wq/
")
Wikibooks
(prefix "
Wb/
")
Wikinews
(prefix "
Wn/
")
Wikivoyage
(prefix "
Wy/
")
Incubator does not host a test project that is not in the list above (i.e., the proposals on
meta:Proposals for new projects
).
The following Wikimedia projects have to be made somewhere else:
Wikiversity
, go to
Beta Wikiversity
(does not use prefixes)
Wikisource
, go to
Old Wikisource
(does not use prefixes)
Starting a new test language
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See
Help:Manual
for more information.
You can start a test language of the projects mentioned above, regardless of whether you have a request at Meta
, though it is recommended to ask first for confirmation through the page
Incubator:Requests for starting a test
. It is not required to have a proposal at Meta, but without one, your test will not be able to get its own wiki.
Create a test project only if you actually know the language or if you are doing this on behalf of a specific person who does.
You have to do the following:
After confirmation at
Incubator:Requests for starting a test
, you will probably have a page
Project/code
with an information template on it. Otherwise, create it using
{{
test wiki
}}
Create a main page, with an article name consisting of just the prefix:
Project/code/Main_Page
Project/code/Main_Page
means:
Project: see
#What Wikimedia Incubator hosts
Code: a valid
ISO 639
code. An
ISO 639-1
code, if it doesn't exist, an
ISO 639-3
code.
Main Page: the word "Main Page" in your language. To make linking easier, it is recommended to be the same as the MediaWiki message "
mainpage
" (translatable at
Translatewiki.net
).
List the test on
Template:Tests
Projects must match main
m:WM:LPP
requirements: the project must not already exist, and it must be in a unique language that has a valid language code.
Closure or deletion
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Common reasons for test deletion
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If a test does not have a valid
ISO 639
language code, it should be deleted.
There are no pages at all, other than the main page.
The pages are not actually written in the claimed language. This includes pages that purport to be in that language, but are written by people who don't know the language well.
You may only propose a deletion of a test language that does not have a proposal on Meta or is rejected by the
Langcom
If it is rejected, the test can be kept for future proposals when the requirements are fulfilled (if this is possible), or else it should be proposed for deletion.
If a project is given final approval, the test's pages will be imported to the new subdomain wiki. All pages should be deleted, except the info page, where a notice will be added (see
Incubator:Policy/Test wiki info page
for further information).
Test deletion procedure
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Propose it on
Incubator:Requests for deletions
Further instructions are given there
If needed, an XML file must be exported (needed means: if the test is not vandalism or nonsense—in general, use common sense)
If requested, it can be exported to
Incubator Plus
While on Incubator
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Nomenclature
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All article pages in a test have a prefix of the form "project/langcode/", for example "wp/en/" for English Wikipedia.
Images cannot be uploaded to Incubator; they must be uploaded to
Wikimedia Commons
. (Note that this means that uploading is
disabled
.)
Templates and categories must be prefixed as the articles.
All test languages will be marked with a template as explained on
Incubator:Policy/Test wiki info page
Don't write in languages that you don't actually know. This includes both Incubator content pages and translatable pages, such as help pages, policy pages, templates, etc. Don't use machine translation, automatic transliteration, copying words from dictionaries or textbooks, copying sentences from other articles and changing some words, etc.
Even if you have good intentions to help language development and preservation, contributing in languages that you don't know is more harmful than helpful. Make edits to pages in languages that you don't actually know only if you are working directly with people who do know the language, but cannot make such edits themselves for technical reasons. If you don't know such people, find them first.
Test Admins
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While the content is being developed on the Incubator, you may apply for test adminship. This gives you a few admin rights (to delete and to block users) on your test.
See
Incubator:Administrators#Test-administrators
for the policy of this.
Marking test languages
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There are different templates that are used on the info pages in order to mark the status of the test wikis. You can find all the information at
Incubator:Policy/Test wiki info page
Administrators
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You can find the policy about administrators, bureaucrats, etc. on
Incubator:Administrators
User behaviour
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If there is sufficient reason to (e.g., vandalism), a user technically able to block may block a user for any timespan appropriate for the action.
Users are not allowed to use multiple accounts, unless it is a bot or otherwise explicitly stated to be used for a specific purpose.
Usage of namespaces
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Main (+ talk)
only for test wikis, all pages must be prefixed
Template
all templates must be prefixed, except a few templates that are used for general Incubator purposes (like
Template:Policy
Module
all modules must be prefixed, except a few modules that are used for general Incubator purposes (like
Module:Test wikis
Category
all categories must be prefixed, except a few categories that are used for general Incubator purposes (like
Category:Maintenance:(all)
Incubator/Help
only for general Incubator purposes (like this page)
To create a project or help page for your test, put the namespace
after
the prefix. The page will then technically be in
main
here, but will be put in the correct location when your project is approved and created.
File
no local files, only via Wikimedia Commons
Translations
used by the
Translate extension
to store translations.
See also
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Requests for new languages
Language proposal policy
References
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See
Meta policy
Link to community discussion and consensus
Link to community discussion and consensus
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