On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 23:26, Robin Pepermans <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > As of yesterday, when you go to a missing wiki (the redlinks on > Special:SiteMatrix) you will no longer see a static "this wiki does > not exist" error, but it will redirect to the Wikimedia Incubator, > where there is either a development wiki or an info page inviting you > to start one. > Exceptions are Wikiversity and Wikisource, because they are hosted on > different wikis. > > For existing development wikis, going to for example > <http://or.wikiquote.org> directs you to the main page > <http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wq/or/ପ୍ରଧାନ_ପୃଷ୍ଠା>. You can > also link directly to a page: > <http://or.wikiquote.org/wiki/ରଜ_ଦୋଳି_ଗୀତ> to > <http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wq/or/ରଜ_ଦୋଳି_ଗୀତ>. This also > enables interwiki links to these Incubator pages. (Interwiki bot > maintains: you are welcome to make use of that!) > > For missing wikis, going to for example <http://arz.wikinews.org> > directs you to an info page > <http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wn/arz> which is an improved > version of the "this wiki does not exist" page: it is adapted to the > respective language, and the messages are localisable through > <https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:Translate/ext-wikimediaincubatorinfopage>. > (Translators: you are welcome to translate that!) > > It only works for languages listed on SiteMatrix, so in general it > doesn't work for Wikipedias on Incubator.
This is great news! In the sense of software implementation, we are just a step behind the implementation of the initial spirit of Wikipedia: If you know this language, you can start free encyclopedia now! (Though, there are some organizational issues to be resolved.) Thanks to Robin and WMF admins! _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
