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ヰキメディアインキュベーターんかいめんそーれー！

This is the Wikimedia Incubator, where potential Wikimedia project wikis in new-language versions of Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Wikinews, Wikiquote, Wiktionary and Wikivoyage can be arranged, written, tested and proven worthy of being hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation.

Although test wikis in the Wikimedia Incubator do not get their own wiki domains, they can be read and edited just like any other Wikimedia project wiki.

New language versions of Wikiversity should go to Beta Wikiversity, and those of Wikisource to Multilingual Wikisource.

You cannot start an entirely new project here. You may only start a new-language version of an existing project. If you want to start a new project, go to meta:proposals for new projects, or see Wikispore if you want to create a test.

Incubating wikis

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Here are some active wikis:

These have been approved and/or created:

Mandailing Wiktionary
Ghanian Pidgin English Wikipedia

These are active and might get their own site soon:

Wikipedia

Wiktionary

Wikibooks

Nias Wikibooks
Sylheti Wikibooks

Wikiquote

Banjar Wikiquote

Wikivoyage

Serbo-Croatian Wikivoyage
Indonesian Wikivoyage

These will likely stay here:

Ancient Greek Wikipedia

For a full list of wikis on Wikimedia Incubator, see Incubator:Wikis.

How to start a new test wiki

If you are here to start a new language edition of a project, you can find all information on Help:Manual. Please be aware of the local policy.

Some important rules:

You need a valid language code (explained in the manual). If you don't, you can apply for one, or use the non-Wikimedia wiki Incubator Plus 2.0.
Starting a test wiki here doesn't mean it will later be automatically accepted by Wikimedia; you need it to be approved by the Language committee first. See Requests for new languages for more information.
Please respect the naming conventions for the test language, to help future migrations of pages to an actual wiki project. All of your test pages (including templates and categories) need to be named uniquely (by using a prefix) and consistently.

インキュベーターうぃーぬテストヰキんかいたしきーんがー

If you have knowledge of a language which currently has a test wiki here, you are strongly encouraged to contribute to that test wiki.

Please give all pages you create a correct prefix. More information about prefixes.

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いまめーぬ出来事

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(2023-02-28)

2023

20 April 2023: The Gun Wikinews, Tyap Wiktionary, Fante Wikipedia, and Kabardian Wiktionary have been created.
29 March 2023: The Central Kurdish Wiktionary has been created.
23 March 2023: The gadget that adds links in the sidebar for setting your interface language and test wiki has now been made to work for mobile users.
22 March 2023: Angika Wikipedia has been created.
27 February 2023: Wayuu Wikipedia and Farefare Wikipedia have been created.
4 January 2023: Shan Wikibooks, Assamese Wikiquote, Gungbe Wikiquote, and Gorontalo Wiktionary have been created.

2022

10 October 2022: Bengali Wikiquote, Tagalog Wikiquote, Central Bikol Wikiquote, Igbo Wikiquote, and Igbo Wiktionary have been created.
25 September 2022: A new gadget for adding interwiki links has been enabled by default for everyone.
17 August 2022: Nigerian Pidgin Wikipedia, Gun Wiktionary, and Banjar Wiktionary have been created.
19 July 2022: Pa'O Wikipedia has been created.
16 May 2022: Tyap Wikipedia has been created.
6 May 2022: A new version of the AddPrefix gadget has been enabled by default for everyone.
23 March 2022: Gungbe Wikipedia and Shan Wikivoyage have been created.

2021

28 October 2021: Lombard Wiktionary, Amis Wikipedia, and Paiwan Wikipedia have been created.
4 August 2021: (from Multilingual Wikisource): Javanese Wikisource have been created.
10 July 2021: (from Multilingual Wikisource): Balinese Wikisource have been created.
30 June 2021: Dagbani Wikipedia and Tachelhit Wikipedia have been created.
16 March 2021: Mon Wiktionary, Seediq/Taroko Wikipedia and Tayal Wikipedia have been created.
22 February 2021: Meitei Wikipedia, Meitei Wiktionary and Southern Altai Wikipedia have been created.
19 January 2021: Turkish Wikivoyage has been created.
11 January 2021: Nias Wikipedia, Nias Wiktionary, Central Bikol Wiktionary and Zazaki Wiktionary have been created.

2020

15 December 2020: Madurese Wikipedia, Saraiki Wikipedia and Wiktionary, Esperanto Wikivoyage (and from outside of Incubator: Walloon Wikisource) have been created.
19 October 2020: Inari Sami Wikipedia has been created.
6 September 2020: Japanese Wikivoyage has been created.
17 August 2020: Ladin Wikipedia has been created.
29 July 2020: Kotava Wikipedia has been created.
21 July 2020: (from Multilingual Wikisource): Ligurian Wikisource has been created.
20 July 2020: Moroccan Arabic Wikipedia has been created.
22 June 2020: Shan Wiktionary has been created.
20 May 2020: Goan Konkani Wiktionary has been created.
20 May 2020: Awadhi Wikipedia has been created.

2019

22 November 2019: Tacawit Wiktionary has been created.
22 November 2019: Guianan Creole Wikipedia has been created.
21 November 2019: Sakizaya Wikipedia has been created.
21 November 2019: Minangkabau Wiktionary has been created.
4 November 2019: Mon Wikipedia has been created.
14 October 2019: Balinese Wikipedia has been created.
8 October 2019: (from Multilingual Wikisource): Hindi Wikisource has been created.
26 September 2019: N’Ko Wikipedia has been created.
14 August 2019: (from Multilingual Wikisource): Neapolitan Wikisource has been created.
4 April 2019: Western Armenian Wikipedia has been created.

2018

14 November 2018: Cantonese Wiktionary has been created.
14 November 2018: Limburgish Wikinews has been created.
14 November 2018: Shan Wikipedia has been created.
13 November 2018: Wikidata arbitrary access is enabled on Incubator.
8 August 2018: The AddPrefix gadget is now turned on by default.
2 August 2018: Santali Wikipedia has been created.
2 August 2018: (from Beta Wikiversity): Chinese Wikiversity has been created.
8 June 2018: Pashto Wikivoyage has been created.
8 June 2018: Sakha Wikiquote has been created.
8 June 2018: Bengali Wikivoyage has been created.
8 June 2018: (from Multilingual Wikisource): Piedmontese Wikisource has been created.
18 April 2018: Gorontalo Wikipedia has been created.
18 April 2018: Ingush Wikipedia has been created.
18 April 2018: Lingua Franca Nova Wikipedia has been created.
18 April 2018: (from Multilingual Wikisource): Basque Wikisource has been created.

2017

6 November 2017: Fiji Hindi Wiktionary has been created.
27 September 2017: Hindi Wikivoyage has been created.
22 August 2017: Bashkir Wikibooks has been reopened.
13 August 2017: (from Beta Wikiversity): Hindi Wikiversity has been created.
13 July 2017: Dinka Wikipedia has been created.
5 July 2017: Dutch Wikinews has been reopened.
23 June 2017: Kabiye Wikipedia has been created.
14 June 2017: Atikamekw Wikipedia has been created.
17 May 2017: Amire80 has filed a ticket on Phabricator regarding ease-of-use on Incubator and project creation.
24 April 2017: Dotyali Wikipedia has been created.
14 April 2017: (from Multilingual Wikisource): Punjabi Wikisource has been created.

2016

30 November 2016: Finnish Wikivoyage has been created.
7 October 2016: Wikipedia Livvi-Karelian has been created.
4 August 2016: Wikipedia Tulu has been created.
2 May 2016: Wikipedia Jamaican Creole English has been created.
11 February 2016: Wikipedia Adyghe has been created.

2015

22 July 2015: South Azerbaijani Wikipedia has been created.
16 June 2015: Goan Konkani and Northern Luri Wikipedia have been created.

2014

6 November 2014: Maithili Wikipedia has been created.
2 October 2014: Persian Wikivoyage has been created.
14 January 2014: Chinese Wikivoyage has been created.

2013

11 August 2013: Tuvan Wikipedia and Vietnamese Wikivoyage have been created.
16 May 2013: Venetian Wiktionary and Greek Wikivoyage have been created.
27 March 2013: Hebrew Wikivoyage and Ukrainian Wikivoyage have been created.
11 February 2013: Project specific logos can now be enabled through a gadget, in addition to the test-wiki-specific setting.
6 February 2013: Minangkabau Wikipedia, Sanskrit Wikiquote, Romanian Wikivoyage, Polish Wikivoyage (and from outside of Incubator: Korean Wikiversity) have been created.
3 January 2013: Spanish Wikivoyage, Portuguese Wikivoyage (and from outside of Incubator: Assamese Wikisource) have been created.

2012

1 September 2012: Creation of a Wikimedia mailing list dedicated to languages-related topics: languages@lists.wikimedia.org.
25 July 2012: A series of new features has been added to the Wikimedia Incubator to make it more user-friendly, such as Special:IncubatorFirstSteps for newcomers. See the news page for others.
7 May 2012: A proposal to disable uploading on smaller wikis. Does not affect Incubator, as local uploads are already disabled, but interesting for new wikis.
27 March 2012: Lezgi Wikipedia (and from outside of Incubator: Gujarati Wikisource, Belarussian Wikisource, Slovenian Wikiversity) have been created.
24 February 2012: MediaWiki 1.19 deployment
21 February 2012: International Mother Language Day: IRC office hour about language support
6 February 2012: The Translate extension has been enabled on the Incubator. Translators can now translate in an easier interface at Special:Translate.
1 February 2012: Veps Wikipedia, Punjabi Wiktionary (and from outside of Incubator: Marathi Wikisource) have been created.

2011

28 December 2011: Our look back at the year is published.
23 December 2011: MoodBar feedback is working now.
12 December 2011: WebFonts font embedding enabled (see Help:Fonts); improved search; possibility to view users by testwiki
15 November 2011: Narayam input methods were enabled (see Help:Typing)
9 November 2011: Northern Sotho Wikipedia (Wp/nso) has been created
8 October 2011: There has been Wikipedia meetup in Aachen (Germany), in which some Incubator admins participated.
28 September 2011: Oriya Wiktionary (Wt/or) re-opened
27 September 2011: MediaWiki 1.18 deployment
21 September 2011: You can now use an automatic babel infobox instead of a template.
25 August 2011: We now have user preference statistics.
24 August 2011: The extension has been updated. Now all non-existing info pages display default welcome pages.
9 August 2011: All files are now moved to Commons. Only our logo is left.
12 July 2011: The Mingrelian Wikipedia (and from outside of Incubator: Arabic Wikiversity) have been created.
25 June 2011: The Closing projects policy is adopted.
6 June 2011: The Incubator extension has been enabled. There is now a test wiki preference and recent changes per test wiki.
2 June 2011: Wikimedia Incubator exists for five years now!
13-15 May 2011: The Language Committee (and developers) have met in Berlin
9 April 2011: wn/el has been created
April 2011: See meta:User:SPQRobin/Closing projects for a policy proposal for Proposals for closing projects
18 March 2011: Latgalien Wikipedia, Kabardian Wikipedia and wn/sq (and from outside of Incubator: ws/sa, ws/sah and ws/eo) have been created
23 January 2011: Rusyn Wikipedia has been created
15 January 2011: Wikipedia celebrates its 10th anniversary

2010

13 November 2010: Gagauz Wikipedia, wb/li, wn/eo and Palatine German Wikipedia (and from outside of Incubator: ws/br and ws/vec) have been created
17 October 2010: wn/fa, Komi-Permyak Wikipedia, Banjar Wikipedia and Western Mari Wikipedia have been created
19 August 2010: Northern Frisian Wikipedia and wn/ko have been created
2 June 2010: Incubator exists for 4 years
19 March 2010: Karachay-Balkar Wikipedia has been created

2009

24 December 2009: Picard Wikipedia (wp/pcd) has been created
25 September 2009: The LocalisationUpdate extension has been enabled
12 August 2009: Several wikis have been created (Central Kurdish Wikipedia, Western Punjabi Wikipedia, Mirandese Wikipedia, Achinese Wikipedia, wn/tr)
9 July 2009: The Mari Wikipedia (wp/mhr) has been created at http://mhr.wikipedia.org/ – contribute now!
2 June 2009: Wikimedia Incubator exists for three years now!
3 April 2009: The gadget AddPrefix is available on Special:Preferences that automatically adds a prefix on page creation
March/April 2009: A tool is being created at http://toolserver.org/~robin/?tool=proposewiki that should make it easier to start a new test
5 March 2009: The Pontic Wikipedia (wp/pnt) has been created at http://pnt.wikipedia.org/ – contribute now!

2008

24 November 2008: The Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia (wp/arz) has been created at http://arz.wikipedia.org/ – contribute now!
03 November 2008: We now have a mailing list – subscribe then you'll receive important news and discussions.
11 September 2008: The translator group has been created
11 September 2008: The maximum number of subpages allowed to move at one time, has been extended from 100 to 500
23 August 2008: The idea for a translator group has come up
9 August 2008: An interesting feature request on Meta has been proposed: m:Flood flag to allow admins to temporarily hide their actions on recent changes
July 2008: Contribute to discussion about the new community draft of the language policy. The policy deals with opening wikis for our current projects in new languages.
10 July 2008: The sidebar has been changed so the search box is at the top of the sidebar.
June 2008: We are migrating Main Pages from "Wx/xx" to "Wx/xx/Main Page". Please move the Main Page of your test project!
2 June 2008: Incubator celebrates its second anniversary since its creation on 2 June 2006!
1 June 2008: The Main Page has been redesigned and can be translated.
27 May 2008: BetaWikiversity has been proposed to be closed.
26 May 2008: 15 new wikis have been created.

Contact/Help:

Community Portal, for all questions
IRC channel #wikimedia-incubator (chat externally)

姉妹プロジェクト

The Wikimedia Foundation operates several other multilingual and free-content projects:

Wikipedia The free encyclopedia	ヰクショナリーいちゃんだぬ多機能辞書	ヰキソース古さる書物	ヰキクォート引用句集
ヰキブックスいちゃんだ教科書	ヰキニュース自由ぬニュース	ヰキバーシティ自由ぬ墨助き	Wikivoyage The free online travel guide
ヰキスピーシーズ生物種ぬディレクトリ	Wikidata The free knowledge base	ヰキメディヤ・コモンズファイルぬ集積	メタ・ヰキペディヤ全むるプロジェクトんかい合あーすん