Create Wikipedia Ghanaian Pidgin
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	May 4 2023, 2:42 PM

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The language committee has approved the creation of Wikipedia Ghanaian Pidgin.

Request page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Ghanaian_Pidgin
Language code: gpe
Site URL: gpe.wikipedia.org
Directionality: LTR
Project name: Wikipedia
Project name (English): Ghanaian Pidgin Wikipedia
Project namespace: Wikipedia
Project talk namespace: Wikipedia_talk
Visibility: Public
Project logo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-gpe.svg
Timezone: Africa/Accra

Shard: s5
Local file uploads: enabled

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Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
Initial configuration for gpewiki	operations/mediawiki-config	master	+20 -0
Add messages for Ghanaian Pidgin Wikipedia (gpewiki)	mediawiki/extensions/WikimediaMessages	master	+4 -0
add project language 'gpe', Ghanaian Pidgin	operations/dns	master	+1 -0

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Status	Assigned	Task
Resolved	None	T335987 Post-creation work for gpewiki
Resolved	Zabe	T335969 Create Wikipedia Ghanaian Pidgin
Resolved	jhsoby	T335970 Add namespace translations in Ghanaian Pidgin
Resolved	None	T338678 Prepare and check storage layer for gpewiki

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jhsoby created this task.May 4 2023, 2:42 PM

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Change 915696 had a related patch set uploaded (by Dzahn; author: Dzahn):

[operations/dns@master] add project language 'gpe', Ghanaian Pidgin

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/915696

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.May 4 2023, 3:16 PM

Change 915696 merged by Dzahn:

[operations/dns@master] add project language 'gpe', Ghanaian Pidgin

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/915696

added to DNS: gpe.wikipedia.org is an alias for dyna.wikimedia.org.

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.May 4 2023, 3:29 PM

Change 914824 had a related patch set uploaded (by Gerrit maintenance bot; author: Gerrit maintenance bot):

[mediawiki/extensions/WikimediaMessages@master] Add messages for Ghanaian Pidgin Wikipedia (gpewiki)

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/914824

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.May 4 2023, 5:16 PM

Maintenance_bot added a parent task: T335987: Post-creation work for gpewiki.May 4 2023, 5:16 PM

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Dzahn mentioned this in T335991: Add gpewiki to wikistats.May 4 2023, 5:42 PM

jhsoby updated the task description. (Show Details)May 4 2023, 5:50 PM

Change 914824 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/WikimediaMessages@master] Add messages for Ghanaian Pidgin Wikipedia (gpewiki)

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/914824

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.May 4 2023, 7:30 PM

jhsoby updated the task description. (Show Details)May 4 2023, 10:07 PM

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ReleaseTaggerBot added a project: MW-1.41-notes (1.41.0-wmf.10; 2023-05-23).May 16 2023, 10:01 AM

Maintenance_bot updated the task description. (Show Details)Jun 9 2023, 4:10 PM

Dzahn unsubscribed.Jun 9 2023, 4:52 PM

jhsoby closed subtask T335970: Add namespace translations in Ghanaian Pidgin as Resolved.Jun 10 2023, 7:09 AM

Did this get stuck somewhere?

Dzahn subscribed.Jun 21 2023, 7:29 PM

In T335969#8953791, @Amire80 wrote:

Did this get stuck somewhere?

Someone actually doing it, I can try to automate this a bit more next week and then try it with this.

One idea to make creating new wikis faster and easier to just create them with the placeholder settings. No timezone set, no Wiki name is set, no namespace name is set. Only dblists and wikiversions, Anything else can be set afterwards.

Good idea, then there can just be subsequent config deploys until it's done. Doesn't all have to happen on one date. +1

Would also help if WMF had a team that specifically owns the process of creating new wikis. Shouldn't always be the same people who more or less have to volunteer for this. This should count as essential work.

Dzahn mentioned this in T335216: Create Wiktionary Mandailing.Jun 28 2023, 3:41 PM

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Meno25 subscribed.Jul 1 2023, 1:16 AM

I was referred here from T335216. Is this technical blockage or personnel blockage? What does gpewiki has to do with btmwikt?

Bennylin unsubscribed.Jul 3 2023, 4:28 AM

In T335969#8984404, @Bennylin wrote:

I was referred here from T335216. Is this technical blockage or personnel blockage? What does gpewiki has to do with btmwikt?

More specifically, Dzahn pointed you to "T335969#8957974 ff", meaning the comment posted here by Ladsgroup on Jun 23 and the comment(s) immediately following that one.

In T335969#8987165, @Dcljr wrote:

In T335969#8984404, @Bennylin wrote:

I was referred here from T335216. Is this technical blockage or personnel blockage? What does gpewiki has to do with btmwikt?

More specifically, Dzahn pointed you to "T335969#8957974 ff", meaning the comment posted here by Ladsgroup on Jun 23 and the comment(s) immediately following that one.

yes. What does that comment mean in layman term?

Someone actually doing it, I can try to automate this a bit more next week and then try it with this.

what happened between June 10 and June 22? where did it get stuck?

the checklist looked fine. There's nothing wrong in T338678 and T335987 either.

Bennylin unsubscribed.Jul 4 2023, 3:02 PM

Change 935524 had a related patch set uploaded (by Zabe; author: Zabe):

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Initial configuration for gpewiki

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/935524

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Jul 4 2023, 11:16 PM

Change 935524 merged by jenkins-bot:

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Initial configuration for gpewiki

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/935524

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Jul 4 2023, 11:30 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2023-07-04T23:50:21Z] <zabe> create Wikipedia Ghanaian Pidgin # T335969

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2023-07-04T23:50:47Z] <zabe@deploy1002> Started scap: T335969

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2023-07-04T23:52:14Z] <zabe@deploy1002> zabe: T335969 synced to the testservers: mwdebug2002.codfw.wmnet, mwdebug1002.eqiad.wmnet, mwdebug1001.eqiad.wmnet, mwdebug2001.codfw.wmnet

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2023-07-04T23:58:27Z] <zabe@deploy1002> Finished scap: T335969 (duration: 07m 40s)

New wikis tend to be created in bunches (see our Site creation log) because there's a lot of work involved, and it doesn't always go completely smoothly. So the answer to your (first) question would appear to be that no one feels like taking on that level of work (and potential work) at the moment. (As mentioned above, there is no one person or group of people whose "job" it is to create new wikis.) This may change at any time.

In fact, it appears that as I was typing this up, both wikis were created. :-)

EDIT: Whoops… no, just this one (so far).

Zabe closed this task as Resolved.Jul 5 2023, 12:10 AM

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