⚓ T429189 Create Wikipedia RunyankorePage MenuHomePhabricatorSearchConfigure Global Search Log In Create Task Maniphest T429189 Create Wikipedia RunyankoreOpen, Stalled, LowPublic Actions Edit Task Edit Related Tasks... Create Subtask Edit Parent Tasks Edit Subtasks Merge Duplicates In Close As Duplicate Edit Related Objects... Edit Commits Edit Mocks Subscribe Mute Notifications Protect as security issue Assigned To None Authored By jhsoby Jun 15 2026, 2:10 PM2026-06-15 14:10:29 (UTC+0) Project Tags Wiki-Setup (Create) (Backlog) MW-1.47-notes (1.47.0-wmf.7; 2026-06-16) Patch-For-Review Referenced Files None Subscribers Aklapper jhsoby Ladsgroup Description The language committee has approved the creation of Wikipedia Runyankore. Request page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Runyankore Language code: nyn Site URL: nyn.wikipedia.org Directionality: LTR Project name: Wikipédia Project name (English): Runyankore Wikipedia Project namespace: TBD Project talk namespace: TBD Visibility: Public Project logo: TBD Timezone: Africa/Kampala Shard: s5 Local file uploads: disabled Thank you. Pre-install automatic checklist: DBA decided about the shard DNS Apache config (Not needed) Language configuration in language data repo Language configuration in mediawiki core Wikimedia messages configuration (optional) deployed Wikimedia messages (interwiki search result) configuration deployed The creation is blocked until these part are all done. Step by step commands: Locally (in mediawiki-config repo): composer manage-dblist prepare nynwiki nyn wikipedia Public On deployment host: scap backport #patch-id On maintenance host: mwscript extensions/WikimediaMaintenance/addWiki.php --wiki=nynwiki Locally (in mediawiki-config repo): composer manage-dblist activate nynwiki On deployment host: scap backport #patch-id scap update-interwiki-cache End of automatic output Details Related Changes in Gerrit: Subject Author Repo Branch Lines +/- Add MessagesNyn.php Jon Harald Søby mediawiki/core master +35 -0 langlist: add 'nyn' - Nyankole language Dzahn operations/dns master +1 -0 Add messages for Runyankore Wikipedia (nynwiki) Gerrit maintenance bot mediawiki/extensions/WikimediaMessages master +4 -0 Add nyn to langlist helper Gerrit maintenance bot operations/dns master +1 -0 Customize query in gerrit Related Objects Search... Task Graph Mentions Status Subtype Assigned Task Open None T429217 Post-creation work for nynwiki Stalled None T429189 Create Wikipedia Runyankore Open None T429216 Prepare and check storage layer for nynwiki Mentioned In T429217: Post-creation work for nynwiki T429219: Add support for nynwiki to Pywikibot Event Timeline jhsoby created this task.Jun 15 2026, 2:10 PM2026-06-15 14:10:29 (UTC+0) Restricted Application added a subscriber: Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptJun 15 2026, 2:10 PM2026-06-15 14:10:30 (UTC+0) gerritbot added a comment.Jun 15 2026, 3:02 PM2026-06-15 15:02:11 (UTC+0) Comment ActionsChange #1302180 had a related patch set uploaded (by Gerrit maintenance bot; author: Gerrit maintenance bot): [operations/dns@master] Add nyn to langlist helper https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1302180 gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Jun 15 2026, 3:02 PM2026-06-15 15:02:12 (UTC+0) Maintenance_bot created subtask T429216: Prepare and check storage layer for nynwiki.Jun 15 2026, 3:02 PM2026-06-15 15:02:13 (UTC+0) gerritbot added a comment.Jun 15 2026, 3:02 PM2026-06-15 15:02:19 (UTC+0) Comment ActionsChange #1302181 had a related patch set uploaded (by Gerrit maintenance bot; author: Gerrit maintenance bot): [mediawiki/extensions/WikimediaMessages@master] Add messages for Runyankore Wikipedia (nynwiki) https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1302181 Maintenance_bot added a parent task: T429217: Post-creation work for nynwiki.Jun 15 2026, 3:02 PM2026-06-15 15:02:25 (UTC+0) Maintenance_bot updated the task description. (Show Details) Xqt mentioned this in T429219: Add support for nynwiki to Pywikibot.Jun 15 2026, 3:19 PM2026-06-15 15:19:36 (UTC+0) gerritbot added a comment.Jun 15 2026, 3:35 PM2026-06-15 15:35:36 (UTC+0) Comment ActionsChange #1302196 had a related patch set uploaded (by Dzahn; author: Dzahn): [operations/dns@master] langlist: add 'nyn' - Nyankole language https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1302196 gerritbot added a comment.Jun 15 2026, 3:36 PM2026-06-15 15:36:51 (UTC+0) Comment ActionsChange #1302196 merged by Dzahn: [operations/dns@master] langlist: add 'nyn' - Nyankole language https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1302196 Dzahn updated the task description. (Show Details)Jun 15 2026, 3:42 PM2026-06-15 15:42:48 (UTC+0) gerritbot added a comment.Jun 15 2026, 3:51 PM2026-06-15 15:51:25 (UTC+0) Comment ActionsChange #1302180 abandoned by Dzahn: [operations/dns@master] Add nyn to langlist helper Reason: I got the message that this is automatically created but had already merged the other change. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1302180 gerritbot added a comment.Jun 15 2026, 4:38 PM2026-06-15 16:38:37 (UTC+0) Comment ActionsChange #1302181 merged by jenkins-bot: [mediawiki/extensions/WikimediaMessages@master] Add messages for Runyankore Wikipedia (nynwiki) https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1302181 ReleaseTaggerBot added a project: MW-1.47-notes (1.47.0-wmf.7; 2026-06-16).Jun 15 2026, 5:00 PM2026-06-15 17:00:25 (UTC+0) Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Jun 15 2026, 5:32 PM2026-06-15 17:32:01 (UTC+0) Maintenance_bot updated the task description. (Show Details)Jun 15 2026, 10:10 PM2026-06-15 22:10:17 (UTC+0) Ladsgroup changed the task status from Open to Stalled.Jun 18 2026, 1:05 AM2026-06-18 01:05:25 (UTC+0) Ladsgroup subscribed. Comment ActionsI was about to create it but the language file in core is missing. I wait until it's made and merged and deployed then (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wikimedia/mediawiki/master/languages/messages/MessagesDe.php similar for German) Dcljr mentioned this in T429217: Post-creation work for nynwiki.Jun 19 2026, 7:12 AM2026-06-19 07:12:35 (UTC+0) gerritbot added a comment.Jun 23 2026, 5:40 PM2026-06-23 17:40:04 (UTC+0) Comment ActionsChange #1305217 had a related patch set uploaded (by Jon Harald Søby; author: Jon Harald Søby): [mediawiki/core@master] Add MessagesNyn.php https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1305217 gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Jun 23 2026, 5:40 PM2026-06-23 17:40:05 (UTC+0) Log In to Comment Content licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 unless otherwise noted; code licensed under GNU General Public License (GPL) 2.0 or later and other open source licenses. 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