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The name Wikipedia can be spelled differently if the rules of your language require

it, but it should generally be based on the English name. For example, the name in
the Catalan is "Viquip�dia", because the standard Catalan alphabet doesn't include
the letters W and K. If your language is not written in the Latin alphabet, the
name should be written in that alphabet.
In the translation of the free encyclopedia, the word free means "not restricted."
This sometimes confuses people because English does not have different words for
free (as in price or cost - like the French word "gratuit") and free (as in freedom
or liberty - like the French word "libre"). If your language has different words
for the two kinds of "free", please use the one that refers to freedom or liberty.
For more information on this, see this essay on the English Wikipedia:
Wikipedia:The Free Encyclopedia.
The word "Encyclopedia" can be translated in any way that is correct in your
language. It can be a transliteration of the English word, or a completely new word
that has the same. Make sure that you understand the different between an
encyclopedia and dictionary; if you are not sure, please read the relevant
articles: Encyclopedia, Dictionary.
Prepare the Community pages
Each Wikimedia project has a place where users go to talk about things. In the
English Wikipedia, for example, this is the Village pump. The French Wikipedia has
Le Bistro. Please choose a name for the community page and then create the page.

You will need a page where writers and editors can write their name and location.
One idea is to use the page of en:Wikipedia:Wikipedians as a base and translate it
in your language.

Set up basic guidelines


There are a few rules that all Wikimedia projects must follow:

You cannot violate the terms of a copyright. Please make a page to warn users not
to copy things from other places without asking the author.
As of 2022, Wikipedia articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative
Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. (The GNU Free Documentation
License was used in the past and still applies for backwards compatibility in some
cases.) Very briefly, it means that everyone is free to read, copy, change, and
redistribute the content, but please read the full license to understand it. You
should also make a page in your language to explain it and publish it in the
Wikipedia.
Authors must write from a neutral point of view (NPOV). Please make a page to
explain this.
Please make a page to explain what Wikipedia is not.
Other than these all-projects rules, each Wikipedia has created its own rules.

Some rules you might want to have right away include:

Orthographic practices - if there is more than one way to spell or write your
language, you will need rules about it.
Stylistic conventions - if your language does not have a standardized universal
form (the way everybody writes it to understand each other), you will need to have
one or have a rule to tell people which forms or dialects of your language to use.
Also, you will need more complex stylistic conventions. For examples in many
languages, see the page Language guides.
Naming conventions
Add a style guide and resources for writers
You want to have a high-quality encyclopedia. Please write a few suggestions for
writers. Are there any websites in your language about how to write? Maybe you want
to add a dictionary or a grammar guide here. Put in everything that could be useful
for writers.

Write a few good content articles as an example for others


You might want to write a few articles for your Wikipedia to get it started, and to
give an example to other possible writers. You can translate an article from a
different Wikipedia, or you can write an original article.

Have cooperation between the Wikipedia in your language and other Wikipedias
We think that you should join some mailing lists so that you will know what is
happening. The mailing lists are also good resources you can use to learn from the
things that are happening on other Wikipedias.

Please make a local Wikimedia Embassy for multilingual cooperation. (make yourself
a page so that we can talk to you more easily, and write a name for a contact)

If you want to have a central place where you can find out what is going on in the
whole Wikipedia community, go to goings-on.

Permissions
You might need someone with administrator (sysop) status very soon. Add your
request on Requests for permissions.

Promote your Wikipedia


Find appropriate newsgroups, forums, discussion lists, and so on, where people are
interested that the Wikipedia has started in their language. Offer to write an
article for a local newspaper about your work on the project, and its cultural
value to society. Lecture at conferences where the topic would be appropriate.
Create a small brochure or poster about Wikipedia in your language. Add a link to
Wikipedia in your email signature.

Now your language is ready for the public! Try to convince your friends to join the
project, and explain how the Wikipedia works. Thank you for working hard!

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