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This help page contains a list of guides and single-topic help files for the MediaWiki software compiled at the main page of meta.wikimedia.org . It is progressively being moved to the www.mediawiki.org website. Wikimedia's Meta-Wiki was formerly where such documents were managed and also where proposals were discussed before MediaWiki was created. There is still content that has yet to be moved or modified.

This help page is only for the MediaWiki wiki software. Many MediaWiki-powered wikis still have a help link that points to this page. If you came here from a wiki based on other software or you are looking for help not related to MediaWiki software, we will not be able to help you.

MediaWiki is a free software wiki engine licensed under the GNU General Public License. It is used by many websites, including this one.

Handbook parts

The help pages are sorted by user type, for readers and editors. Help pages for moderators, system administrators and developers are now available in the respective specific section.

For readers

Reading

Go button
Searching
Words ignored when searching
Namespaces
Page names
Sections
What links here
Redirects
Categories
Image pages
Special pages
Printable version

Tracking changes

Recent changes (enhanced)
Related changes
Watching pages
Page history
Diff page
Edit summary
User contributions
Minor edit
Patrolled edit

Accounts

Logging in
Preferences
User style
Two-factor authentication

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For editors

Editing

Start new pages
Advanced editing
Editing FAQ
Edit toolbar
Renaming (moving) a page
Export
Import
Shortcuts
Edit conflict
Page size

Referencing

Links
URLs
Piped links
Interwiki linking
Footnotes (references, citations)

Formatting

Wikitext examples
Cascading style sheets (CSS)
Reference card
HTML in wikitext
Lists
Tables
Formula
Sorting
Colors
Images and file uploads

Fixing mistakes

Show preview
Testing
Reverting edits

Advanced functioning

Expansion
Templates
Advanced templates
Variables
Parser functions
Parameter defaults
System messages
Substitution
Arrays
Calculation
Transclusion

Other

Characters
Talk page
Signatures
Sandbox
Legal issues for editors (copyright)

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For moderators

This part of the handbook is now available in the Administrator section of the MediaWiki.org website.

For system administrators

This part of the handbook is now available in the Sysadmin section of the MediaWiki.org website.

For developers

This part of the handbook is now available in the Developer section of the MediaWiki.org website.

Appendix

Handbook

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+This help page contains a list of guides and single-topic help files for the [[<tvar name="mw-soft">mw:</tvar>|MediaWiki software]] compiled at the main page of <tvar name="mainpage">{{ll|Main Page|meta.wikimedia.org}}</tvar>. It is progressively being moved to the <tvar name="mw-site">[[mw:|www.mediawiki.org]]</tvar> website. Wikimedia's Meta-Wiki was formerly where such documents were managed and also where proposals were discussed ''before'' [[<tvar name="1">mw:Special:MyLanguage/Communication</tvar>|MediaWiki]] was created. There is still content that has yet to be moved or modified.
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-This is a list of guides and single-topic help files for the [http://www.mediawiki.org MediaWiki software]. It is compiled at [http://meta.wikimedia.org meta.wikimedia.org]. You may wish to [[m:MediaWiki_help_policy|contribute to this project]] and [[help:import help|import this help]] into your site. This page is sorted by user type. This help does not cover site-specific [[conventions]], it is for the software only. Enjoy!
+This help page is ''only'' for the MediaWiki wiki software. Many MediaWiki-powered wikis still have a help link that points to this page. If you came here from a wiki based on other software or you are looking for help not related to MediaWiki software, we will not be able to help you.
+<!--T:4-->
-== Introduction ==
+<tvar name="mw">[[mw:|MediaWiki]]</tvar> is a free software wiki engine licensed under the [<tvar name="gnu-gpl">http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html</tvar> GNU General Public License]. It is used by [[<tvar name="mw-sites">mw:Sites using MediaWiki</tvar>|many websites]], including this one.
-[[Help:Introduction|Detailed Introduction]] | [[Help:Help|Help overview]]
+== Handbook parts == <!--T:5-->
-== MediaWiki, Wikimedia, and Wikipedia ==
-; ''MediaWiki'' : MediaWiki is the software program that runs Wikipedia [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia] and other Wikimedia projects [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia], as well as other websites.
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-; ''Wikimedia'' : Wikimedia is the over-arching nonprofit foundation that coordinates all contributions to the growing GNU FDL text base assembled by the donors using the Wikipedia, Wiktionary and other projects managed by the foundation [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia].
+The help pages are sorted by user type, '''for readers and editors'''. Help pages for moderators, system administrators and developers are now available in the respective specific section.
+=== For readers === <!--T:7-->
-; ''Wikipedia'' : Wikipedia is the encyclopedia project that initiated the development of the MediaWikiSoftware. For a project's description and its history see here [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_basic_information] and here [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Wikipedia]. There are several more or less official Sister projects like Wiktionary [http://wiktionary.org/], Wikibooks, [http://wikibooks.org/], Wikinews [http://wikinews.org], and Wikiquote, [http://wikiquote.org/], as well as "unofficial" derivates, all of them using the MediaWiki software.
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+=== For editors === <!--T:9-->
+</translate>
+{{Editor toc}}
+<translate>
+=== For moderators === <!--T:11-->
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-; ''Wikimedia Meta-Wiki'' : Wikimedia Meta-Wiki (formerly Meta-Wikimedia or MetaWikiPedia) is a wiki meant to work alongside the main Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. Meta can be used for several Wikimedia-related purposes [http://meta.wikipedia.org/].
+This part of the handbook is now available in the '''[[<tvar name="mw-man-admin">mw:Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Administrators</tvar>|Administrator section]]''' of the <tvar name="mw-site">[[mw:|MediaWiki.org]]</tvar> website.
+=== For system administrators === <!--T:13-->
+<!--T:14-->
+This part of the handbook is now available in the '''[[<tvar name="mw-sysadmin-hub">mw:Special:MyLanguage/Sysadmin hub</tvar>|Sysadmin section]]''' of the <tvar name="mw-site">[[mw:|MediaWiki.org]]</tvar> website.
+=== For developers === <!--T:15-->
-[http://www.mediawiki.org MediaWiki] is a free software wiki engine licensed under the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU General Public License]. It is used by [[mw:Sites using MediaWiki|many websites]], including this one.
+<!--T:16-->
-== For Installers ==
+This part of the handbook is now available in the '''[[<tvar name="mw-dev-hub">mw:Special:MyLanguage/Developer hub</tvar>|Developer section]]''' of the <tvar name="mw-site">[[mw:|MediaWiki.org]]</tvar> website.
-See [[mw:Category:Installation|Category Installation]] on MediaWiki.
-== For readers ==
+== Appendix == <!--T:17-->
-{{Reader_toc}}
-== For editors ==
-{{editor toc}}
-== For moderators ==
-{{moderator toc}}
-== For administrators ==
-{{system admin toc}}
-== Appendix ==
-#[[Help:ISBN links|ISBN links]]
-#[[Help:Common words, searching for which is not possible|Common stop words]]
-#[[Help:Keyboard shortcuts|Keyboard shortcuts]]
-#[[mw:Manual:Moving a wiki|How to move a wiki to another server]]
-Miscellany
-#[[mw:Sites using MediaWiki|Sites using MediaWiki]]
-#[[mw:Browser issues with MediaWiki|Browser issues with MediaWiki]]
-#[[Page metadata]]
-Contact
-# irc.freenode.net #mediawiki #wikipedia
-# [[w:Wikipedia-L#Technical_issues_mailing_list|Mailing lists]]
+<!--T:24-->
-==See also==
+* [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Help:ISBN links</tvar>|Help:ISBN links]]
-* [[w:Wikipedia:Glossary]]
+* [[<tvar name="2">Special:MyLanguage/Help:Keyboard shortcuts</tvar>|Help:Keyboard shortcuts]]
-* Check the privacy policy, if any, of the site you use; for Wikimedia: [[Privacy policy]]
+* [[<tvar name="3">Special:MyLanguage/Page metadata</tvar>|Page metadata]]
-* [[wikicities:Category:Help]]
+* [[<tvar name="4">mw:Special:MyLanguage/Communication</tvar>|Support and contact (on MediaWiki wiki)]]
-* [[mw:Category:Help]]
-*{{mlmw|Special:Linksearch/meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:||Links from the MediaWiki wiki to the Help namespace here on Meta}} - not complete, requires external link style
-*{{mlw|Special:Linksearch/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:||Links from the English Wikipedia to the Help namespace here on Meta}} - not complete, requires external link style or a link produced by {{links-small|w|template|H:mlm}}
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-{{h:f|langs=|enname=Contents}}<!--When translating leave this line intact-->
+; Handbook
+<!--T:22-->
+* [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Help:Handbook guidelines</tvar>|Guidelines]]
+* [[<tvar name="2">Special:MyLanguage/Help:MediaWiki help policy</tvar>|Policy]]
+* [[<tvar name="3">Special:MyLanguage/Help:Help page footer templates</tvar>|Page footers]]
+== See also == <!--T:20-->
+<!--T:21-->
+* Check the privacy policy, if any, of the site you use; for Wikimedia, see {{ll|Privacy policy}}
+* [[<tvar name="wp-glossary">w:Wikipedia:Glossary</tvar>|Glossary of Wikipedia]]
+* [[<tvar name="wikicities-cat-help">wikia:community:Category:Help</tvar>|Category:Help (on Fandom)]]
+* [[<tvar name="mw-cat-help">mw:Category:Help</tvar>|Category:Help (on MediaWiki wiki)]]
+* {{mlmw|Special:Linksearch/meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:||Links from the MediaWiki wiki to the Help namespace here on Meta}} – not complete, requires external link style
+* {{mlw|Special:Linksearch/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:||Links from the English Wikipedia to the Help namespace here on Meta}} – not complete, requires external link style
+</translate>
+[[Category:MediaWiki handbook{{#translation:}}|Contents]]