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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 is a list of guides and single-topic help files for the [[mw:|MediaWiki software]] compiled at [[Main Page|meta.wikimedia.org]]. It is progressively being moved to the [[mw:|www.mediawiki.org]] website. This help does not cover site-specific conventions, it is for the software only.


== Introduction ==
== Introduction ==
[[Help:Introduction|Detailed Introduction]] | [[Help:Help|Help overview]]
* [[Help:Introduction|Detailed Introduction]]
* [[Help:Help|Help overview]]


== MediaWiki, Wikimedia, and Wikipedia ==
== MediaWiki, Wikimedia, and Wikipedia ==
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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/].
; ''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/].


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[[mw:|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.


== Handbook parts ==
The help pages are sorted by user type.


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=== For readers ===
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[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.

== For Installers ==
See [[mw:Category:Installation|Category Installation]] on MediaWiki.

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== For readers ==
{{Reader_toc}}
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== For editors ==
=== For editors ===
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== For moderators ==
=== For moderators ===
This part of the handbook is now available in the '''[[mw:Manual:Administrators|Administrator section]]''' of the [[mw:|MediaWiki.org]] website.
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== For administrators ==
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=== For system administrators ===
This part of the handbook is now available in the '''[[mw:Sysadmin hub|Sysadmin section]]''' of the [[mw:|MediaWiki.org]] website.

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=== For developers ===
This part of the handbook is now available in the '''[[mw:Developer hub|Developer section]]''' of the [[mw:|MediaWiki.org]] website.

== Appendix ==
== Appendix ==
#[[Help:ISBN links|ISBN links]]
*[[Help:ISBN links|ISBN links]]
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*[[Help:Keyboard shortcuts|Keyboard shortcuts]]
#[[Help:Common words, searching for which is not possible|Common stop words]]
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*[[Page metadata]]
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#[[Help:Keyboard shortcuts|Keyboard shortcuts]]
*[[mw:Communication|Support and contact]]
#[[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]]
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#[[Page metadata]]
Contact
# irc.freenode.net #mediawiki #wikipedia
# [[w:Wikipedia-L#Technical_issues_mailing_list|Mailing lists]]
Hanbook
Hanbook
# [[Help:Handbook guidelines|Guidelines]]
* [[Help:Handbook guidelines|Guidelines]]
# [[Help:MediaWiki help policy|Policy]]
* [[Help:MediaWiki help policy|Policy]]
# [[Help:Help page footer templates|Page footers]]
* [[Help:Help page footer templates|Page footers]]


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 22:00, 28 January 2011

For other languages see the bottom of this page.

This is a list of guides and single-topic help files for the MediaWiki software compiled at meta.wikimedia.org. It is progressively being moved to the www.mediawiki.org website. This help does not cover site-specific conventions, it is for the software only.

Introduction

MediaWiki, Wikimedia, and Wikipedia

MediaWiki
MediaWiki is the software program that runs Wikipedia [1] and other Wikimedia projects [2], as well as other websites.
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 [3].
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is the encyclopedia project that initiated the development of the MediaWikiSoftware. For a project's description and its history see here [4] and here [5]. There are several more or less official Sister projects like Wiktionary [6], Wikibooks, [7], Wikinews [8], and Wikiquote, [9], as well as "unofficial" derivates, all of them using the MediaWiki software.
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 [10].

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

Accounts
View this alone

For editors

Referencing
Formatting
Fixing mistakes
Advanced functioning
Other
View this alone

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

Hanbook

See also

Links to other help pages

Help contents
Meta · Wikinews · Wikipedia · Wikiquote · Wiktionary · Commons: · Wikidata · MediaWiki · Wikibooks · Wikisource · MediaWiki: Manual · Google
Versions of this help page (for other languages see further)
What links here on Meta or from Meta · Wikipedia · MediaWiki
Reading
Go · Search · Namespace · Page name · Section · Backlinks · Redirect · Category · Image page · Special pages · Printable version
Tracking changes
Recent changes (enhanced) | Related changes · Watching pages · Diff · Page history · Edit summary · User contributions · Minor edit · Patrolled edit
Logging in and preferences
Logging in · Preferences
Editing
Starting a new page · Advanced editing · Editing FAQ · Export · Import · Shortcuts · Edit conflict · Page size
Referencing
Links · URL · Interwiki linking · Footnotes
Style and formatting
Wikitext examples · CSS · Reference card · HTML in wikitext · Formula · Lists · Table · Sorting · Colors · Images and file uploads
Fixing mistakes
Show preview · Reverting edits
Advanced functioning
Expansion · Template · Advanced templates · Parser function · Parameter default · Magic words · System message · Substitution · Array · Calculation · Transclusion
Others
Special characters · Renaming (moving) a page · Preparing a page for translation · Talk page · Signatures · Sandbox · Legal issues for editors
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