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MediaWiki is a free software wiki engine licensed under the GNU General Public License. It is used by many websites, including this one. On these help pages, you will find both a user and an administrator guide for using MediaWiki.

New in version 1.4.0

Introduction Introduction Meta help overview 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

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)

For administrators View this alone Sysadmin's Guide MediaWiki architecture Database layout Job queue Installation Working with SVN Installing the SVN tree OS specific help on Sourceforge.net Timezone adjustments Security techy Security Securing database passwords User rights management Resetting passwords Configuration Preventing Access Configuration Configuration settings Apache config Robots.txt Shorter URLs PHP config MySQL config PostgreSQL config Tips and tricks Customization Skinning Set Global Timezone Localisation Interwiki links Custom navigation bar Custom skins Custom namespaces MediaWiki extensions Manage the database Move a database Reduce the size Lock the database Performance PHP caching File cache Squid caching Cache strategy Wikimedia servers As your site grows Maintenance Maintenance scripts Upgrade MediaWiki Math errors LocalSettings.php

For moderators Administration Navigation bar Special:CheckUser View this alone For MediaWiki hackers Appendix ISBN links Common stop words Keyboard shortcuts How to move a wiki to another server Miscellany Sites using MediaWiki Browser issues with MediaWiki Page metadata Contact irc.freenode.net #mediawiki #wikipedia Mailing lists MediaWiki feature request

See also

• w:Wikipedia:Glossary
• Check the privacy policy, if any, of the site you use; for Wikimedia: Privacy policy
• wikia:Category:Help
• http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:MediaWiki_Manual

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