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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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