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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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-[[MediaWiki]] is the software program that runs [[Wikipedia]] and other [[Wikimedia]] projects.
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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.
+<!--T:23-->
-This '''User's Guide''' applies to versions of Wikipedia in many languages (including the largest one in  English) and to Meta-Wikipedia, Test wiki, Wiktionary, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, and In Memoriam. It does not apply to the versions of Wikipedia for the languages for which older software is still used.
+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 User's Guide: Architecture and overview|Architecture and overview]] ([[How to become a MediaWiki hacker]] and [[MediaWiki architecture]] may be good here)
-#[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Installation|Installation]]
-#[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Configuration|Configuration]]
-#Using MediaWiki
-##[[MediaWiki User's Guide:  Logging-in | Logging-in]]
-##[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Setting preferences | Setting preferences]]
-##Editing pages
-###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Editing overview | Editing overview]]
-###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Starting a new page | Starting a new page]]
-###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Adding images | Adding images]]
-###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Using tables | Using tables]]
-###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Using redirects | Using redirects]]
-###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Interwiki linking | Interwiki linking]]
-###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Renaming (moving) pages | Renaming (moving) pages]]
-###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Reverting a page to an earlier version | Reverting a page to an earlier version]]
-###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Editing mathematical formulae | Editing mathematical formulae]]
-###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Creating special characters | Creating special characters]]
-####[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Creating special characters/Turkish | Creating Turkish characters]]
-##Tracking changes
-###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: The Recent Changes page | The Recent Changes page]]
-###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: The enhanced Recent Changes page | The enhanced Recent Changes page]]
-###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Using the Related Changes function | Using the Related Changes function]]
-###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Using the Watchlist | Using the Watchlist]]
-##Reading
-###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Searching for pages | Searching for pages]]
-###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Using the random page function | Using the random page function]]
-##[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Administration | Administration]]
-###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Administration#Deleting pages | Deleting pages]]
-###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Administration#Restoring pages | Restoring pages]]
-###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Administration#Protecting pages | Protecting pages]]
-###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Administration#Banning IPs | Banning IPs]]
-#Appendix
-##[[MediaWiki User's Guide: ISBN links | ISBN links]]
-##[[MediaWiki User's Guide:Common stop words]]
-##[[en:wikipedia:Sites using MediaWiki]]
-##[[Browser issues with MediaWiki]]
-#Glossary
-##[[MediaWiki User's Guide: The Go button | The Go button]]
-##[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Namespaces|Namespaces]]
-##[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Edit summary |Edit summary]]
-##[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Edit conflict |Edit conflict]]
-##[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Piped link|Piped link]]
-##[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Talk pages | Talk pages]]
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-See also: [[Wikitech-l]], [[GNU LilyPond support ]]
+<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.
+== Handbook parts == <!--T:5-->
+<!--T:6-->
+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-->
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+{{Reader toc}}
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+=== For editors === <!--T:9-->
+</translate>
+{{Editor toc}}
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+=== For moderators === <!--T:11-->
+<!--T:12-->
+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-->
+<!--T:16-->
+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.
+== Appendix == <!--T:17-->
+<!--T:24-->
+* [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Help:ISBN links</tvar>|Help:ISBN links]]
+* [[<tvar name="2">Special:MyLanguage/Help:Keyboard shortcuts</tvar>|Help:Keyboard shortcuts]]
+* [[<tvar name="3">Special:MyLanguage/Page metadata</tvar>|Page metadata]]
+* [[<tvar name="4">mw:Special:MyLanguage/Communication</tvar>|Support and contact (on MediaWiki wiki)]]
+<!--T:19-->
+; 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
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+[[Category:MediaWiki handbook{{#translation:}}|Contents]]