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This is the '''User's Guide''' for [[MediaWiki]], the software program that runs [[Wikipedia]] and other [[Wikimedia]] projects, in particular about the latest version 1.3, to which, during the period 21-29 May 2004, all Wikimedia sites have been upgraded.
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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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Version 1.3 is a beta version. The latest stable release is version 1.2.6. See [[MediaWiki roadmap]] for an overview of the differences. Earlier versions of the pages in this guide (available from the page histories), in particular the last one before 29 May 2004, may be helpful as guide for version 1.2.6.
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.


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This guide often refers to the English versions of link labels and messages. For translations, see [[MediaWiki i18n]].
<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.


== For readers ==
== Handbook parts == <!--T:5-->
===Reading===
*[[help:Searching|Searching]], [[help:Go button|Go button]]
*[[Help:What links here|What links here]]
*[[Help:Special page|Random page]]


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===Tracking changes ===
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.
(important for validating pages)
*[[help:Recent changes|Recent changes]]
*[[help:Enhanced recent changes|Enhanced recent changes]]
*[[help:Related changes|Related changes]]
*[[help:Watching pages|Watching pages]]
*[[help:Page history|Page history]]
*[[help:Diff|Diff]]
*[[Help:User contributions|User contributions]]


=== For readers === <!--T:7-->
===Accounts===
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{{Reader toc}}
*[[Help:Logging in|Logging in]]
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*[[help:Preferences|Preferences]]
=== For editors === <!--T:9-->
*[[User styles]] -- Your own css/js in the monobook skin (1.3)
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{{Editor toc}}
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=== For moderators === <!--T:11-->


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== For editors ==
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-->
===Editing and writing pages===
*[[help:editing|Editing overview]]
*[[help:Starting a new page|Starting a new page]]
**[[help:Page name|Page name]]
*[[Adding multimedia to pages]]
**[[Image description page]]
*[[Help:Special characters|Special characters]]
**[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Creating special characters/Turkish | Creating Turkish characters]]
**[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Creating special characters/Romanian | Creating Romanian characters]]
** [[Help:WikiHiero syntax|WikiHiero syntax]]
*Formatting
**[[Editing mathematical formulae]]
**[[Using tables]]
**[[EasyTimeline Syntax]]
*[[Edit summary]]
*[[Edit conflict]]


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===Referencing===
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.
*[[Help:Link|Link]]
*[[Piped link]]
*[[Help:Interwiki linking | Interwiki linking]]
*[[Help:Variable|Variables]]
*[[URLs]]


=== For developers === <!--T:15-->
===Organizing===
*[[Help:Section | Sections]]
*[[help:template|Templates]]
*[[help:category|Using categories]]
*[[help:redirect|Using redirects]]
*[[help:Renaming (moving) a page|Renaming (moving) pages]]
*[[help:Namespace|Namespace]]s


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===Saving effort ===
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.
(not having to write something, or copy and paste)
*[[Help:Automatic conversion of wikitext|Automatic conversion of wikitext]]
*[[MediaWiki namespace#Access | Using predefined text blocks in articles (subst)]]
*[[Help:Editing toolbar|Editing toolbar]]


== Appendix == <!--T:17-->


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===Fixing mistakes and vandalism===
* [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Help:ISBN links</tvar>|Help:ISBN links]]
*[[Reverting a page to an earlier version]]
* [[<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)]]


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===Collaborating===
; Handbook
* [[Wikimedia principles]] (netiquette, consensus, npov, copyrights)
* [[Growing Wikimedia]] (building the project and the [[community]])
* [[Governance]]
* [[Power structure|Wikimedia power structure]]
* [[Interlingual coordination]] (various international issues)
* [[Wikipedia policies]]
* [[Conflict resolution]]


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===Communicating===
* [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Help:Handbook guidelines</tvar>|Guidelines]]
* [[PleaseFix]]
* [[<tvar name="2">Special:MyLanguage/Help:MediaWiki help policy</tvar>|Policy]]
* [[Talk pages]]
* [[<tvar name="3">Special:MyLanguage/Help:Help page footer templates</tvar>|Page footers]]


== For moderators ==
== See also == <!--T:20-->
*[[Help:Administration]]
*[[Importing Pages]] ( Special:import )


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== For system administrators ==
* Check the privacy policy, if any, of the site you use; for Wikimedia, see {{ll|Privacy policy}}
*[[MediaWiki architecture|Architecture and overview]]
* [[<tvar name="wp-glossary">w:Wikipedia:Glossary</tvar>|Glossary of Wikipedia]]
*[[Database layout]]
* [[<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]]
*[[Installation]] (see also [[CVS tree installation]])
*[[Running MediaWiki on Linux| on Linux]]
*[[Running MediaWiki on Windows| on Windows]]
*[[Running MediaWiki on Mac OS X|on Mac OS X]]
*[[Running MediaWiki on FreeBSD| on FreeBSD]]
*[[Help:Installation FAQ|Installation FAQ]]

*[[Security Checklist]]
*[[Paranoid Permissions]] (system)
*[[Permissive Permissions]] (system)
*[[Setting user rights in MediaWiki|Setting user rights]] (inside wiki enviornment)

*[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Configuration|Configuration]]
*[[Apache config]]
**[[Robots.txt]] -- how to avoid search engines to index the internals of your wiki
**[[Rewrite Rules]] -- how to get rid of /index.php in URLs
*[[PHP config]]
*[[MySQL config]]

*[[Customization]]
*[[Timezone adjustments]]
*[[MediaWiki i18n]] -- localization and customization for link texts and messages like 'fromwikipedia'
*[[Interwiki links|Configuring interwiki links]]
*[[Skins|Custom skins]]
*[[Misc MediaWiki tweaks|More tweaks]]
*[[Help:Configuration tips and tricks|Configuration tips and tricks]]

*Backup Data
*[[Backup Database]]
*[[Restore Database]]

*[[Upgrade Mediawiki]]

== For MediaWiki hackers ==
===IRC===
irc.freenode.net #wikitech #mediawiki #wikipedia
===Mailing lists===
[[Special:Recentchanges]] has an excelent list of mailinglists
===See also ===
*[[How to become a MediaWiki hacker]]
*[[MediaWiki Development]]

== Appendix ==
*[[ISBN links]]
*[[Common stop words]]
*[[en:wikipedia:Sites using MediaWiki|Sites using MediaWiki]]
*[[Browser issues with MediaWiki]]
*[[Page metadata]]
*[[XML export]]
*[[How to move a MediaWiki Database]]
*[[Shortcuts]]

==See also==
* [[w:Wikipedia-L#Technical_issues_mailing_list|Mailing lists]]
* [[MediaWiki feature request and bug report discussion]]
*[[Documentation]] - on installation, configuration, administration, security; may not be up-to-date

[[Category:MediaWiki User's Guide]]

Latest revision as of 22:47, 29 April 2024

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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

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

Handbook

See also

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