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This is a list of guides and single-topic help files for the MediaWiki software. It is compiled at meta.wikimedia.org. You may wish to contribute to this project and 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!
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Introduction
Detailed Introduction | Help overview
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.
For Installers
See Category Installation on MediaWiki.
For readers
For editors
- Editing
- Editing pages
- Starting a new page
- Formatting
- Links
- User pages
- Talk pages
- Advanced Editing
- Images
- Tables
- Categories
- Templates
- Variables
- Managing files
- Moving a page
- Redirects
- Deleting a page
- Page is protected
For moderators
For administrators
Appendix
Miscellany
Contact
- irc.freenode.net #mediawiki #wikipedia
- Mailing lists
See also
- w:Wikipedia:Glossary
- Check the privacy policy, if any, of the site you use; for Wikimedia: Privacy policy
- wikicities:Category:Help
- mw:Category:Help
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