MediaWiki/Help

The Technical manual 

is in the "Manual" namespace of MediaWiki.org (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Contents)

The User manual 

is in the "Help" namespace of MediaWiki.org

Unfortunately, the Help namespace is empty with a default installation of the MediaWiki software. What this means is that if you are setting up MediaWiki, your invited users are not going to have any local reference to helpful information about how to use the software. The best way to overcome this limitation is to copy the help content from MediaWiki.org The way to do this is to follow the instructions at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Copying

Another method for installing a copy of the Help content is to use the Python Wikipedia Bot Framework

Useful Guides for MediaWiki

• The Manual on moving a wiki
• Ubuntu Guide: Mediawiki site building tips
• Instant Commons

Books

1. Working With MediaWiki by Yaron Koren ISBN 0615720307
2. MediaWiki (Wikipedia and Beyond) 1st Edition by Daniel J. Barrett ISBN 0596519796

International Standard Book Number = 10-digit or 13-digit codes used by the publishing industry to uniquely identify individual book titles and editions. Some 10-digit ISBNs may end with an "X" instead of a digit.