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[[Meta:Community Tech/Central repository for gadgets, templates and Lua modules|Central repository for gadgets, templates and Lua modules]] is tracked in the mega ticket [[phab:T121470]] from 2015 which further relies on major efforts like "[[mw:Requests for comment/Shadow namespaces|shadow namespaces]]" [[phab:T91162]] and Global gadgets [[phab:T153332]]

== Help Namespace Content ==

Starting a wiki without any Help namespace content is bad. Of course you can point to MediaWiki.org for the canonical, definitive, community collaborative Help that is always up-to-date - and you should encourage local wiki users to contribute there. But there should be a solution for populating some of the most basic pages. The shadow namespace effort stalled years ago. This wiki [[:Category:Imported help|imported 50 or so pages]] to get started. It's a real "chicken and egg" problem. The canonical help references practices which are not available to a local wiki editor if you do not have some basic utility templates for highlighting, creating "pretty tables" and other referenced help content.

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 [[Meta:Community Tech/Central repository for gadgets, templates and Lua modules|Central repository for gadgets, templates and Lua modules]] is tracked in the mega ticket [[phab:T121470]] from 2015 which further relies on major efforts like "[[mw:Requests for comment/Shadow namespaces|shadow namespaces]]" [[phab:T91162]] and Global gadgets [[phab:T153332]]
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+== Help Namespace Content ==
+Starting a wiki without any Help namespace content is bad. Of course you can point to MediaWiki.org for the canonical, definitive, community collaborative Help that is always up-to-date  - and you should encourage local wiki users to contribute there. But there should be a solution for populating some of the most basic pages. The shadow namespace effort stalled years ago. This wiki [[:Category:Imported help|imported 50 or so pages]] to get started.  It's a real "chicken and egg" problem. The canonical help references practices which are not available to a local wiki editor if you do not have some basic utility templates for highlighting, creating "pretty tables" and other referenced help content.
 [[Category:UI]]
 [[Category:Features]]