Help:Contents

MediaWiki Handbook: Contents, Readers, Editors, Moderators, System admins +/-

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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!

Introduction

Detailed Introduction | Help overview

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 mw:Category:Installation

For editors

Editing
Start new pages
Page name
Referencing
Links   URLs
Piped links
Interwiki linking
Footnotes (References, Citations)
Formatting
Wikitext   CSS
Lists   Tables
Images and File uploads
Formula
HTML in wikitext
Organizing
Sections and the Table of Contents (TOC)
Categories
Redirects (forward)
Namespaces
Moving a page
Page size
Fixing mistakes
Show preview
Testing
Reverting edits
Saving effort
Editing shortcuts
Edit toolbar
Magic words
Templates
Variables
Calculation
Embed page
Communicating
Edit summary
Talk page
Edit conflict
Minor edit
Other
Characters
Sandbox
Legal issues for editors (copyright) For moderators For administrators Appendix ISBN links Common stop words Keyboard shortcuts How to move a wiki to another server Miscellany Sites using MediaWiki Browser issues with MediaWiki Page metadata Contact irc.freenode.net #mediawiki #wikipedia Mailing lists MediaWiki feature request 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:MediaWiki Documentation mw:Category:PD Help Template:Mlmw - not complete, requires external link style Template:Mlw - not complete, requires external link style or a link produced by Template:Links-small Links to other help pages Help contents Meta | Wikinews | Wikipedia | Wikiquote | Wiktionary | commons: | mw: | b: | s: | mw:Manual | google Versions of this help page (for other languages see below) Meta | Wikinews | Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents | Wikiquote | Wiktionary What links here on Meta or from Meta | Wikipedia | MediaWiki Reading Go | Search | Stop words | URL | Namespace | Page name | Section Backlinks | Link | Piped link | Interwiki link | Redirect | Category | Image page Logging in and preferences Logging in | Preferences | User style Editing Advanced editing | Editing FAQ | Edit toolbar | Export | Import | Shortcuts Tracking changes Recent changes (enhanced) | Related changes | Watching pages | Diff Page history | Edit summary | User contributions | Minor edit | Patrolled edit Style & formatting Wikitext examples | Reference card | HTML in wikitext | List | Table | Sorting | Colors Special input and output Inputbox | Special characters | Displaying a formula | Images (uploads) | EasyTimeline Advanced functioning Template | Advanced templates | Parser function | ParserFunctions | Parameter default Variable | Magic word | System message | Substitution | Array | Calculation Page management Starting a new page | Renaming (moving) a page | Protecting pages | Deleting a page Special pages Talk page | Testing | Sandbox Other languages: Template:Ill Template:Ill Template:Ill Template:Ill Template:Ill Template:Ill Template:Ill Template:Ill Template:Ill Template:Ill Template:Ill Template:Ill Template:Ill Template:Ill Template:Ill Template:Ill Template:Ill Template:Ill Template:Ill Template:Ill Template:Ill Template:Ill Template:Ill +/-