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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 readers

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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

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For administrators

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Appendix

  1. ISBN links
  2. Common stop words
  3. Keyboard shortcuts
  4. How to move a wiki to another server

Miscellany

  1. Sites using MediaWiki
  2. Browser issues with MediaWiki
  3. Page metadata

Contact

  1. irc.freenode.net #mediawiki #wikipedia
  2. Mailing lists
  3. MediaWiki feature request

See also

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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

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