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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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Using MediaWiki
- Help Contents
- Sandbox: Practice Wiki syntax
- User's Guide
- MediaWiki FAQ
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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.
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For Installers
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For readers
| Navigating |
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| Search, [ Go ] |
| What links here |
| Special pages |
| Printable version |
Tracking changes |
| Recent changes {enhanced} |
| Related changes |
| Watching pages |
| Page history |
| Diff page |
| Image page |
| Contributions |
Accounts |
| Logging in |
| Preferences |
| User style |
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For editors
| Editing |
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| Start new pages |
| Page name |
Referencing |
| Links URLs |
| Piped links |
| Interwiki linking |
| Footnotes (References) |
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) |
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For moderators
| Administration |
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| Special:Import |
| Common.css |
| Navigation bar |
| System messages |
| Special:CheckUser |
Help pages |
| Guidelines |
| Help policy |
| Help page footers |
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For administrators
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Appendix
Miscellany
Contact
- irc.freenode.net #mediawiki #wikipedia
- Mailing lists
- MediaWiki feature request
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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
- Template:Mlmw - not complete, requires external link style
- Template:Mlw - not complete, requires external link style or a link produced by Template:Links-small