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<big>'''Welcome to MediaWiki.org's Support desk''', the central on-wiki place to ask MediaWiki questions!</big>

The greater purpose of this page is to make our [[Manual:Contents|Manual]] and other available help so good that you do not have to come here to ask questions, or making them easier to find. 

There are other ways for of communication as well ([[Communication#Chat|IRC]], [[Mailing lists]] etc.), read more [[Communication|here]]. __NOTOC__
== Before you post ==
* Please read through our [[Manual:Contents|'''technical manual''']] and [[Help:Contents|'''end-user help''']].
* [[Project:Forum|Project:'''Forum''']] is where you should discuss issues about mediawiki.org wiki itself.
* '''[[Sandbox]]''': Test wiki editing.

== Post a new question ==
'''1.''' To help us answer your questions, please always indicate which versions you are using:
:* MediaWiki <small>(reported by your wiki's [[Special:Version]] page)</small>
:* PHP <small>(likewise)</small>
:* Database <small>(likewise, e.g. MySQL 4.1)</small>
'''2.''' Please include the '''URL''' of your wiki unless you absolutely can't.  It's often a lot easier for us to identify the source of the problem if we can look for ourselves.
'''3.''' To start a new thread, click "''Start a new discussion''".

'''Archiving topics'''

Topics are automatically archived when they have been inactive for three weeks.  If a question you have asked is approaching this limit and still has not been answered, please '[[w:Bump (Internet)|bump]]' it to prevent it being archived. However '''do not''' 'bump' for other reasons. 

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