Help:Contents
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This is a list of guides and single-topic help files for the MediaWiki software compiled at meta.wikimedia.org. It is progressively being moved to the www.mediawiki.org website. This help does not cover site-specific conventions, it is for the software only.
Contents
Introduction
MediaWiki is a free software wiki engine licensed under the GNU General Public License. It is used by many websites, including this one.
Handbook parts
The help pages are sorted by user type.
For readers
For editors
| Editing |
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| Start new pages |
| Advanced editing |
| Editing FAQ |
| Edit toolbar |
| Renaming (moving) a page |
| Export |
| Import |
| Shortcuts |
| Edit conflict |
| Page size |
Referencing |
| Links |
| URLs |
| Piped links |
| Interwiki linking |
| Footnotes (References, Citations) |
Formatting |
| Wikitext examples |
| CSS |
| Reference card |
| HTML in wikitext |
| Lists |
| Tables |
| Formula |
| Sorting |
| Colors |
| Images and file uploads |
Fixing mistakes |
| Show preview |
| Testing |
| Reverting edits |
Advanced functioning |
| Expansion |
| Templates |
| Advanced templates |
| Variables |
| Parser function |
| Parameter default |
| System message |
| Substitution |
| Array |
| Calculation |
| Embed page |
Other |
| Characters |
| Talk page |
| Signatures |
| Sandbox |
| Legal issues for editors (copyright) |
For moderators
This part of the handbook is now available in the Administrator section of the MediaWiki.org website.
For system administrators
This part of the handbook is now available in the Sysadmin section of the MediaWiki.org website.
For developers
This part of the handbook is now available in the Developer section of the MediaWiki.org website.
Appendix
- Handbook
See also
- Check the privacy policy, if any, of the site you use; for Wikimedia: Privacy policy
- Glosary of Wikipedia
- wikicities:Category:Help
- mw:Category:Help
- Links from the MediaWiki wiki to the Help namespace here on Meta - not complete, requires external link style
- Links from the English Wikipedia to the Help namespace here on Meta - not complete, requires external link style or a link produced by w:template:H:mlm ( talk edit history links )
