Documentation

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Fundamental Introduction to MediaWiki

Contents

• What is MediaWiki?
• Documentation
• Customization
• Versions & Download
• Installation
• Support & Contact
• Development

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All other topics

• See navigation on the left

For many common questions about mediawiki, the FAQ page is a good place to start.

For wiki users

• Help:Contents is the entry point for wiki user help at Mediawiki.org.

• There is more wiki user help on meta.

For developers and system administrators

• Manual:Contents is the front door to MediaWiki system administration documentation at MediaWiki.org.

• The README file provides organization-specific information about the MediaWiki project.

• The docs directory provides other code-related documentation.

• The process used to document the MediaWiki codebase is described on the Coding conventions manual page.

• The documentation for the classes and files within MediaWiki itself is available for MediaWiki core and extensions.