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 and developer documentation at MediaWiki.org.

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

• The docs directory in the MediaWiki source code provides other code-related documentation.

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

• Documentation generated from the source code of MediaWiki itself is available for many parts of MediaWiki. Most is on https://doc.wikimedia.org , including:
  • MediaWiki core PHP code
  • JavaScript code of OOjs UI

• Some generated documentation is elsewhere, including:
  • extension PHP documentation
  • CSS & Less documentation (a living style guide)