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MediaWiki is a free software wiki engine licensed under the GNU General Public License. It is used by many websites, including this one. On these help pages, you will find both a user and an administrator guide for using MediaWiki.

New in version 1.4.0

Contents 1 Introduction 2 For readers 3 For editors 4 For system administrators 5 For MediaWiki hackers 6 Appendix 7 See also

Introduction

1. Introduction

For readers

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For editors

Editing overview

Starting a new page

1. Page name

Referencing

1. Links
2. Piped links
3. Interwiki linking
4. Variables
5. URLs
6. Anchors

Formatting

1. Formulas
2. Lists
3. Tables
4. HTML in wikitext
5. Image & File uploads
6. Image page

Organizing

1. Sections
2. Templates
3. Categories
4. Redirects
5. Namespaces
6. Renaming (moving) a page

Fixing mistakes and vandalism

1. Reverting edits
2. Testing
   

Saving effort

1. Editing shortcuts
2. Editing toolbar
3. Magic words

Communicating

1. Edit summary
2. Talk page
3. Edit conflict
4. Minor edit

Special characters

1. Turkish characters
2. Romanian characters

Extensions

1. WikiHiero syntax — warning: lots of images! (for Egyptian hieroglyphs)
2. EasyTimeline syntax

Frequently Asked Questions

For system administrators

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For MediaWiki hackers

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Appendix

1. Help:ISBN links
2. Common stop words
3. Sites using MediaWiki
4. Browser issues with MediaWiki
5. Page metadata
6. XML export
7. How to move a MediaWiki Database
8. Keyboard shortcuts

Contact

1. irc.freenode.net #mediawiki #wikipedia
2. Mailing lists
3. MediaWiki feature request and bug report discussion

See also

• w:Wikipedia:Glossary
• Check the privacy policy, if any, of the site you use; for Wikimedia: Privacy policy
• wikicities:Category:Help
• http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:MediaWiki_Manual

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