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MediaWiki is an open source 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

Introduction

Introduction

For readers

edit reader toc view this alone

Navigating

Tracking changes

Accounts

For editors

Editing overview

Starting a new page

Page name

Referencing

Formatting

Organizing

Saving effort

Fixing mistakes and vandalism

Communicating

Special characters

Extensions

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

For MediaWiki hackers

Template:Hacker toc

Appendix

Contact

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

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+[http://www.mediawiki.org MediaWiki] is an open source wiki engine licensed under the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU General Public License]. It is used by [[Sites using MediaWiki|many websites]], including this one. On these help pages, you will find both a user and an administrator guide for using MediaWiki.
-==Personal Settings==
-When first logging on, before doing anything else, you should check your personal information and change your password by clicking the "Preferences" link in the menu to the left or at the top of the screen. This will also allow you to change the way the site works for you.
+[https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=314389 New in version 1.4.0]
-==Editing Pages==
+== Introduction ==
+#[[Help:Introduction|Introduction]]
-When viewing a page, you can click "Edit" to edit the text of the page. (You can cancel the edit without making changes if you just want to see how a page is formatted.) Pages are specified using a [[Help:Editing|wiki markup language]]. It uses mostly just text, but with a few special characters to do very simple formatting. For example, surrounding text ''with two single quotes'' will make it italicized.
+== For readers ==
+{{Reader_toc}}
-If you are not familiar with wiki markup, the best way to figure it out is probably to look at some of the other pages on this site.
+== For editors ==
+{{editor toc}}
-==Adding Pages==
+== For MediaWiki hackers ==
+{{hacker toc}}
-Any text that you add to a page in MixedText will become a link to another page in the wiki (even if that page does not exist). If you click on a link to a non-existant page, you'll be asked to create it. So, if you want to add a new page, first edit the page that will ''link to'' this new page and set up this link. Save the page, then click on the link and create your new page.
+== Appendix ==
+#[[Help:ISBN links]]
+#[[Common stop words]]
+#[[en:wikipedia:Sites using MediaWiki|Sites using MediaWiki]]
+#[[Browser issues with MediaWiki]]
+#[[Page metadata]]
+#[[XML export]]
+#[[How to move a MediaWiki Database]]
+#[[Shortcuts]]
+Contact
+# irc.freenode.net #mediawiki #wikipedia
+# [[w:Wikipedia-L#Technical_issues_mailing_list|Mailing lists]]
+# [[MediaWiki feature request and bug report discussion]]
-==Restricting Pages==
+==See also==
+* [[w:Wikipedia:Glossary]]
-You can restrict a page so that only you (and the site admin) can see it. This can be useful is you want to write down some character information that you don't want other players to see. Use the "Restrict" table while editing the page.
+* Check the privacy policy, if any, of the site you use; for Wikimedia: [[Privacy policy]]
+* [[wikicities:Category:Help]]
-==Adding Files==
+[[Category:English documentation]]
+[[Category:MediaWiki handbook]]
-''Need to write this''.
-==Adding Images==
-''Need to write this''.