Documentation

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Fundamental Introduction to MediaWiki

Contents

• What is MediaWiki?Manual:What is MediaWiki?
• DocumentationDocumentation
• CustomizationCustomization
• Versions & DownloadDownload
• InstallationManual:Installation guide
• Support & ContactCommunication
• DevelopmentDevelopment

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All other topics

• See navigation on the left

For many common questions about MediaWiki, the FAQ 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.
• Documentation for service development and deployment can be found here.
• 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:
  • the MediaWiki action API documents itself on any wiki where it enabled, at Special:ApiHelp which redirects to, e.g. www.mediawiki.org/w/api.php?action=help.
  • RESTBase APIs document themselves at https://rest.wikimedia.org. The "v1" content API also documents itself at /api/ on most Wikimedia wikis that support it.
  • extension PHP documentation
  • CSS & Less documentation (a living style guide)