Project:Help

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General help

• What is a wiki?
• Differences between Wikipedia, Wikimedia, MediaWiki, and wikiDifferences between Wikipedia, Wikimedia, MediaWiki, and wiki — If confused about the difference, read this article.

MediaWiki software

UsersUser hub

System AdministratorsSysadmin hub

DevelopersDeveloper hub

Please check the following locations for help installing / running / using the MediaWiki software.

• The MediaWiki Handbook
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
• Technical Reference
• Public Domain User Manual (under development)
• CommunicationCommunication — Other sources of help.

If you have checked these pages and still need further help, then you can try asking a question at the support desk.

www.mediawiki.org

COMMUNITY NEWS

• Extension namespace should be used for all extensions.
• TransWiki import is enabled, so admins can move content from Meta to here.

Basic information

• Project:AboutProject:About
• Project:Copyrights
• Project:Language policyProject:Language policy
• Project:Deletion
• Project:NamespacesProject:Namespaces

Current projects

• Project:PD help — For discussing the public-domain help pages.
• Project:Manual — For discussing the Manual: namespace.
• Meta:MetaProject to transfer content to MediaWiki.org — For co-ordinating the move of pages from Meta.
• Project:Tasks — Ongoing site tasks. Get involved!

Questions and discussion

• Project:Support desk — For discussing issues about the MediaWiki software.
• Project:Current issues — For discussing issues about the MediaWiki site.

Requests for user rights

• Project:Requests