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Codex Help - For Everyone

This is the right page if you are looking for help with the different aspects of Codex, and the underlying tool, Mediawiki. 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.

Please read the Help For Readers Section for more help if you are a visitor to Codex, and want to use it to the fullest!

If you are an editor, please read the Codex Guidelines to understand how things work around here, and also read the Help For Editors section for help with editing pages. For specific information on the editing format for the Codex, see Help:Editing.

The MediaWiki User's Guide is a general-purpose guide designed to help you with the technical and practical details. Some of the useful help pages are linked below:

Help For Readers

Accounts

• Logging in
• Preferences
• User style

Help For Editors

WordPress Codex and MediaWiki Specific Resources

• Codex Guidelines -- Must read for editors!
• List of uncategorized templates for the Codex
• Standard WordPress Codex CSS Styles
• Editing Styles, Codes, and Formats for the WordPress Codex
• Mediawiki Editing overview
• Images and other uploaded files
• Image description page
• Special characters
• Using predefined text blocks in articles (subst)
• Editing toolbar (Note: the editing toolbar does not currently work on the codex)
• HTML in wikitext

Fixing mistakes and vandalism

• Reverting a page to an earlier version

Communicating on the Codex

• Edit summary
• Talk page
• Edit conflict
• Minor edit
• Testing