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This is a list of guides and single topic help files for the MediaWiki software. It is compiled at meta.wikimedia.org. This page is sorted by user type. This help covers general Wiki-related topics.

Introduction

Detailed Introduction | Help overview

MediaWiki is a free software wiki engine licensed under the GNU General Public License. It is used by many websites, including this one.

For readers

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Navigating
Search, [ Go ]
What links here
Random page
Special pages
Printable version
Tracking changes
Recent changes
enhanced
Related changes
Watching pages
Page history
Diff   Image page
Contributions
Accounts
Logging in
Preferences
User style

For editors

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Editing
Start new pages
Page name
Referencing
Links   URLs
Piped links
Interwiki linking
Footnotes
Formatting
Wikitext   CSS
Lists   Tables
HTML in wikitext
Image file upload
Formulae   DPL
Organizing
Sections
Categories
Redirects (forward)
Namespaces
Moving a page
Page size
Fixing mistakes
Reverting edits
Testing
Show preview
Saving effort
Editing shortcuts
Edit toolbar
Magic words
Templates
Variables
Calculation
Communicating
Edit summary
Talk page
Edit conflict
Minor edit
Other
Characters
Sandbox

For moderators

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Administration
Special:Import
Common.css
Navigation bar
System messages
Special:CheckUser
User rights
Help pages
Guidelines
MediaWiki help
Help page footers

For administrators

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Admin's Guide
MediaWiki architecture
Database layout
Job queue
Installation
Working with SVN
Installing the SVN tree
OS specific help
on Sourceforge.net
Timezone adjustments
Security techy
Security
Security Checklist
Paranoid Permissions
Setting user rights
Configuration
Preventing Access
Configuration
Help:Configuration
Configuration settings
Apache config
Robots.txt
Shorter URLs
Using a very short URL
PHP config
MySQL config
Tips and tricks
Customization
Layout customization
Set Global Timezone
MediaWiki localization
Interwiki links
Custom navigation bar
Custom skins
Custom namespaces
MediaWiki extensions
Manage the database
Move a database
Reduce the size
Lock the database
Performance
PHP caching
File cache
Squid caching
Cache strategy
Wikimedia servers
As your Site Grows
Maintenance
Maintenance scripts
Upgrade Mediawiki
Math errors
LocalSettings.php

Appendix

1. ISBN links
2. Common stop words
3. Keyboard shortcuts
4. How to move a wiki to another server

Miscellany

1. Sites using MediaWiki
2. Browser issues with MediaWiki
3. Page metadata

Contact

1. irc.freenode.net #mediawiki #wikipedia
2. Mailing lists
3. MediaWiki feature request

See also

• w:Wikipedia:Glossary
• wikia:Category:Help
• mw:Category:MediaWiki Documentation