Help:Contents
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.
Contents
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
View this alone |
Navigating |
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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 |
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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 |
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Special:Import |
Common.css |
Navigation bar |
System messages |
Special:CheckUser |
User rights |
Help pages |
Guidelines |
MediaWiki help |
Help page footers |
For administrators
Appendix
Miscellany
Contact
- irc.freenode.net #mediawiki #wikipedia
- Mailing lists
- MediaWiki feature request
See also