Help:Contents

MediaWiki Handbook: Contents, Readers, Editors, Moderators, System admins +/-

For other languages see the bottom of this page.

This is a list of guides and single-topic help files for the MediaWiki software compiled at meta.wikimedia.org. It is progressively being moved to the www.mediawiki.org website. This help does not cover site-specific conventions, it is for the software only.

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.

Handbook parts

The help pages are sorted by user type.

For readers

Reading
Go
Search
Stop words
Namespace
Page name
Section
What links here
Redirect
Category
Image page
Special pages
Printable version
Tracking changes
Recent changes (enhanced)
Related changes
Watching pages
Page history
Diff page
Page history
Edit summary
Contributions
Minor edit
Patrolled edit
Accounts
Logging in
Preferences
User style
View this alone

For editors

Editing
Start new pages
Advanced editing
Editing FAQ
Edit toolbar
Renaming (moving) a page
Export
Import
Shortcuts
Edit conflict
Page size
Referencing
Links
URLs
Piped links
Interwiki linking
Footnotes (References, Citations)
Formatting
Wikitext examples
CSS
Reference card
HTML in wikitext
Lists
Tables
Formula
Sorting
Colors
Images and file uploads
Fixing mistakes
Show preview
Testing
Reverting edits
Advanced functioning
Expansion
Templates
Advanced templates
Variables
Parser function
Parameter default
System message
Substitution
Array
Calculation
Embed page
Other
Characters
Talk page
Signatures
Sandbox
Legal issues for editors (copyright)

For moderators

This part of the handbook is now available in the Administrator section of the MediaWiki.org website.

For system administrators

This part of the handbook is now available in the Sysadmin section of the MediaWiki.org website.

For developers

This part of the handbook is now available in the Developer section of the MediaWiki.org website.

Appendix

• ISBN links
• Keyboard shortcuts
• Page metadata
• Support and contact

Handbook

• Guidelines
• Policy
• Page footers

See also

• w:Wikipedia:Glossary
• Check the privacy policy, if any, of the site you use; for Wikimedia: Privacy policy
• wikicities:Category:Help
• mw:Category:Help
• Links from the MediaWiki wiki to the Help namespace here on Metahttp://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Linksearch/meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help: - not complete, requires external link style
• Links from the English Wikipedia to the Help namespace here on Metahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Linksearch/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help: - not complete, requires external link style or a link produced by w:template:H:mlm ( talk edit history links )

Links to other help pages

Help contents

Meta · Wikinews · Wikipedia · Wikiquote · Wiktionary · Commons: · mw: · b: · s: · mw:Manual · Google

Versions of this help page (for other languages see further)

Meta · Wikinews · Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents · Wikiquote · Wiktionary

What links here on Meta or from Meta · Wikipedia · MediaWiki

Reading

Go · Search · Stop words · Namespace · Page name · Section · Backlinks · Redirect · Category · Image page · Special pages · Printable version

Tracking changes

Recent changes (enhanced) | Related changes · Watching pages · Diff · Page history · Edit summary · User contributions · Minor edit · Patrolled edit

Logging in and preferences

Logging in · Preferences · User style

Editing

Starting a new page · Advanced editing · Editing FAQ · Edit toolbar · Export · Import · Shortcuts · Edit conflict · Page size

Referencing

Links · URLs · Piped links · Interwiki linking · Footnotes

Style and formatting

Wikitext examples · CSS · Reference card · HTML in wikitext · Formula · List · Table · Sorting · Colors · Images and file uploads

Fixing mistakes

Show preview · Testing · Reverting edits

Advanced functioning

Expansion · Template · Advanced templates · Parser function · Parameter default · Variable · System message · Substitution · Array · Calculation · Embed page

Others

Special characters · Renaming (moving) a page · Preparing a page for translation · Talk page · Signatures · Sandbox · Legal issues for editors