Project:Help

To have a question answered, visit Communication .

General information

• What is a wiki?
• Differences between Wikipedia, Wikimedia, MediaWiki, and wiki  – If you are confused about the names.

MediaWiki software

• Users
• System Administrators
• Developers
• Translators

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

• MediaWiki User Manual
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
• MediaWiki Technical Reference

If you have checked these pages and need further help, visit Communication and ask a question in a support venue.

www.mediawiki.org

Basic information

• Project:About
• Project:Copyrights
• Project:Language policy
• Project:Deletion
• Project:Namespaces

Current projects

• Project:PD help  – For discussing the public-domain help pages.
• Project:Manual  – For discussing the technical Manual: namespace.
• Project:Tasks  – Ongoing site tasks. Get involved!

Questions and discussion

• Project:Support desk – For discussing issues about the MediaWiki software. See Communication for other support venues.
• Project:Village Pump – For discussing issues about www.mediawiki.org.

Requests for user rights on www.mediawiki.org

• Project:Requests for permissions