User:Krinkle/Content structure

MediaWiki.org

Topic	Description	Location
MediaWiki general information
Introduction	What MediaWiki is etc.	(main namespace)
Releases	Summary of what's new etc.	(main namespace) MediaWiki #.##
End-user documentation	How to use a wiki etc.	Help namespace (but most still on Meta or the projects)
End-user support	How to download, install. And support for anything around that.	Download Project:Support desk
MediaWiki core and extension developers
Workflow	How developers do (or should do) their stuff.	Manual:Coding conventions Manual:Pre-commit checklist Subversion
External features (API)	What the API provides, how to use it etc.	API-namespace Special:ApiSandbox api.php
External features (other)	Such as ResourceLoader, Special pages, Search, Skins etc.	(main namespace) Manual:MediaWiki feature list ResourceLoader (Special-pages aren't documented?) Search (old)
PHP documentation	Classes, global functions, global variables, hooks, ..	Manual namespace
Database documentation	Tables, column, links	Manual:Database layout Manual:.. table (i.e. Manual:categorylinks table)
JavaScript documentation	Documentation of the mediaWiki.js library Documentation of plugins for MediaWiki JS Documentation of plugins we developed for 3rd party libraries (e.g. jQuery) List and short documentation of third party libraries and plugins shipped by default	(main namespace) ResourceLoader/Default modules (getting too big)
Communication	Discussions, Requests for comments, code review etc.	see /Communication
WMF Projects & WMF Teams
» New portal at Wikimedia Engineering!
General information	For example Wikimedia Features engineering	(main namespace) [out of scope]
Projects	Such as Article feedback (which has a different purpose than Extension:Article feedback) which contains general information about the projects. Typically have sub pages like: /status /Specification /Task management /Design etc.
Logs	Such as Category:Features team notes, Wikimedia Features engineering/Notes/2011-W50, etc.
MediaWiki deployment to WMF	Pages like: MediaWiki 1.17/Wikimedia deployment MediaWiki 1.19/Communications MediaWiki 1.19/Deployment announcement MediaWiki 1.19/Roadmap#Deployment schedule
Events
Information	What, when, where about hackathons etc. (such as Berlin Hackathon 2011)	(main namespace)
MediaWiki extensions
Example for a WordPress plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/redirection/ Sections: Description, Installation, FAQ, Screenshots, Other Notes, Changelog, Stats. As well as a sidebar with a summary, download button and integration with a support forum.
General information	Infobox-like information. Show it exists, where to download/install, author(s), compatibility etc.	Extension namespace
Developers documentation	How it works, and class/function/hook/api documentation. A bit like the Manual-namespace is for MediaWiki core.	Extension namespace (section or subpage)
End-user documentation	For users of wikis that have this installed. What it does, what it looks like, how to use it.	Extension namespace (section or subpage)
Bug reports		Extension talk namespace BugZilla (if it has it's own component)
Feature requests		Extension talk namespace BugZilla (if it has it's own component)
Support / discussion	Questions from users and developers about installation, or matters that aren't (yet) bugs or feature requests.	Extension talk namespace
MediaWiki.org maintenance
Information	Our policies, where what should go, user groups, request for rights etc.	Project namespace
Discussion		Project:Current issues

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