Communication/sco

Thaur's several waas tae get in contact wi ither MediaWiki uisers or tae get instant heelp.

Laundin
Thir's guid first steps:


 * Register n add some info aneat yersel in yer uiser page.
 * Follae the News n oor social media channels.
 * Subscribe til wikitech-announce tae receeve email annooncmants aneat new acteevities.
 * Jyn IRC channel n perhaps mair.


 * Mak sair that ye hae aen email confirmed n email annooncemants enabled in yer mediawiki.org preferances.
 * "Watch" (clap the stair icon o) the pages that ye want tae follae n perhaps contreebute til.
 * Aw the better gif ye fynd ae MediaWiki Groop that matches yer location or interests!

Tauk
#mediawiki oan irc.freenode.net is the roond-the-clock fer realtime communication. Gif ye dinna hae aen IRC client, uise wab tauk.


 * Please read the afore speirin.
 * State yer proablem immeedeeatelie n wait fer ae response. Dinna say "is thaur oniebodie here" or "can somebodie heelp me". This is normal IRC etiquette n allous parteecipants tae multítask effecteevelie.
 * Expect tae wait fer ae while fer aen ineetial response, especiallie in aff-peak times. Despite this, oot o courtesie fer the volunteer that's heelpin ye, ettle tae answer thair speirinns promptlie.

Gif ye dinna get aen answer, this coud mean yin o ae nummer o things:


 * Nobody was around at the time of day you chose. If the channel is generally quiet, come back later.
 * Ye'r speirin ae speirin that nawbodie kens the answer tae, or that needs ae lot o wairk tae answer.
 * You're asking a question which is in the FAQ, the help, the manual, or other documentation, and the volunteers in the channel feel it would be best if you found it yourself.

Speirins relatin til proablems wi yer parteecular instawation o MediaWiki ar generallie best answered oan IRC, sin thay aften need ae back-n-forth exchange tae isolate the proablem, this is teedeeoos whan dun oan the mailin leets.

Mailin leets
Thaur's several available. The recommended yins ar:


 * mediawiki-l (or bi waa o Gmane) (or bi waa o yer newsreader) is the hei-traffeec mailin leet tae speir fer support.
 * wikitech-l (or bi waa o Gmane) (or bi waa o yer newsreader) is the hei-traffeec mailin leet fer saffware deveeelopmant, especiallie whan it relates til Wikimedia (na jist MediaWiki) wikis.
 * mediawiki-announce (or bi wa o Gmane) (or bi waa o yer newsreader) is ae law-traffeec leet fer annooncemants o new MediaWiki releases n securitie updates (aw messages gang til mediawiki-l ava).

Please check the archyves first! Aw three leets ar available throo Gmane n aw, this gies access aes newsgroops or in sindrie wab-based formats, n incluids its ain archyves n archyve rake.

Twitter/Facebook/Identi.ca
Follae the MediaWiki accoonts:

Mair details at. 
 * @MediaWiki (Twitter)
 * @MediaWiki (Identi.ca)
 * MediaWiki (Facebook)

Blog
The Wikimedia Blog haes ae tech section speceeficlie fer news n information fae the Wikimedia Foondation’s Technologie department (link - RSS feed).

Newsletter
Ingils Wikipædia's Signpost haes ae regular technologie report wi content relatit til acteevitie wiin Wikimedia Foondation’s Technologie department.

Wabsteids

 * Wikimedia's Meta-Wiki was formerly where documents were managed and proposals were discussed before this site was started. There is still a lot of content there that has yet to be moved.
 *  is where feature requests and bugs may be reported or browsed.

Fer heelp wi the MediaWiki saffware
Thaur's nae "offeecial" forum or tauk buird, bit thaur's some onoffeecial yins, fer instance oan StackExchange. See the MediaWiki Deveelopers Facebook groop n aw.

Ye can post support speirins at Project:Support desk n aw, thooch this is less frequented than the ither soorces o heelp leeted oan this page.

Tae tauk aneat this steid, MediaWiki.org

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