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Do you love software freedom and open source communities? Do you like the MediaWiki software, Wikipedia, or any other Wikimedia sites? Then, contribute your skills here and learn from other contributors. This page will help you getting started by providing an overview of areas where you can get involved.



Communication
There are several ways you can get into contact with the Wikimedia community.
 * For real-time communication or asking development related questions about MediaWiki, use on IRC (Internet Relay Chat).
 * There are also several e-mail lists for discussion of Wikimedia software. A complete list is available.
 * You can also follow and share Wikimedia news across your social network.
 * You can also subscribe to Tech News to receive a weekly summary on your user talk page of recent software changes, without technical jargon.

Editing and discussing in MediaWiki
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 * Register your user account on mediawiki.org.
 * Learn how to Edit wiki pages with VisualEditor or editing the source.
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