How to contribute

MediaWiki is a free/libre and open source software effort that relies on many types of contributions from different people. The MediaWiki community is a great place to learn, collaborate, meet interesting people and be part of something BIG. Join us!

Landing
This is what most MediaWiki contributors do in their first day:


 * Subscribe to mediawiki-l mailing list (English only) and perhaps more.
 * Join IRC channel (English only) and perhaps more.
 * Make sure you have an email confirmed and email notifications enabled in your mediawiki.org preferences.
 * "Watch" (click the star icon of) the pages you want to follow and perhaps contribute to.
 * All the better if you find a MediaWiki Group that matches your location or interests!

Improve MediaWiki's documentation

 * If you are familiar with a MediaWiki feature, improve its documentation on this wiki! Take screenshots, provide examples, etc. See Project:PD help for guidance.
 * Help out on maintenance tasks for this wiki.

Translate

 * Translate content on this wiki. See Project:Translation, or just go to the translator dashboard and start translating (tutorial)!
 * Help maintain interface ("system messages") translations. These are enormously useful. See translatewiki.net.

Report and manage bugs

 * Help sort and provide feedback on bugzilla (English only).
 * Report bugs (English only)! If something doesn't work as it should, don't just ignore it – make sure it's reported.

Help others learn about MediaWiki
Help answer other people's questions about MediaWiki. If you encounter a problem and figure out how to fix it, share the information.
 * On the communication venues mentioned above.
 * On Project:Support desk.
 * On this wiki's help and manual pages. This is especially useful for installation and upgrading problems.

Help develop MediaWiki

 * Read how to become a MediaWiki hacker and visit the Developer hub to learn how you can help develop MediaWiki (English only).

Donate money

 * Most core MediaWiki developers are employed by the Wikimedia Foundation, which is a not-for-profit organization. Please consider donating.