Starter kit

You love software freedom and open source communities. You like MediaWiki, Wikipedia, or any other Wikimedia project. You want to contribute your technical skills and learn from other contributors. Well this is the best place to get started for new comers!

Understand our communities
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Get started
Register to mediawiki.org and subscribe to wikitech announce. Now you are connected.

Getting Familiar
If you're not familiar with the wiki environment, these links can help you get comfortable:
 * How to contribute or its discussions
 * Project:Help - Provides the fundamental information of MediaWiki
 * Help:Navigation.
 * How to Edit (with the new VisualEditor) or Edit source (old school)

MediaWiki Software
This is a key software for the contributors. Please make sure you check out the to get help about installating, running or using the software.

User page and preferences
After registering, you get a user page that is 100% public. Introduce yourself! Suggested fields are:
 * real name
 * location
 * interests
 * languages
 * motivation to be here.

If you want a picture, check Help:Images. Minimal / no design is recommended. Wikipedia explains more. You may also use the User Info Template.

Following
It is always better to follow and share the news of MediaWiki across your social network. For more details check : Social media

Editing
See Also: Editing

Check the following links: Editing text Wikimedia Commons - To add pictures, sounds and vidoes under license. Adding a new page Adding links

Queries/Discussions
For queries and discussions, please refer to:


 * FAQs
 * Project:Support desk - discussions about MediaWiki software
 * site - discussions about MediaWiki site
 * Talk Pages

Mailing lists
''Main Article = Mailing lists

There are several e-mail lists that exist for discussion of the MediaWiki software. Note that these lists are not appropriate places for discussing issues with Wikipedia or any other Wikimedia Foundation wiki. The complete list of all MediaWiki mailing lists is on Meta.