Skin:MonoBook

MonoBook was the previous default man-skins>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Skins|skin for wmf>Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation websites since mw-hist>Special:MyLanguage/MediaWiki history|MediaWiki's inception between 2002 and 2003, as the phase3>Special:MyLanguage/Phase III|Phase III software that was designed to replace the old usemod>Special:MyLanguage/UseModWiki|UseModWiki software that originally powered Wikipedia and the other Foundation wikis.

After the switch to MediaWiki, it became the most popular and most widely supported skin in the library until it was finally supplanted by the vector>Special:MyLanguage/Skin:Vector|Vector skin as the default on May 13, 2010 (MediaWiki 1.17, ), as a result of the efforts of the wui>Special:MyLanguage/Wikipedia Usability Initiative|Wikipedia Usability Initiative to improve Wikipedia user experiences and potentially draw in more contributor participation.

Installation
This skin is included in the download>Special:MyLanguage/Download|MediaWiki download tarball.

You only need to install it separately if you installed MediaWiki using a different method.