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There are several ways to get in contact with other MediaWiki users and developers, or to follow Wikimedia and MediaWiki related news.

For help with the MediaWiki software
There are a few forums around the internet where you can get help both with using MediaWiki and with setting up MediaWiki.


 *  Project:Support desk 
 * MediaWiki Users forum ( Unofficial )
 * StackExchange's #mediawiki tag (RSS feed) ( Unofficial )
 * Reddit's MediaWiki group ( Unofficial )

Easy to use chat
There are a few different discord-like chat servers where help can be found depending on the topic:


 * 1) MediaWiki unofficial (Discord) - Run by wiki operators. Topics include wiki installation, operation, skinning, custom developments (details)
 * 2) Wikimedia Chat (Mattermost) - For movement-wide discussions, not just technical matters. Started in September 2020 (details)
 * 3) Outreachy programs chat (Zulip) - For Outreachy programs(details)
 * 4) Hackathon chat (Telegram @wmhack group) - For Hackathon related questions (details)

IRC
on irc.freenode.net is the around-the-clock for technical questions.


 * State your problem immediately and wait for a response. Don't ask "is there anyone here" or "can someone help me". This is normal IRC etiquette and allows participants to multitask effectively.
 * Expect to wait for some time for an initial response, especially in off-peak times. Despite this, out of courtesy for the volunteer who is helping you, try to answer their questions promptly.

Viss du ikkje får svar, kan det bety fleire ting:


 * Nobody was around at the time of day you chose. If the channel is generally quiet, come back later.
 * You're asking a question which nobody knows the answer to, or which requires a lot of work to answer.

Questions relating to problems with your particular installation of MediaWiki are generally best answered on IRC, since they often require a back-and-forth exchange to isolate the problem, which is tedious when performed on the mailing lists.

E-post listar
Det er fleire tilgjengelege. Dei tilrådde er:


 * mediawiki-l (or via Gmane) (or via your newsreader) is the high-traffic mailing list to ask for help with using or setting up MediaWiki.
 * wikitech-l (or via Gmane) (or via your newsreader) is the high-traffic mailing list for both MediaWiki and Wikimedia software development.
 * mediawiki-announce (or via Gmane) (or via your newsreader) is a low-traffic list for announcements of new MediaWiki releases and security updates (all messages also go to mediawiki-l).
 * wikitech-ambassadors Announcements about upcoming changes on Wikimedia websites. This list is primarily aimed at end users of Wikimedia wikis, not the MediaWiki software in general.

Social Media
Følg MediaWiki-kontoane:


 * @MediaWiki (Twitter)
 * MediaWiki (Facebook)

More details at. 

Blog
See the editorial guidelines for more information.
 * The Wikimedia Tech Blog is a venue to share stories from Wikimedia's technical community across and beyond Wikimedia-tech.
 * There are some tech blogs hosted on Phabricator.
 * The English Wikimedia planet blog aggregator sometimes contains tech stuff mixed in with posts mostly about non-technical aspects of Wikimedia projects.

Nyheitsbrev

 * Wikimedia's Tech/News covers all the technical activity happening across the Wikimedia movement.
 * There are further newsletters that you can subscribe to.

Groups

 * There are several MediaWiki Groups which could match your location or interests.
 * The aims to advocate the needs of MediaWiki users.

Nettsider

 *  is where feature requests and bugs may be reported or browsed.
 * Translatewiki is a MediaWiki site that allows collaborative translation, including of MediaWiki software.