Communication/sco

Thaur's several waas tae get in contact wi ither MediaWiki uisers or tae get instant heelp.

Landin
Thir ar guid first steps:


 * Register n add some info aneat yersel in yer uiser page.
 * Follae the n oor  channels.
 * Subscribe til wikitech-announce tae receeve email annooncmants aneat new acteevities.
 * Jyn IRC channel n perhaps.


 * Mak sair that ye hae aen email confirmed n email annooncemants enabled in yer mediawiki.org preferances.
 * "" (clap the stair icon o) the pages that ye want tae follae n perhaps contreebute til.
 * Aw the better gif ye fynd ae that matches yer location or interests!

Tauk
#mediawiki oan irc.freenode.net is the roond-the-clock fer realtime communication. Gif ye dinna hae aen IRC client, uise wab tauk.


 * Please read the afore speirin.
 * State yer proablem immeedeeatelie n wait fer ae response. Dinna say "is thaur oniebodie here" or "can somebodie heelp me". This is normal IRC etiquette n permits parteecipants tae multítask effecteevelie.
 * Expect tae wait fer ae while fer aen ineetial response, especiallie in aff-peak times. Despite this, oot o courtesie fer the volunteer that's heelpin ye, ettle tae answer thair speirinns promptlie.

Gif ye dinna get aen answer, this coud mean yin o ae nummer o things:


 * Nawbodie wis roond at the time o day that ye chose. Gif the channel is generallie quiet, come back later.
 * Ye'r speirin ae speirin that nawbodie kens the answer til, or that needs ae lot o wairk tae answer.
 * Ye'r speirin ae speirin thats in the, the , the , or ither , n the volunteers in the channel feel that it wid be best gif ye foond it yersel.

Speirins relatin til proablems wi yer parteecular instawation o MediaWiki ar generallie best answered oan IRC, sin thay aften need ae back-n-forth exchange tae isolate the proablem, this is teedeeoos whan dun oan the mailin leets.

Mailin leets
Thaur's several available. The recommended yins ar:


 * mediawiki-l (or bi waa o Gmane) (or bi waa o yer newsreader) is the hei-traffeec mailin leet tae speir fer support.
 * wikitech-l (or bi waa o Gmane) (or bi waa o yer newsreader) is the hei-traffeec mailin leet fer saffware deveeelopmant, especiallie whan it relates til Wikimedia (na jist MediaWiki) wikis.
 * mediawiki-announce (or bi wa o Gmane) (or bi waa o yer newsreader) is ae law-traffeec leet fer annooncemants o new MediaWiki releases n securitie updates (aw messages gang til mediawiki-l ava).

Please check the archyves first! Aw three leets ar available throoch Gmane ava, this gies access aes newsgroops or in ae varitie o wab-based formats, n incluids its ain archyves n archyve rake.

Twitter/Facebook/Identi.ca
Follow the MediaWiki accounts:

More details at. 
 * @MediaWiki (Twitter)
 * @MediaWiki (Identi.ca)
 * MediaWiki (Facebook)

Blog
The Wikimedia Blog has a tech section specifically for news and information from the Wikimedia Foundation’s Technology department (link - RSS feed).

Newsletter
English Wikipedia's Signpost has a regular technology report with content related to activity within Wikimedia Foundation’s Technology department.

Websites

 * Wikimedia's Meta-Wiki was formerly where documents were managed and proposals were discussed before this site was started. There is still a lot of content there that has yet to be moved.
 *  is where feature requests and bugs may be reported or browsed.

For help with the MediaWiki software
There is no "official" forum or discussion board, but there are some unofficial ones, for instance on StackExchange. See also the MediaWiki Developers Facebook group.

You can also post support questions at Project:Support desk, though this is less frequented than the other sources of help listed on this page.

To discuss this site, MediaWiki.org

 * Project:Current issues