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Esisten varies maneres de ponese'n contautu con otros usuarios de MediaWiki, o de tener ayuda nel intre. Les opciones recomendaes presentense más abaxo.

Llegada
Esto ye lo que faen la mayor parte de los collaboradores de MediaWiki nel so primer día:


 * Rexistrase y amestar dalgo d'información propia na so páxina d'usuariu.
 * Siguir les y les nueses canales nes.
 * Subscribise a la llista de corréu mediawiki-l y, seique,.
 * Xunise a la canal d'IRC y, seique,.


 * Asegurase de tener el so corréu confirmáu y los avisos per corréu activaos nes preferencies de mediawiki.org.
 * "" (calcar nel iconu de la estrella) les páxines que quier siguir y a les que, seique, contribuya.
 * ¡Inda meyor si alcuentra un que coincida col so allugamientu o intereses!

Charra
#mediawiki en irc.freenode.net ye la pa comunicación en tiempu real les 24 hores. Si nun tien un cliente d'IRC, use'l chat per web.


 * Por favor, llea les enantes de preguntar.
 * Espona'l so problema darréu y espere una rempuesta. Nun entrugue «hai dalguién equí» o «quién pue ayudame». Esto ye etiqueta normal d'IRC y permite que los participantes tean en varies xeres de mou eficaz.
 * Preparese pa esperar un tiempu pola primera respuesta, especialmente nes hores de menor actividá. A pesar d'esto, por cortesía pa col voluntariu que ta ayudando, procure contestar les sos cuestiones rápidamente.

If you don't get an answer, this could mean one of a number of things:


 * 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.
 * You're asking a question which is in the, the , the , or other , and the volunteers in the channel feel it would be best if you found it yourself.

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.

Mailing lists
There are several available. The recommended ones are:


 * mediawiki-l (or via Gmane) (or via your newsreader) is the high-traffic mailing list to ask for support.
 * wikitech-l (or via Gmane) (or via your newsreader) is the high-traffic mailing list for software development, especially when it relates to Wikimedia (not just MediaWiki) wikis.
 * 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).

Please check the archives first! All three lists are also available through Gmane which provides access as newsgroups or in various web-based formats, and includes its own archives and archive search.

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 private ones, e.g. mwusers.com and 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