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Get in contact with other MediaWiki users and developers, or follow Wikimedia and MediaWiki related news and stories.

Ask & discuss
Get help or support.

Forums
Get help in forums both with using MediaWiki and setting up MediaWiki:


 * Project:Support desk - ask any MediaWiki related questions
 * MediaWiki Users forum (unofficial)
 * StackExchange's #mediawiki tag (RSS feed) (unofficial)
 * Reddit's MediaWiki group (unofficial)

Chat
Find help in real time on chat servers:
 * : on libera.chat is the IRC chat channel for technical questions about MediaWiki. For MediaWiki software development questions, use . For technical and software development questions about Wikimedia websites, use.
 * 1) MediaWiki unofficial (Discord) - Topics include wiki installation, operation, skinning, custom developments (details).
 * 2) Wikimedia Chat (Mattermost) - For movement-wide discussions, not just technical matters (details).
 * 3) Outreachy programs chat (Zulip) - For applicants and participants of Outreach programs (details).
 * 4) Telegram @wmhack group - For Hackathon related questions (details).

Mailing lists
Post on mailing lists:


 * mediawiki-l is the high-traffic mailing list to ask for help with using or setting up MediaWiki.


 * wikitech-l is the high-traffic mailing list for both MediaWiki and Wikimedia software development.

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Learn, explore & follow
Stay informed about news and changes.

Mailing lists
Subscribe to mailing lists:
 * mediawiki-announce is a low-traffic list for announcements of new MediaWiki releases and security updates (all messages also go to mediawiki-l).
 * wikitech-ambassadors announces the most important technical changes happening on Wikimedia websites. This list is aimed at end users of Wikimedia wikis, not MediaWiki software in general. You can also follow these announcements on Wikimedia wikis via Tech News.

Social Media
Follow our accounts:


 * @MediaWiki (Twitter)
 * MediaWiki (Facebook)
 * @WikimediaTech (Twitter)

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Blogs
Read stories:


 * The Wikimedia Tech Blog shares stories from Wikimedia's technical community across and beyond Wikimedia technology.
 * Some tech blogs are 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.

Newsletters
Subscribe to several Wikimedia newsletters which cover certain areas of technical interest. You may want to first check their archives to see how active these newsletters are.

Share your knowledge

 * Publish your technical story on the Wikimedia Tech Blog.
 * Give a Technical Talk video presentation (currently on pause).

Join groups with shared interests

 * The aims to advocate the needs of MediaWiki users.
 * Project:MediaWiki Farmers user group is a group of developers who work on wiki farms.
 * Wikimedia user groups are open groups organized by themes and areas of interest.
 * Special Interest Groups are smaller organized groups focused on shared technical concerns.

Report software bugs or feature requests
Report and browse feature requests and bugs for most software on. See How to report a bug.

Translate
Collaboratively translate MediaWiki and Wikimedia software on Translatewiki. See Translator hub.