Communication/sco

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

Basics
Thir's guid first steps:


 * Register n eik some info aneat yersel oan yer uiser page.
 * Follae the News n oor social media channels.
 * Check the newsletters that ye can subscreeb tae.
 * Joyn $mediawiki-irc IRC channel n mibbie mair.
 * Mak sair that ye hae aen email address confirmed n email annooncemants enabled in yer mediawiki.org preferances.
 * "Watch" (clap the stair icon o) the pages that ye want tae follae n perhaps contreebute tae.
 * Aw the better gif ye fynd ae MediaWiki Groop that matches yer location or interests!
 * Ye'r speirin ae speirin that's in the ASS, the halp, the manual, or ither documentation, n the volunteers in the channel feel that it wid be best gif ye foond it yersel.

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 $1 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 allous 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:

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.
 * 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 tae, or that needs ae lot o wairk tae answer.

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


 * mediawiki-l (or bi wa o Gmane) (or bi wa o yer newsreader) is the hei-traffic mailin leet tae speir fer halp wi uisin or settin up MediaWiki.
 * wikitech-l (or bi wa o Gmane) (or bi wa o yer newsreader) is the hei-traffic mailin leet fer baith MediaWiki n Wikimedia sffware deveelopment.
 * mediawiki-announce (or bi wa o Gmane) (or bi way o yer newsreader) is ae law-traffic leet fer announcements o new MediaWiki releases n securitie updates (aw messages gae tae mediawiki-l n aw).
 * wikitech-ambassadors Announcements aneat upcomin changes oan Wikimedia wabstieds. Fer the maist pairt, this leet is aimed at end uisers o Wikimedia wikis, no the MediaWiki saffware in general.

Please check the archyves first! Aw three leets ar available throo Gmane n aw, this gies access aes newsgroops or in sindrie wab-based formats, n incluids its ain archyves n archyve rake.

Social Media
Follae the MediaWiki accoonts:


 * @MediaWiki (Twitter)
 * MediaWiki (Facebook)

Mair details at. 

Blog

 * The Wikimedia Blog haes ae tech section speceeficlie fer news n information fae the Wikimedia Foondation’s Technologie department (link - RSS feed).
 * Thaur's some tech blogs hostit oan phabricator.
 * The English Wikimedia planet blog aggregator sometimes contains tech stuff mixed in wi posts maistlie aneat non-techneecal aspects o Wikimedia waurks.

Newsletter
See Wikimedia's Tech/News n aw, this covers aw the techneecal acteevitie happenin aw ower the Wikimedia muivment.
 * 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.

Wabsteids

 * Wikimedia's Meta-Wiki uisd tae be whaur documents were managed n proposals were taukt aneat afore this steid wis stairtit. Thaur's still ae heap o content thaur that's no been muived.
 *  is whaur featur requests n bugs can be reportit or broused.
 * Translatewiki is ae MediaWiki steid that allous collaborateev owersetin, inclaedin o MediaWiki saffware.

Fer halp wi the MediaWiki saffware
Thaur's twa three forums boot the internet whaur ye can get halp baith wi uisin MediaWiki n wi settin up MediaWiki.


 * Waurk:Support desk
 * Wikimedia Deveeloper Support (Tauk)
 * MediaWiki Uisers forum (Onoffeecial)
 * StackExchange's #mediawiki tag (RSS feed) (Onoffeecial)
 * Reddit's MediaWiki groop (Onoffeecial)