Category talk:MediaWiki configuration settings

Category:Manual
I added this page to Category:Manual because more people will find and contribute to the Manual if it is called the Manual and not something else. --Rogerhc 04:15, 3 August 2006 (UTC) I would like to create a label.

Help: or Manual:

 * The "Help:" namespace should contain help for MediaWiki site users -- how to use and edit the site.
 * The "Manual:" namespace should contain help for MediaWiki system administrators -- how to system administrate a MediaWiki server.

$wgVariables are system administration level parts of MediaWiki. Why are they explained in the "Help:" namespace? These should all be moved to the "Manual:" namespace, right? --Rogerhc 04:45, 14 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Right, but there is still some discussion about how they should be organised, and we don't want to move them twice. Hence the delay.  --HappyDog 11:42, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
 * ...although I see that someone has been bold and moved them... :) Ah well, at least it wasn't me! --HappyDog 11:47, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Newbie introductory material
It is nice to have a category listing these Configuration settings. But there is nothing so frustrating as finding excellent references to a list of features indicating so much potential... but with no hint of HOW to access/apply the feature. (It is like posting signs in a community of starving & penniless people that says "Set the framistat to 'true' for free, unlimited food".)

Could you add a link to the category header? It should point to a page with the introductory material for applying configuration settings?

Or at least a hint of what term to search? "Usually these directives are situated in  in the root of your MediaWiki installation."

thx BAMaustin (talk) 14:52, 6 July 2021 (UTC)