Starter kit

You love software freedom and open source communities. You like MediaWiki, Wikipedia, or any other Wikimedia project. You want to contribute your technical skills and learn from other contributors. Well this is the best place to get started for new comers!

Understand our communities
(Qgil to write this one)

Get started
Register to mediawiki.org and subscribe to wikitech announce. Now you are connected.

Getting Familiar
If you're not familiar with the wiki environment, these links can help you get comfortable:
 * Help:Navigation.
 * How to contribute or its discussions
 * Project:Help - Provides the fundamental information of MediaWiki
 * How to Edit (with the new VisualEditor) or Edit source (old school)

MediaWiki Software
Downloading the software Installion guide Configuring Users guide/hub

User page and preferences
After registering, you get a user page that is 100% public. Introduce yourself! Suggested fields are:
 * real name
 * location
 * interests
 * languages
 * motivation to be here.

If you want a picture, check Help:Images. Minimal / no design is recommended. Wikipedia explains more. You may also use the User Info Template.

Communication
To contact other MediaWiki users or to get instant help, please visit Communication.

Queries/Discussions
For queries and discussions, please refer to:


 * FAQs
 * Project:Support desk - discussions about MediaWiki software
 * site - discussions about MediaWiki site
 * Talk Pages

Editing
Editing pages of a wiki Editing MediaWiki content

Mailing lists
There are several e-mail lists that exist for discussion of the MediaWiki software. Note that these lists are not appropriate places for discussing issues with Wikipedia or any other Wikimedia Foundation wiki. The complete list of all MediaWiki mailing lists is on Meta.

Real-time chats
The best place for real-time communication for discussing or asking questions about MediaWiki is #mediawiki IRC (Internet Relay Chat). You can use this web page to connect. For further details, please visit MediaWiki on IRC

Translation
One way of translating is Live Translation which uses either Google Translate or Microsoft Translator. For detailed information, please visit Live Translation.

Another way is using Translation extension. Check the requirements of the extension then download it from here. Once the translation extension has been installed, check the Translation extension guide.

For further help, visit the following links:
 * Page translation administration
 * Localisation

To start translating wikis, click https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Main_Pagehere.

Issue tracking in Bugzilla
See also : Bugzilla

Bugzilla.wikimedia.org is where all the bugs of MediaWiki Software are reported and suggestion for new features and enhancements are given.

It is recommended for the new contributors to try:


 * bugs with the "easy" keyword
 * bugs with the "easy" keyword sorted by most votes

Code review in Gerrit
Gerrit is the most important part of the development process. All the contributions to MediaWiki are reviewed and approved at gerrit.wikimedia.org. To help you get started, check the Tutorial or it's short version.

The Code Review is mainly written for developers reviewing codes, but it can be useful for the developers submitting the code for review.

Following
It is always better to follow and share the news of MediaWiki across your social network.

For more details check : Social media