Project:Help/en

General help

 * What is a wiki?
 * Special:MyLanguage/Differences between Wikipedia, Wikimedia, MediaWiki, and wiki — If confused about the difference, read this article.

MediaWiki software
Please check the following locations for help installing / running / using the MediaWiki software.


 * The MediaWiki Handbook
 * Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
 * Technical Reference
 * Public Domain User Manual (under development)
 * Communication — Other sources of help.

If you have checked these pages and still need further help, then you can try asking a question at the support desk.

Basic information

 * Project:About
 * Project:Copyrights
 * Project:Language policy
 * Project:Deletion
 * Project:Namespaces

Current projects

 * Project:PD help — For discussing the public-domain help pages.
 * Project:Manual — For discussing the Manual: namespace.
 * Meta:MetaProject to transfer content to MediaWiki.org — For co-ordinating the move of pages from Meta.
 * Project:Tasks — Ongoing site tasks. Get involved!

Questions and discussion

 * Project:Support desk — For discussing issues about the MediaWiki software.
 * Project:Current issues — For discussing issues about the MediaWiki site.

Requests for user rights

 * Project:Requests