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Aperçu
La documentation technique fait référence à toute documentation contenant des informations ayant rapport à un produit technique, un processus, ou une tâche.

La documentation des projets Wikimedia est largement répartie sur les différents wikis et les sites web. Cette page traite de la documentation technique pour et les logiciels associés.

Why contribute to technical documentation?
Technical documentation is an important part of Wikimedia technical projects. Quality documentation is especially important for open-source projects where folks from all over the world are working together. It provides history, context, accurate information, and repeatable steps that people can follow.

If you are interested in contributing to Wikimedia's technical projects, improving technical documentation can be a good starting place.

Where to find Wikimedia technical documentation
There are many Wikimedia technical projects, and sometimes it can be difficult to determine the best place to find or publish technical documentation. Following is a list of the main places to find Wikimedia technical documentation.


 * MediaWiki - MediaWiki software documentation and technical documentation for many other Wikimedia technology projects. This is the default space for publishing technical documents about Wikimedia technology.
 * Wikitech - Technical documentation for Wikimedia Foundation infrastructure and services. This includes production clusters, Wikimedia Cloud Services, Toolforge hosting, the Beta Cluster, and other data services.
 * Wikidata - Technical documentation related to the Wikidata project, particularly the Tools page.
 * PAWS - Documentation about PAWS, Wikimedia's hosted Jupyter notebooks instance. Notebooks are frequently used to create tutorials and documentation for Wikimedia technology.
 * Phabricator - Phabricator is a collaboration tool that is used by the Wikimedia technical community for task and bug management. You can find many issues and software projects documented here. Use best practices for software documentation when filing tasks and interacting in this space.

Structure de la documentation

 * Sur :
 * Manuel technique pour les informations à propos du logiciel MediaWiki.
 * Documentation basée sur le projet. Cela inclut les guides utilisateurs, la documentation de l'API, les tutoriels, les informations du développement et les matériels de référence relatifs aux projets spécifiques.
 * Les pages d'aide contiennent la documentation de l'utilisateur final et  fournit quelques documents à la demande.
 * Documentation de l'API générée automatiquement :
 * Références de l'API Action
 * Références de l'API REST
 * Documentation générée à partir du code source de MediaWiki : doc.wikimedia.org.
 * Les fichiers texte du [$url répertoire /docs] de l'arborescence des sources MediaWiki possèdent les informations relatives au code.

La prise en charge des resources comprend les blogs, les pages de discussion et les forums de discussion.

Public concerné par la documentation
Les utilisateurs initiaux de la documentation MediaWiki et l'ensemble le plus utile de pages pour chaque groupe utilisateur sont listés ci-dessous.

at and meta are concise forms of end-user documentation. Pages linked to and  contain sysadmin specific information. Manual:Contents serves as the reference guide. MediaWiki Administrator's Handbook and contain resources for administrators. serves as the reference guide. , and linked pages are a starting point for beginners. Experienced developers refer to. References include, , , , , etc., besides the software installation guidelines. Pages linked to. and for getting started followed by the project specific mediawiki pages.
 * Wiki users (end users of the MediaWiki software)
 * System administrators
 * Wiki administrators
 * Developers
 * Code developers and administrators
 * Add-ons developers
 * Designers
 * Translators and technical writers

For a more comprehensive exploration of the types of people who use Wikimedia technical documentation and their motivations, see Audiences for Wikimedia technical documentation.

Get started
New to technical documentation on Wikimedia projects? This page will help you get started right away.