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Fundamental Introduction to MediaWiki
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What is MediaWiki? Manual Customization Versions & Download Installation Support & Contact Development
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Llan aṭas n wallalen ɣef unermes n iseqdacen nniḍen n MidyaWiki naɣ ɣef weksab n umalil s leɛjel.

Inmagaren

I tallelt ɣef useɣzan MediaWiki

There are a few forums around the internet where you can get help both with using MediaWiki and with setting up MediaWiki.

• Project:Support desk
• MediaWiki Users forum (Unofficial)
• StackExchange's #mediawiki tag (RSS feed) (Unofficial)
• Reddit's MediaWiki group (Unofficial)

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There are a few chat servers where help can be found depending on the topic:

1. MediaWiki unofficial (Discord) - Topics include wiki installation, operation, skinning, custom developments (details)
2. Wikimedia Chat (Mattermost) - For movement-wide discussions, not just technical matters. Started in September 2020 (details)
3. Outreachy programs chat (Zulip) - For Outreach programs (details)
4. Hackathon chat (Telegram @wmhack group) - For Hackathon related questions (details)

IRC

#mediawiki ^connect on libera.chat is the around-the-clock IRC real-time chat channel for technical questions.

• State your problem immediately and wait for a response. Don't ask "is there anyone here" or "can someone help me". This is normal IRC etiquette and allows participants to multitask effectively.
• Expect to wait for some time for an initial response, especially in off-peak times. Despite this, out of courtesy for the volunteer who is helping you, try to answer their questions promptly.

Ur k-d-ttunefk ara tririt, ahat d yiwet gar ddeqs n tɣawsiwin:

• Nobody was around at the time of day you chose. If the channel is generally quiet, come back later.

• You're asking a question which nobody knows the answer to, or which requires a lot of work to answer.

tibdarin n tnezwit

Llant aṭas n Mailing lists i yttwaheyyan. Atentidak tid i d-sutren.

• mediawiki-l (or via Gmane) (or via your newsreader) is the high-traffic mailing list to ask for help with using or setting up MediaWiki.

• wikitech-l (or via Gmane) (or via your newsreader) is the high-traffic mailing list for both MediaWiki and Wikimedia software development.

• mediawiki-announce (or via Gmane) (or via your newsreader) is a low-traffic list for announcements of new MediaWiki releases and security updates (all messages also go to mediawiki-l).

• wikitech-ambassadors Announcements about upcoming changes on Wikimedia websites. This list is primarily aimed at end users of Wikimedia wikis, not the MediaWiki software in general.

Social Media

Ḍfer imiḍanen MediaWiki:

• @MediaWiki (Twitter)
• MediaWiki (Facebook)

Kra iwellihen ɣef usebtar Social media .

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• The Wikimedia Tech Blog is a venue to share stories from Wikimedia's technical community across and beyond Wikimedia-tech.

See the editorial guidelines for more information.

• There are some tech blogs hosted on Phabricator.

• The English Wikimedia planet blog aggregator sometimes contains tech stuff mixed in with posts mostly about non-technical aspects of Wikimedia projects.

Tabratt n tnezwit

• Wikimedia's Tech/News covers all the technical activity happening across the Wikimedia movement.

• There are further newsletters that you can subscribe to.

Groups

• There are several MediaWiki Groups which could match your location or interests.

• The MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group aims to advocate the needs of MediaWiki users.

Ismal Web

• Phabricator is where feature requests and bugs may be reported or browsed.

• Translatewiki is a MediaWiki site that allows collaborative translation, including of MediaWiki software.