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Thaur's twa-three waas tae get in contact wi ither MediaWiki uisers and developers, or tae follea Wikimedia and MediaWiki relatit news.

Forums

Fer halp wi the MediaWiki saffware

Thaur's twa three forums boot the internet whaur ye can get halp baith wi uisin MediaWiki n wi settin up MediaWiki.

• Waurk:Support desk
• MediaWiki Uisers forum (Onoffeecial)
• StackExchange's #mediawiki tag (RSS feed) (Onoffeecial)
• Reddit's MediaWiki groop (Onoffeecial)

Tauk

Easy to use chat

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

1. MediaWiki unofficial (Discord) - Run by wiki operators. 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 Outreachy programs(details)
4. Hackathon chat (Telegram @wmhack group) - For Hackathon related questions (details)

IRC

#mediawiki ^connect oan irc.freenode.net is the roond-the-clock IRC real-time tauk channel fer technical speirins.

• State yer proablem immeedeeatelie n wait fer ae response. Dinna say "is thaur oniebodie here" or "can somebodie halp me". This is normal IRC etiquette n allous parteecipants tae multitask effecteevelie.
• Expect tae wait fer ae while fer aen ineetial response, especiallie in aff-peak times. Despite this, oot o courtesie fer the volunteer that's heelpin ye, ettle tae answer thair speirinns promptlie.

Gif ye dinna get aen answer, this coud mean yin o ae nummer o things:

• Nawbodie wis roond at the time o day that ye chose. Gif the channel is generallie quiet, come back later.
• Ye'r speirin ae speirin that nawbodie kens the answer tae, or that needs ae lot o wairk tae answer.

Speirins relatin til proablems wi yer parteecular instawation o MediaWiki ar generallie best answered oan IRC, sin thay aften need ae back-n-forth exchange tae isolate the proablem, this is teedeeoos whan dun oan the mailin leets.

Mailin leets

Thaur's several Mailing lists available. The recommended yins ar:

• mediawiki-l (or bi wa o Gmane) (or bi wa o yer newsreader) is the hei-traffic mailin leet tae speir fer halp wi uisin or settin up MediaWiki.
• wikitech-l (or bi wa o Gmane) (or bi wa o yer newsreader) is the hei-traffic mailin leet fer baith MediaWiki n Wikimedia sffware deveelopment.
• mediawiki-announce (or bi wa o Gmane) (or bi way o yer newsreader) is ae law-traffic leet fer announcements o new MediaWiki releases n securitie updates (aw messages gae tae mediawiki-l n aw).
• wikitech-ambassadors Announcements aneat upcomin changes oan Wikimedia wabstieds. Fer the maist pairt, this leet is aimed at end uisers o Wikimedia wikis, no the MediaWiki saffware in general.

Please check the archyves first! Aw three leets ar available throo Gmane n aw, this gies access aes newsgroops or in sindrie wab-based formats, n incluids its ain archyves n archyve rake.

Social Media

Follae the MediaWiki accoonts:

• @MediaWiki (Twitter)
• MediaWiki (Facebook)

Mair details at Social media .

Blog

• The Wikimedia Tech Blog is ae venue fer tae share stories fae Wikimedia's technical commonitie across and ayont Wikimedia-tech. See the editorial guidelines fer mair information.
• Thaur's some tech blogs hostit oan Phabricator.
• The English Wikimedia planet blog aggregator sometimes contains tech stuff mixed in wi posts maistlie aneat non-techneecal aspects o Wikimedia waurks.

Newsletter

See Wikimedia's Tech/News n aw, this covers aw the techneecal acteevitie happenin aw ower the Wikimedia muivment.

• Thaur's mair newsletters that ye can subscribe tae.

Groups

• Thaur's twa-three MediaWiki Groups that could be a guid fit fer yer location or interests.

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

Wabsteids

• Phabricator is whaur featur requests n bugs can be reportit or broused.
• Translatewiki is ae MediaWiki steid that allous collaborateev owersetin, inclaedin o MediaWiki saffware.