Communication

Fundamental Introduction to MediaWiki

Contents

• Whit's MediaWiki?
• Documentation
• Customization
• Versions & Download
• Installation
• Support & Contact
• Development

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All other topics

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Thaur's several waas tae get in contact wi ither MediaWiki uisers or tae get instant heelp.

Laundin

Thir's guid first steps:

• Register n eik some info aneat yersel oan yer uiser page.
• Follae the News n oor social media channels.
• Check the newsletters that ye can subscreeb tae.
• Joyn #mediawiki^connect IRC channel n mibbie mair.

• Mak sair that ye hae aen email address confirmed n email annooncemants enabled in yer mediawiki.org preferances.
• "Watch" (clap the stair icon o) the pages that ye want tae follae n perhaps contreebute tae.
• Aw the better gif ye fynd ae MediaWiki Groop that matches yer location or interests!

Tauk

#mediawiki oan irc.freenode.net is the roond-the-clock IRC channel fer realtime communication. Gif ye dinna hae aen IRC client, uise wab tauk.

• Please read the FAQ afore speirin.
• State yer proablem immeedeeatelie n wait fer ae response. Dinna say "is thaur oniebodie here" or "can somebodie heelp me". This is normal IRC etiquette n allous parteecipants tae multítask 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.
• Ye'r speirin ae speirin that's in the ASS, the halp, the manual, or ither documentation, n the volunteers in the channel feel that it wid be best gif ye foond it yersel.

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

Get in contact!

Thaur's several mailin leets 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.

Twitter/Facebook

Follae the MediaWiki accoonts:

• @MediaWiki (Twitter)
• MediaWiki (Facebook)
• MediaWiki (Google+, less updated)

Mair details at Social media .

Blog

• The Wikimedia Blog haes ae tech section speceeficlie fer news n information fae the Wikimedia Foondation’s Technologie department (link - RSS feed).
• 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

Ingils Wikipædia's Signpost haes ae regulair technologie report wi content sib tae acteevitie wiin Wikimedia Foondation’s Technologie department. See Wikimedia's Tech/News n aw, this covers aw the techneecal acteevitie happenin aw ower the Wikimedia muivment.

Wabsteids

• Wikimedia's Meta-Wiki uisd tae be whaur documents were managed n proposals were taukt aneat afore this steid wis stairtit. Thaur's still ae heap o content thaur that's no been muived.
• Pharicator is whaur featur requests n bugs can be reportit or broused.
• Translatewiki is ae MediaWiki steid that allous collaborateev owersetin, inclaedin o MediaWiki saffware.

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
• Wikimedia Deveeloper Support (Tauk)
• MediaWiki Uisers forum (Onoffeecial)
• StackExchange's #mediawiki tag (RSS feed) (Onoffeecial)
• Reddit's MediaWiki groop (Onoffeecial)

Tae tauk aneat this steid, MediaWiki.org

• Waurk:Issues the nou (Inglis)