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MediaWiki makes it very easy to link wiki pages using a standard syntax (see [[Help:L
{{Admin tip|tip=The "{{mediawiki|Extension:Inputbox|inputbox extension}}" allows you to provide an even easi
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...can be freely copied into fresh wiki installations and/or distributed with MediaWiki software; see [[Help:Contents]] for an overview of all pages. See [[Project
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...>{{Languages|MediaWiki}}</nowiki></code> and not <code><nowiki>{{Languages|MediaWiki/fr}}</nowiki></code>).
...no Wikipedia in your language exists, do not add pages in that language to MediaWiki.org!''' This wiki is not the place for language advocacy - please go throu
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...tandard format]. The default options in the drop-down may be modified at [[MediaWiki:Ipboptions]].
...hey try to edit. The default reasons in the drop-down may be modified at [[MediaWiki:Ipbreason-dropdown]].
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MediaWiki ignores normal line breaks. To start a new paragraph, leave an empty line.
Some [[wikipedia:HTML|HTML]] tags are allowed in
MediaWiki, for example <code><nowiki><code></nowiki></code>, <code><nowiki><div></now
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There are four sorts of links in
MediaWiki:
|<pre>http://
mediawiki.org</pre>
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When viewing any page on a MediaWiki wiki, you'll find three main navigation elements:
...ch pages via [[Special:Allmessages]]. For more information see [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Interface/Sidebar Manual:Interface/Sidebar].}}
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The quickest way to find information in MediaWiki is to look it up directly. On the left-hand side of your screen there is a
* The search is not case-sensitive, so "MediaWiki", "mediawiki" and "MEDIAWIKI" all give the same result.
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MediaWiki offers a collection of special pages and tools to keep track of what is goi
{{Admin tip|tip=You may want to add important pages in your wiki to [[MediaWiki:Recentchangestext]], the intro shown at [[Special:Recentchanges]]}}
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If you have standard texts you want to include on several pages, the MediaWiki template feature comes into play.
...emplate may not be updated until some time later: this is handled by the {{mediawiki|Manual:Job queue|job queue}}.
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...you must be logged in as an Admin/Sysop (or another user with the import {{mediawiki|Manual:User rights|right}}) to do this.
You will also probably need {{mediawiki|Extension:ParserFunctions}} so that the Languages bar at the bottom of the
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...ly bureaucrats can change your username, and the wiki must also have the {{mediawiki|Extension:Renameuser|Renameuser extension}} installed.
* ''Language'': This controls what language the interface is displayed in. MediaWiki's default interface includes localisations for all supported languages, but
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Pages on a MediaWiki wiki are grouped into collections called "'''namespaces'''", which differen
...lso two special namespaces which contain pages created 'on the fly' by the MediaWiki software. The standard namespaces are organised in pairs, with each pair c
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<nowiki>[[</nowiki>:{{ns:image}}:{{mediawiki:image_sample}}]]
<nowiki>[[</nowiki>:{{ns:image}}:{{mediawiki:image_sample}}|Sunflowers]]
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...at least that is the theory. In practice MediaWiki software does offer many options related to permissions.
By default MediaWiki provides extra functionality to a group of trusted users called 'sysops' (o
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MediaWiki allows you to categorize pages and files by appending one or more '''{{ns:c
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The list of reasons in the dropdown box is maintained at [[MediaWiki:Deletereason-dropdown]].
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...wiki|Manual:$wgSysopRangeBans|$wgSysopRangeBans}} = true;</code>" in <tt>{{mediawiki|Manual:LocalSettings.php|LocalSettings.php}}</tt>.
The table below shows the IP blocks each CIDR suffix affects. Note that MediaWiki only supports blocking CIDR suffixes 16–32.
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You can make changes to the current skin's {{mediawiki|Manual:Interface/Stylesheets|stylesheet}} file (CSS) by creating a subpage
...www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:%24wgAllowUserCss $wgAllowUserCss] to your {{mediawiki|Manual:LocalSettings.php|LocalSettings.php}}.}}
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