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==Overview==
[[MediaWiki]] is the software used for this wiki, and seems to be the most mature (and most rapidly developing) [[wiki]] software available.
===Pages===
''see also Developer Docs, below''
* '''versions'''
** [[MediaWiki 1.11]] may require some changes to your configuration when upgrading
** [[MediaWiki 1.12]] has some substantial changes to the parser, breaking some usages of extension functions/tags
* '''common operations'''
** [[MediaWiki installation|installation]]
** [[MediaWiki customization|customization]]
** [[upgrading MediaWiki]]
** [[backing up MediaWiki]]
** [[fighting spam posts in MediaWiki]]
** [[creating a custom Special page in MediaWiki]]
** [[/skins|skinning]]
* '''extensions'''
** [[LiquidThreads]]: threaded forum which takes over the talkpages
** [[SpamFerret]]: advanced spam filtering database (in progress but functional)
** [[W3TPL]]: scripting language (in progress but functional)
** [[/Special]]: special pages with documentation on this site
*** [[/Special/Interwiki|Interwiki]]: modified version of Stephanie Amanda Stevens's workhorse
*** [[/Special/LogPost|LogPost]]: for debugging POSTed data
*** [[/Special/SiteSubscribe|SiteSubscribe]]: for managing site subscriptions, with support for [[PayPal]]
* '''advanced'''
** [[/content programming]]: programming with wikicode
* '''works in progress'''
** [[/embedding|embedding MediaWiki content in other sites]]
** [[subwikifying MediaWiki]]
** [[mirroring a MediaWiki site on a laptop]]
** [[MediaWiki customization for an outward-looking site]]

==Links==
===Reference===
* [[mwsite:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] software's official web site
** [[mwsite:Documentation|Documentation]]
** [[mwsite:Manual:Contents|installing, running and developing]] for the MediaWiki software
** [[metawikipedia:Help:Contents|User's Guide / Help index]]
* '''Editing''':
** '''Magic words''':
*** [[metawikipedia:Help:Magic words|Meta]] needs to be merged with MediaWiki; has some info MediaWiki lacks
*** [[mwsite::Help:Magic words|MediaWiki.org]]
*** ''see also: [[mwsite:Manual:Magic words]] for coding info''
** [[mwsite:Manual:Parameters to index.php|Manual:Parameters to index.php]]: list of standard arguments used in MW URLs
** [[mwsite:Help:Variables|Help:Variables]]: built-in variables
*** [[metawikipedia:Help:Variable|old version on Meta]]
** Wikipedia:
*** [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Extended image syntax|extended image syntax]]
*** [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Gallery tag|image galleries]]
*** [[wikipedia:Help:Table|table formatting]]
** advanced techniques:
*** [[metawikipedia:Help:Template|Help:Template]]
*** [[metawikipedia:Help:Substitution|Help:Substitution]]
* '''Administration & Customization''':
** [[mwsite:Customization|Customization]] (see also [[MediaWiki customization]])
** [[metawikipedia:Customization:Quickbar|Quickbar Customization]]
** [[metawikipedia:Skins|Creating custom skins, etc.]]
** '''Extensions''': see [[MediaWiki extensions|Extensions]]
** [[mwsite:Manual:LocalSettings.php|LocalSettings.php]]
* '''Coding'''
** [[mwsite:Manual:Database layout|Database layout]]: what the tables do
** [[mwsite:Manual:Variables|Manual:Variables]]: guide to writing extensions which define new variables
*** seems to be wrong in some ways; examples don't work, and examples on Meta work better (need to find page) --[[User:Woozle|Woozle]] 15:53, 17 September 2007 (EDT)
** [http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net/doc/MediaWiki/ Directory of Coding Docs] at SourceForge
** [http://wise-nano.org/w/Programming_notes Programming Notes] from one developer who was doing some relatively simple modifications to MediaWiki; describes where a lot of the basic nuts and bolts are.
* '''Tools'''
** [http://www.chekmate.org/wiki/index.php/Word2mediawiki Word2MediaWiki]: [[VBA]] script which converts [[Microsoft Word]] documents to MediaWiki format

===Help===
* [http://www.mwusers.com/ MediaWiki Forums] (unofficial, but the response seems to be positive)
===Related===
* [[subwikis]]
==Wish List==
* [[RSS]]/Atom feeds for:
** Specific pages only
** Watched pages only
** Other users' contributions only (maybe the ability to select which users to include, with "[x]new users" being an option -- then you'd check everyone except yourself, and new users would automatically get added to the list)
*: ...and are there feed readers out there which can do this kind of filtering on their own, perhaps? They seem to be the exception, rather than the rule, and anyway as long as the feed itself contains Every Change To The Site, I can't use it as a source for a public aggregator page (e.g. the one at [http://sluggysquad.com SluggySquad]). Seems like filter parameters should be part of the URL, even, though I doubt that's the case.
* [[subwikis]]
==Developer Documents==
A number of documents are included with the MediaWiki package, found in the /docs directory. They are reproduced here for easier reference, annotation, and discussion. (The actual names are all lowercase.)
{{notice.need-update|These articles all reference old documentation; it's not clear whether it's worth keeping them up-to-date (are they found anywhere on mediawiki.org?). Also, the pages should be renamed to lowercase where appropriate and as subpages of this page, e.g. [[/deferred.doc]].}}
*[[Deferred.doc (MediaWiki)|Deferred.doc]]
*[[Design.doc (MediaWiki)|Design.doc]]
*[[Globals.doc (MediaWiki)|Globals.doc]]
*[[Hooks.doc (MediaWiki)|Hooks.doc]]
*[[Language.doc (MediaWiki)|Language.doc]]
*[[LinkCache.doc (MediaWiki)|LinkCache.doc]]
*[[MemCached.doc (MediaWiki)|MemCached.doc]]
*[[Schema.doc (MediaWiki)|Schema.doc]]
*[[Skin.doc (MediaWiki)|Skin.doc]]
*[[Title.doc (MediaWiki)|Title.doc]]
*[[User.doc (MediaWiki)|User.doc]]

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