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There is a lot of content on Meta that should be moved to this site.  '''Please do not move pages by hand!'''  There is a project to co-ordinate this move at meta [[meta:Meta:MetaProject to transfer content to MediaWiki.org|(here's the link)]] which will give you full details.  Once we are in a position to do so, the relevant pages will be moved here in a way that preserves their history.
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== Editorial guidelines ==
== Editorial guidelines ==

Revision as of 09:48, 14 October 2009

This page is for discussion and co-ordination of the MediaWiki Manual.

The manual is located in the Manual: namespace and is released under the GNU Free Documentation License. Note that manual content must be kept completely separate from the PD Help pages located in the Help: namespace, as they are released under a different, incompatible license (see Project:Copyrights for details).

Contents


Content

For general information about what should go in which namespace, see Project:Namespaces.

  • What content should be in the Manual: namespace?
    • Information on setting up a new wiki
    • Information on moving/upgrading/exporting/importing
    • Documentation for maintenance scripts
    • Information about hooks/API/Database layout etc.
  • What should not be in the Manual: namespace?
    • Basic help on using and editing. This belongs in the Help: namespace
    • Extensions and tools, that are not part of the default MediaWiki distribution. (Extension: namespace)


Content from Meta

There is a lot of content on Meta that should be moved to this site. Please do not move pages by hand! There is a project to co-ordinate this move at meta which will give you full details. Once we are in a position to do so, the relevant pages will be moved here in a way that preserves their history.

Editorial guidelines

Formatting

to be discussed

Colors

to be discussed

Screenshots

Tables

to be discussed

Naming scheme non-English pages

Some general discussions about internationalisation are at Project:Current issues#Languages.

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