This page is for the discussion and co-ordination of the MediaWiki Manual.
The manual is located in the
Manual:
namespace (starting at
Manual:Contents
) 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).
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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)
Structure
Some discussion has been held regarding the layout of the Manual: namespace, but no formal decision has been made.
The main debate is whether Manual pages should be organized in a flat hierarchy, with all pages at the root level, or with subtopics as subpages of the main topics.
Here is where prior discussion has taken place:
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:Language policy
.