Help:Contents

The help namespace on Meta-Wiki contains help about information specific to Wikimedia wikis. For help on how to use MediaWiki itself not specific to Wikimedia, see MediaWiki PD help (for the basics of how to use the software) and MediaWiki Manual (for more in-depth information about how exactly it works, and how to configure the software for your own wiki).

Help on using Meta

This offers guidance on navigating and utilizing Meta.

• About Meta
• Community Help Forums
• Request help from a Meta sysop
• Meta discussion forum
• Wikimedia general discussion forum
• Goings-on
• Global user pages

Content and banner management

This includes pages related to content and banner management across WMF wikis.

• CentralNotice
• Interwiki linking on Wikimedia wikis
• Interwiki map

Gadgets

Meta offers various gadgets you can enable in your preferences to assist with tasks like category management, editing, and more.

• Cat-a-lot
• Autocomplete
• Reftoolbar

Check out the gadgets category[[::Category:Gadgets| ]] to see more gadgets used on Meta.

Security

This includes tools and guidelines related to the protection of user accounts and monitoring abuse.

• CheckUser
• Compromised accounts
• Two-factor authentication
• Unified login

Legal

This category includes pages related to legal issues.

• Legal issues for editors
• WMF legal department
• Legal fees assistance program FAQ

Research

This category includes pages related to research activities within WMF.

• General researcher help
• People in the research community
• Research index

Projects

This category includes pages related to WMF projects.

• Complete list of Wikimedia projects
• How to start a new Wikipedia

Project access

This category includes pages related to accessing a WMF project.

• Help:如何访问维基媒体旗下项目 - a guide in Chinese on how to circumvent the Great Firewall
  • Help:如何访问维基媒体旗下项目/Hosts文件

Help Meta Template Category

The Meta-Wiki help namespace also contains various historical relics, pointers to content on other wikis and translations of content that was originally here but that hasn't been translated in its new home.

See also

• Check the privacy policy, if any, of the site you use; for Wikimedia, see Privacy policy
• Glossary of Wikipedia
• Category:Help (on Fandom)