How to Learn MediaWiki
MediaWiki is a free wiki platform widely used across the Internet to organize information about specific topics. Users can create an account at a wiki and make changes to the content on any wiki page. To make changes to wiki pages, you should have the basic knowledge of the MediaWiki markup language. This gives you the information you need to create links and format text, which will allow you to write more organized and informative wiki articles. The official MediaWiki wiki provides all the information you need to learn the markup language.
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Instructions
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Learning From the MediaWiki Website
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Launch your Web browser and navigate to the "Help:Contents" page of the official MediaWiki website.
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Read the "Editing pages" and "Starting a new page" pages to learn how to edit an existing wiki page or create a new page.
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Click the links to the "Formatting" and "Links" pages and become familiar with the link and text formatting options in MediaWiki. The charts on the pages teach you how to link between wiki pages and create text effects such as bold, italics, headings and lists.
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Bookmark these pages as references that you can return to as you work on wiki pages.
Learning by Hands-On Experience
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Log in to a MediaWiki wiki and navigate to an existing page.
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Click "Edit" to view the wiki page code, including the markup language. This helps you to see how the formatting and links are used in an actual page.
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Create your own test page on the wiki and practice using the markup language. If you feel confident, you can also edit existing pages to practice using the wiki formatting. You will learn how to write articles on the MediaWiki by continuing to practice using the markup language and studying how other people write articles within the wiki.
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Tips & Warnings
Refer to the official MediaWiki resources at any time you are uncertain of coding or text formatting.
Once you are comfortable with the basic wiki markup language, you can learn more about MediaWiki formatting through the "Advanced" topics on the Help:Contents page of the official MediaWiki website.
