#mediawiki

#mediawiki
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actually ok sometimes
$wgServer
The base URL of the server, including protocol (or protocol relative leading //) and without the trailing slash (eg, "http://www.example.org" or "//mediawiki.org"). See also https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:%24wgServer
?>
The PHP closing tag "?>" is never required at the end of a pure-code php file, and mediawiki developers actively remove it, as it often causes problems related to trailing whitespace, and "headers already sent" errors. See also http://news.php.net/php.general/280796 and !bom as well as https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T19642
@ is the "error suppression operator" and should never be used in code, ever. This is an example of a lazy coder: $from = @$options['from'];
@param
@param $var type description
1.27
MediaWiki 1.27 is the current LTS version of MediaWiki, released on June 28th 2016. See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.27
2.0
No, seriously, 2.0. Have a tracking bug: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T72000
3x
$1 $1 $1
42
The answer to life, the universe and everything.
not A
abusefilter
AbuseFilter is an extension that tags and filters problematic edits. For more information, see
access
For information on customizing user access, see . For common examples of restricting access using both rights and extensions, see .
ack
Try ack instead of grep; it's mostly the same syntax as grep, but much faster. http://betterthangrep.com/
actionpaths
To set up action paths like http://example.com/view/Main_Page and http://example.com/edit/Main_Page , see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgActionPaths
actions
For default actions understood by MediaWiki, see
adminsettings
AdminSettings.php was a additional configuration file for use with the command line maintenance scripts that required higher privileges to the database, This has since been removed in 1.16 and is no longer needed (Unless you are running a version older than 1.16). For more information see:
adsense
ajax
allmessages
For a list of system messages available in the MediaWiki: namespace, see Special:AllMessages
allowoverride
Apache 2 .htaccess files require the AllowOverride directive to be set to one of many values in your virtual host configuration file. Easy way to do this is by setting it to All, adding the line in your section should it be missing. To read more on this subject, http://is.gd/jczEO5
amend
ampersand
analytics
See for techniques on adding analytics scripts using your LocalSettings file.
ancient
Old MediaWiki versions may have bugs and security vulnerabilities, we don't recommend you to use any release older than 1 year. See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Version_lifecycle for details.
anglebrackets
In PHP prior to version 5.2.9 there is an incompatibility with libxml2 versions 2.7.0?2.7.2. This causes the very noticable issue of angle brackets, < and >, being stripped on Export and Import from Mediawiki. Upgrading PHP to at least 5.2.9 and libxml2 to 2.7.3 OR downgrading libxml2 to a version prior to the 2.7.x series fixes this issue. More info: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=45996
announce
mediawiki-announce is a very-low-traffic email list announcing new MediaWiki releases and security updates. Subscribe at https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
annoyinglittlebug
anonnotice
Anonnotice is a wiki-wide message viewable by all logged out users at the top of every page. Similar to sitenotice, if anonnotice exists only logged out users will see anonnotice and only logged in users will see Sitenotice, they will not see each other. Anonnotice is editable by sysops at [[MediaWiki:Anonnotice]]. See also: !sitenotice
answer
42
api
The MediaWiki API provides direct, high-level access to the data contained in the MediaWiki databases. Client programs should be able to use the API to login, get data, and post changes. Find out more at < https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API >. For client libraries in various languages, see < https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Client_Code >.
apiclient
apiinternal
ask
Please feel free to ask your question: if anybody who knows the answer is around, they will surely reply. Don't ask for help or for attention before actually asking your question, that's just a waste of time – both yours and everybody else's. :)
audit
Warnings thrown by code auditing tools like Fortify are mostly nonsense. Unless you understand the MediaWiki code and know what you're talking about, don't ask us about every warning you get.
authentication
See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:User_identity_extensions for a list of external/shared user authentication extensions. Also see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/AuthPlugin for an overview on creating your own.
AuthManager
autoblock
autoconfirmed
Autoconfirmed is a user group where users are automatically added to X days after account creation and after Y edits. See
autoload
Classes used by extensions must be added to $wgAutoloadClasses so that they are picked up by the autoloader, see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgAutoloadClasses for more information.
autopromote
autothumb
Wikimedia generates thumbnails on-demand by shelling out to thumb.php with a custom 404 handler. See for source.
autowikibrowser
AutoWikiBrowser (often abbreviated AWB) is a semi-automated MediaWiki editor designed to make tedious repetitive tasks quicker and easier. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser
backup
See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Backing_up_a_wiki for information about backing up your wiki. For restoring your wiki, see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Moving_a_wiki#Import_the_database_backup for more. If you don't have database access, try !grabber.
bestcase
You create a wiki as popular as Wikipedia, with an Adsense clickthrough rate above 99%. And you get laid.
blacklist
For blocking articles and accounts with certain name patterns, see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TitleBlacklist.
blame
Whatever happened, it's Domas' fault. For everything else, there's `git blame`.
blank
A blank page or HTTP 500 error usually indicates a fatal PHP error. For information on debugging (including viewing errors), see .
blankpage
A blank page or HTTP 500 error usually indicates a fatal PHP error. For information on debugging (including viewing errors), see .
bleedingedge
To run master see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_Git (Location: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/core.git ). See also https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Gerrit. If slightly less adventurous, see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Nightlies
blink
Technical_13: When you use , you're not just hurting yourself, but also hurting those around you
blocking

bluespice
boilerplate
bom
The byte-order mark (BOM) is a special character added to files by some text editors, most notably, by Notepad. It is unnecessary and breaks PHP code. You should not use Notepad to edit PHP files. Alternatives for Windows include Notepad++, SciTE, EditPlus, and UltraEdit. See also !?>
boostrap404
The MediaWiki Bootstrap extension does not yet have a release version, so if you're trying to install it with composer, you'll need to configure composer to allow cloning of development versions.
bot
A bot is an automatic process which interacts with MediaWiki as though it were a human editor and is designed to simplify repetitive actions too cumbersome to do manually. An overview of how to create a bot and a list of known frameworks can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Creating_a_bot
botnoob
I don't know everything about everything. I am mostly for lazy experienced users to echo quick answers to very common mediawiki questions. Please don't randomly experiment with me for help. Everything I know is at https://wm-bot.wmflabs.org/dump/%23mediawiki.htm and you can visit #mwbot which shares the same db (read only)
branchpoints
bribe
Stroopwafels for everyone!!!
browser
bug
bug1
bugsearch
bugsong
bugzilla
has replaced Bugzilla with Phabricator! --> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/
bulkpagecreator
The MediaWiki Bulk Page Creator is a bot that can create lots of pages for you from a formatted input file. See http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Bulk_Page_Creator for more information.
bunching
bureaucracy
a state of being between steward and sysop
butterflies
cache
General information about caches can be seen at , for configuration settings see
canreedydeploynow
yes
captcha
For more information about CAPTCHAs and MediaWiki, see .
card
cat
See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:$1
categories
cc/js
The mediawiki coding conventions for JavaScript can be found at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/CC/JS
centralauth
CentralAuth extension allows global/shared accounts between projects, it's generally not needed for small-scall wiki farms. For more information, see
chansearch
chanspam
You can actually privmsg me too, you know. Also see #mwbot
charinsert
CharInsert is an extension that enables the creation of JavaScript links which, when clicked, insert predefined text into the text box. These links are usually used in the "MediaWiki:Edittools" interface message. For more information, see < http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CharInsert >; for example usage, see < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Edittools >.
cheatsheet
checkuser
CheckUser is an extension that allows privileged users to see what IPs a user edited from or what users edited from an IP. For more information see < http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CheckUser >
ci
cia
The retired bot CIA-# used to announce changes in the MediaWiki subversion repository. More information is available at and .
cite
class
See https://doc.wikimedia.org/mediawiki-core/master/php/class$1.html
cloak
cms
Wikis are designed for openness, to be readable and editable by all. If you want a forum, a blog, a web authoring toolkit or corporate content management system, perhaps don't use wiki software. There is a nice overview of free tools available at including the possibility to try each system. For ways to restrict access in MediaWiki, see !access.
code
codereview
codesearch
collapse
collapsible
colon
To escape the usual function of [[Image:]] links, [[Category:]] links, [[en:Interlanguage]] links, and create an inline simple link, prefix a colon. [[:Image:Wiki.png]], [[:Category:Cats]], [[:en:Foobar]]. A colon can also be used to transclude an article in the main namespace, eg {{:Main_Page}} or {{subst::Main_Page}}. Note: Colons in per-page css classes are escaped to underscores: [[User:Foo]]'s class is "page-User_Foo".
commit
commons
Wikimedia Commons is an online hard disk with almost infinite capability. You can upload anything you want there as long as you follow its policy.
compare
For a comparison of wiki software, see and
composer
Composer is a dependency manager for PHP. MediaWiki uses it to include certain external libraries. See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Composer for more details. For information on how to install MediaWiki dependencies with composer see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_Git#Fetch_external_libraries
compression
Compression in MediaWiki is covered at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Compression
config
All configuration is done in LocalSettings.php (near the end of the file). Editing other files means modifying the software. Default settings are not in LocalSettings.php, you can look in DefaultSettings.php. See , , , and
console
The console and it's asociated features allows one to execute JavaScript on a page, see errors, inspect CSS, manipulate the DOM or CSS, run profiling and more. See !firebug (Firefox) and !webinspector (Safari/Chrome) for more.
contribute
For information on how to contribute towards the MediaWiki project, check out
To enable cookies for popular browsers, see
cooluris
Tim Berners-Lee says: Cool URIs don't change!
copyhelp
See for instructions on copying the help pages to your wiki.
copying
The "Help:" namespace on mediawiki.org is available for copying. See < http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Copying >.
copyinghelp
See for information about copying help to your own wiki.
copytemplates
For help copying templates from one wiki to another, see < http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Templates#Copying_from_one_wiki_to_another >.
corehack
corn
createandpromote
To recreate the admin user, run "php maintenance/createAndPromote.php" on the command line.
createpage
The best way to create a new wiki page is to create a link to the not-yet-existing page on some page that does exist, save it, and then click the new red link and create the page. Alternatively, you can enter the name of the page in the search box and hit go and then create the page. For extensions that help with creating pages, see
credit
NOTE: when using content from another wiki, follow the LICENSE TERMS, especially, attribute source and authors! Please read and .
cron
cs
The acronym CS stands for Computer Science.
css
To change styles for your wiki, go to one of the MediaWiki:xxx.css wiki page (NOT a file) and put your custom styles there (sysop/admin rights required). MediaWiki:Common.css is for all skins and should be used for content styles. MediaWiki:Vector.css is for the Vector skin (default), etc. For more information, see !skins and https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Interface/CSS
csshideheader
To hide the header on the main page, you need to add this CSS to the wiki page [[MediaWiki:Common.css]]: "body.page-Main_Page h1.firstHeading { display: none; }". If your main page's title is not "Main Page", you'll need to change it accordingly (look at the class on the tag in the HTML source).
csv2wiki
csv2wp
csv2wp is an online tool for converting tables in CSV format, like the one Excel can produce, to WikiText or HTML.
damneditcount
db
See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$1_table
dbtable
debbug
debianubuntu
While there is a MediaWiki package in the Debian/Ubuntu repositories, you should probably not install it. It's very out of date, and we can't necessarily help you with it. Please see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Debian/Ubuntu for how to get MediaWiki running on your machine.
debug
For information on debugging (including viewing errors), see https://mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:How_to_debug . A list of related configuration variables is at https://mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings#Debug.2Flogging Also see https://mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Errors_and_symptoms
defaultsettings
defenestrate
defenestrates $1
deleteuser
Deleting users is very messy and not recommended, because this breaks referential integrity in the database (they appear in many different tables like users, edit histories, recentchanges, preferences, etc). A safe solution is to block the users, and possibly rename them with . You can also try
deployments
details
Please give us details when reporting a problem.
developer
Did you mean engineer?
developers
devsecurity
diff3
diffusionspam
Chad is an idiot.
dirtydiffs
dismissablesitenotice
DismissableSiteNotice is an extension which lets users hide SiteNoticess. For more information see
displaytitle
See .
dn
files $* into dev/null as requested.
docker
Docker stuff is experimental. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Docker
documentation
An overview of available documentation about MediaWiki can be found at
doesntwork
"It doesn't work" is not helpful. What exactly happens when you try? What message do you get?
domdocument
If the DOM_Document class is missing, install PHP's XML module (and restart Apache) or set $wgParserConf['preprocessorClass'] = 'Preprocessor_Hash' (see for details)
dontdothat
downgrade
I don't know anything about "downgrade"... you must be a Windows user. Perhaps you mean http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading
The latest stable release of MediaWiki can be downloaded from . Files are supplied in a .tar.gz archive. MediaWiki can also be obtained direct from our Git repository .
doxygen
dpl
The DynamicPageList (DPL) extension outputs reports based on criteria given in a special tag. For more information, see and .
draft
if you want to submit an unfinished changeset, you can add the argument "--draft" (or "-D") to "git review" to upload a draft that can either be abandoned or published at a later time, and it wont show up in open reviews
dump
For information on how to get dumps from Wikimedia Wikis, see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Data_dumps . For a how-to on importing dumps, see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Importing_XML_dumps .
dumphtml
For creating a static HTML dump of your wiki, see
e_test
easy
We keep a list of bugs that are easy to solve, in case new developers want a simple step to start out with. Check out https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/easy/ and let us know if you need any help fixing your first bug!
echo
editbuttons
See , also have a look at
editing
For assistance with editing, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Editing_Wikipedia
edittoken
to edit pages through the API, you will need an edit token, which you can fetch through the API : http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Edit_-_Create%26Edit_pages#Token
email
For information about setting up email, see . For extensions, see
emailconfirmed
The implicit "emailconfirmed" group has been removed from MediaWiki 1.13. To create it, use $wgAutopromote['emailconfirmed'] = APCOND_EMAILCONFIRMED;
enableapi
To enable bot API in your MediaWiki installation, add $wgEnableAPI = true; to LocalSettings.php. If you also need to modify the wiki using the API, also add $wgEnableWriteAPI = true;
enotif
enwp
errors
To see PHP errors, add this to the very top of LocalSettings.php: error_reporting(E_ALL); ini_set("display_errors", 1); Fatal PHP errors usually go to Apache's error log - also check the error_log setting in php.ini (or use phpinfo). For more details in wiki error reports, set $wgShowExceptionDetails = true; $wgShowSQLErrors = true; For full debug output, set $wgDebugLogFile to some path you like.
es
etherpad
eval
To query MediaWiki objects and functions live, you can use maintenance/eval.php script https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Eval.php
events
We run face-to-face events for MediaWiki developers and people who want to learn: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_developer_meetings We also have online meetings in IRC to triage bugs: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Bug_management/Triage
evilglobals
Things that if you add when there are other ways to get the information, ^demon will kill you. See for example.
exclamation
A red exclamation point (!)in recent changes or on your watchlist is due to either the enabling of patrolled editing or the Flagged Revisions extension
export
To export pages from a wiki, navigate to Special:Export on the wiki, type in the names of the pages to export, and hit "export". See for an example of this form. See also: !import
ext
extensiondistributor
You can download bundeled for extensions maintained in the wikimedia repository from .
extensionmatrix
extensions
MediaWiki has been built so it can easily be customized by adding extensions. This is usually a simple process. See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Extensions for instructions to install extensions, as well as for writing them. See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_Matrix for an overview of known extensions.
externalauth
externaleditor
MediaWiki allows editing with external tools by sending control files when you request to edit. See . Browsers not configured properly may ask you to download those files so you're unable to edit with "action=edit" only. To avoid it, go to your preferences and set it as a non-default edit action: Preferences ? Editing ? "Use external editor by default".
externalimages
To allow images from elsewhere to be included in your wiki, see . To limit this to some specific sources, see .
extranamespace
To add a namespace, modify your LocalSettings.php file, and add namespaces via $wgExtraNamespaces. A comprehensive set of instructions for adding a namespace can be found at . $wgExtraNamespaces can also be used to rename the default namespaces.
f5
Bypassing your cache: Mozilla / Firefox / Safari: hold Shift while clicking Reload, or press either Ctrl-F5 or Ctrl-R (Command-R on a Macintosh); Konqueror: click Reload or press F5; Opera: clear the cache in Tools ? Preferences; Internet Explorer: hold Ctrl while clicking Refresh, or press Ctrl-F5.
fail
I don't know anything about "fail". You might try: !rewriteproblems
false
true
faq
Before reporting a problem or requesting assistance, please check the FAQ first. The FAQ for MediaWiki can be found at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ
farm
To run multiple wikis, you can simply install MediaWiki in different folders, with different databases or in one with database prefixes. You can also have multiple wikis using a single installation: If you run a farm or want to, join the mailing list:
feature
It's a feature, not a bug :)
feeds
Feed aggregator extensions: . Feed generator extensions: .
filecache
filepermissions
filesize
The size of files you can upload to PHP is limited by the upload_max_filesize and post_max_size directives in your php.ini. Your web server may also have a configurable limit (LimitRequestBody in apache, client_max_body_size in nginx, etc). MediaWiki itself only limits direct (copy) uploads from a URL, this is configured via $wgMaxUploadSize.
filetype
fileupload
fileurl
To allow local file:///xxx links, use $wgUrlProtocols[] = "file:"; See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:%24wgUrlProtocols for more information. Beware that several browsers do not allow file urls on pages loaded via http. Also note that most browsers do not support "remote file" urls like file://server/share
firebug
Please install http://getfirebug.com/ . It will help you to fix problems with your website. Use the console to see JavaScript bugs. Right click your page and pick "Inspect Element" to track down CSS problems. See also !console and !webinspector
fishbowl
flaggedrevs
The Flagged Revisions extension allows for Editor and Reviewer users to rate revisions of articles and set those revisions as the default revision to show upon normal page view. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:FlaggedRevs
flash
flow
Flow is a new discussion interface for MediaWiki. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Flow_Portal
footer
For changing the page footer, see the FAQ (!) . More information at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Footer and http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Skinning#Footer
foreignfilerepos
see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgForeignFileRepos
fpm
PHP-FPM is a way to connect PHP to the web server by running a separate PHP process connected via FastCGI: http://php.net/manual/en/install.fpm.php Recommended for heavy load.
fu
I don't know anything about "fu". You might try: !ie6 !stringfunctions
gadget
For information about using Gadgets, see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Gadget_kitchen . For information about Extension:Gadgets see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Gadgets
gadgets
For information about Extension:Gadgets see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Gadgets
gallery
gci
Google Code-In is a contest to introduce pre-university students (ages 13-17) to the many kinds of contributions that make open source software development possible. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Code-In
gcihelp
gerritapi
gerritdocs
gerriterror
For a list of common Gerrit errors and what can cause them, please see
gerrithelp
gerritkeys
gerritsearch
gethelp
Please read http://workaround.org/getting-help-on-irc for a good explanation of getting help on IRC.
gfi
git
MediaWiki development is using Git, a distributed source control manager, with Gerrit for code review. Details: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Gerrit Instructions for using it: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Gerrit/Tutorial To get an account: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Developer_access
git_clone_petrb
git clone ssh://petrb@gerrit.wikimedia.org:29418/$1.git
gitauthor
gitblit
gitcheat
Here is an awesome quick-and-dirty Git Cheatsheet you can use. Print it off. Frame it. Hang it beside your computer.
gitemail
github
gitrepo
To request a new Git repository, use the "New repositories" page on mediawiki.org
git-review
git-review is a tool to make working with Gerrit much easier. Installation instructions are at
giturl
ANON: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/core.git AUTH: ssh://gerrit.wikimedia.org:29418/mediawiki/core.git
gn
Good night!
gnu
a recursive name stands for GNU's Not Unix. for more information see http://gnu.org
goat
google
googleanalytics
googleit
Let me Google that for you. < http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=$1 >
grabber
See http://mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Grabbers for a way to export a wiki without necessarily having access to a database or database dump. If you have access, see !backup.
grep
Try ack instead; it's mostly the same syntax as grep but much faster. http://betterthangrep.com/ and https://github.com/petdance/ack
gsoc2015
1) To follow updates, login on mediawiki.org and click the star at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/GSoC2015 2) All the instructions you need now are at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Hack 3) We have some ideas at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/OPPP , but the list a) is not complete, b) is only useful when you got some idea of MediaWiki 4) So, as first thing try to fix an easy bug https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Easy
gsocapp
Start a draft on mediawiki.org. In April, submit it to GSoC officially via Melange www.google-melange.com . Then, as you get feedback in IRC and on the wikitech-l mailing list, revise both wiki & Melange versions. Thus there's a public copy that everyone can see + an official copy the mentors see & evaluate. Also, Melange may crash at the 'last minute', so don't wait. Check the Melange FAQ & en.flossmanuals.net/GSoCStudentGuide/
gsod
Green Screen Of Death - the Wikimedia sites error message written in green
hacker
HAL
status: completely operational, and all my circuits are functioning perfectly.
hdss
You are talking about ORDINARY MediaWiki, not the awesomeness added to it by Semantic MediaWiki (http://semantic-mediawiki.org). Try asking on the #mediawiki channel instead.
help
There are a lot of topics you could be asking about. Besides, this bot is mostly for experienced users to quickly answer common questions. Please just ask your question and wait patiently, as the best person to answer your question may be away for a few minutes or longer. If you're looking for help pages, we moved that to !helpfor.
helpfor
hetdeploy
hhvm
HHVM is a thing. It's like PHP but faster. MediaWiki supports HHVM.
hiddencategories
Use __HIDDENCAT__ (the end)
hidetabs
To hide tabs see the FAQ Note that hiding the edit tab does not disallow editting; see !userrights for that
hidetoc
To hide the Table of Contents on a page, add the text "__NOTOC__" (without the quotes) to the page.
highlight
There are several extensions for syntax highlighting, see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Syntax_highlighting - the most popular one is at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi
hook
hooks
Hooks allow you to run functions at various points in the main MediaWiki code. For more information about using hooks in MediaWiki, see .
hosting
For a list of popular wiki hosting services, see . You can also set up MediaWiki on most webspace that provides PHP and MySQL (SSH recommended).
hosts
hss
html
For allowing any and all HTML, see . This is of course VERY DANGEROUS. Safer options include , and .
html9
htmlform
htmllogs
humor
HUMOR IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN
i18n
See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Internationalisation for developer help on MediaWiki internationalisation. To translate MediaWiki in another language, please visit http://translatewiki.net
iamabot
Hello! I am not really an human, I am merely a robot controlled by someone else. Please excuse my ignorance. <3
icon

ie
sadness.
IE10
'yes, there are issues with IE10'
ie6
IE6 is an awful browser, don't use it
iframe
To embed iframes on wiki pages, you can use . Alternatively, see !html for information on using full HTML on your wiki pages.
iis
While many people in #mediawiki correctly suggest that IIS sucks, MediaWiki in general is careful to work around its limitations. See
iis404
If you get 404 errors with MediaWiki and IIS, read https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/mediawiki/wiki/Manual:Installing_MediaWiki_on_Windows_Server_2003#h._IIS_returns_a_404_error_page_instead_of_MediaWiki_default_error_page
imabot
I'm an irc bot, I just act on commands given by users in the channel, you're best off directing your questions to the humans in the channel.
imageauth
For protecting against unauthorized access to images, see
imagelink
In MW1.14+: you can use the new 'link' parameter [[Image:Foo.png|link=Bar]] | Before that, image linking was intentionally not supported in MediaWiki, so access to the image's description page was always available. If you need image links, see for methods and information.
imagemagic
ImageMagick is a software which can be used with MediaWiki Image Administration. You can read more about it on . ImageMagick is available from .
imagemap
ImageMap is an extension that allows you to override the default linking behavior of images. See for more information.
images
For instructions to use images in MediaWiki, see . For more technical details about image uploads, see and . Note that uploads are disabled per default (see !uploads).
img_auth
By default, all uploaded files are accessible directly by the web server. If you wish to allow access only to authorized users within the MediaWiki framework, the actual directory must be protected from direct access and MediaWiki Authorization must be invoked when an file access occurs by executing a script when any url containing that directory is requested. See .
import
To import a few pages, use Special:Import - you can also import pages directly from another wiki (see !importsources). For mass imports, use importDump.php - see for details. NOTE: when using content from another wiki, follow the LICENSE TERMS, especially, attribute source and authors!
important
!important is a keyword in CSS to override conflicting styles
importhelp
importimages
importsources
For information on configuring interwiki page imports, please refer to
index.php
info
infobox
inputbox
install
Installing MediaWiki takes between 10 and 30 minutes, and involves uploading/copying files and running the installer script to configure the software. Full instructions can be found in the INSTALL file supplied in the distribution archive. An installation manual can also be found at . See also: !download
installlinux
"Install Linux, problem solved," is not advice. Though, this is probably preferable to Windows + IIS...
installmacosx
Telling someone to get a Mac isn't much more helpful than telling them to use Linux (but it's still better than Windows + IIS).
instantcommons
InstantCommons is a feature for MediaWiki 1.16+ that allows any MediaWiki installation to use media on the Wikimedia Commons. This has basically been realized via $wgForeignFileRepos. See . If you're only looking to use images from Wikimedia Commons and no other wikis, you can use the shortcut setting $wgUseInstantCommons to true.
interface
You can edit the text which appears in most parts of the interface by editing the right pages in the MediaWiki: namespace. See
interlanguage
If you want to create interlanguage links, so that there is list of other languages in the sidebar (like wikipedia), see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Interwiki#Interwiki_links_to_other_languages
internalapi
interwiki
Interwiki links are links between wikis. For instance, on Wikibooks, [[w:Article name]] or [[wikipedia:Article name]] will link to a Wikipedia article. To set up interwiki links, see and . For easy configuration, use
invalidupload
This is a common error. Please see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ#.22File_is_corrupt_or_has_an_invalid_extension.22
irctab
While talking to someone on IRC, if you include their name in your comment, it sends them a ping which is helpful in case they navigate away from the tab. You can type the first few characters of someone's name and press Tab key to auto-complete it.
is
is
javascript
To set up custom javascript on a wiki, edit the page called [[MediaWiki:Common.js]] (NOT a file, a page on your wiki, which is included via