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−	~~{{FAQ header}}~~
−	~~<br clear="{{dir\|{{pagelang}}\|left\|right}}" />~~
−	~~{{shortcut\|FAQ}}~~
−	~~<translate>~~
	==The basics== <!--T:1-->		==The basics== <!--T:1-->

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−	~~==Basic usage== <!--T:383-->~~
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−	~~===How do I delete an old version of a page?=== <!--T:396-->~~
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−	~~<!--T:397-->~~
−	~~Old versions of page data are retained in the database and can be accessed via the page history features.</translate>~~
−	~~<translate>~~
−	~~<!--T:398-->~~
−	This is useful for reviewing changes and correcting or reverting undesirable ones, but in some cases, administrators might want to make this information unavailable, for legal reasons, or to reduce the size of the database.
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−	~~<!--T:399-->~~
−	*Administrators can delete an old revision of a page by deleting the page, and then selectively undeleting revisions to be kept</translate>
−	~~<translate>~~
−	~~<!--T:401-->~~
−	*For newer MediaWikis (1.14+), you can enable the core [[RevisionDelete]] feature that allows privileged users to remove single revisions from page histories.</translate>
−	~~<translate>~~
−	~~<!--T:402-->~~
−	*The <tvar\|1><code>maintenance/{{ll\|Manual:deleteOldRevisions.php\|deleteOldRevisions.php}}</code></> [[<tvar\|2>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Maintenance scripts</>\|maintenance script]] can mass-delete all old revisions of pages and their associated text records.
−	~~</translate>~~
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−	~~:''<translate><!--T:675--> See also:</translate> {{ll\|Manual:Removing embarrassment}}''~~
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−	~~<translate>~~
	==Where now?== <!--T:612-->		==Where now?== <!--T:612-->

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−	~~===How do I remove the "Talk for this IP" link at the top right (e.g. when <tvar\|1>{{ll\|Manual:$wgDisableAnonTalk\|$wgDisableAnonTalk}}</> is true)?=== <!--T:309-->~~
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−	~~<!--T:679-->~~
−	~~One option is to hide the link using the following CSS in the wiki page ''MediaWiki:Common.css'' in your wiki:~~
−	~~</translate>~~
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−	~~<syntaxhighlight lang="css">~~
−	~~#p-personal #pt-anonuserpage {~~
−	~~display: none;~~
−	}
−	~~</syntaxhighlight>~~
−
−	~~<translate>~~
−	~~<!--T:680-->~~
−	~~Another option is, inside your LocalSettings.php file, to use the PersonalUrls hook to remove the link to the talk page of anonymous users:</translate>~~
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−	~~<syntaxhighlight lang=php>~~
−	~~$wgHooks['PersonalUrls'][] = 'lfRemoveAnonUserpageLink';~~
−	~~function lfRemoveAnonUserpageLink( &$personal_urls, $title ) {~~
−	~~unset( $personal_urls['anonuserpage'] );~~
−	~~return true;~~
−	}
−	~~</syntaxhighlight>~~
−
−	~~<translate>~~
−	~~===How do I remove the "Create an Account or Login" link at the top right of the screen?=== <!--T:311-->~~
−
−	~~<!--T:312-->~~
−	~~To remove the login / create account links from the personal_urls you can use this code in your {{manual\|LocalSettings.php}} to hook in and remove them:~~
−	~~</translate>~~
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−	~~<syntaxhighlight lang=php>~~
−	~~$wgHooks['PersonalUrls'][] = 'lfRemoveLoginLink';~~
−	~~function lfRemoveLoginLink( &$personal_urls, $title ) {~~
−	~~unset( $personal_urls['login'] );~~
−	~~unset( $personal_urls['anonlogin'] );~~
−	~~unset( $personal_urls['createaccount'] );~~
−	~~return true;~~
−	}
−	~~</syntaxhighlight>~~
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−	~~<translate>~~
−	~~=== How do I edit error messages? === <!--T:326-->~~
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−	~~<!--T:327-->~~
−	~~[[Special:Allmessages]] contains a complete list of messages (error or otherwise), that can be edited.</translate>~~
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−	~~<translate>~~
−	~~===How do I change the footer?=== <!--T:328-->~~
−	~~</translate>~~
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−	~~:''<translate><!--T:691--> See:</translate> {{ll\|Manual:Footer}}, {{ll\|Manual:Configuration settings#Copyright\|<translate><!--T:692--> Manual:Configuration settings#Copyright</translate>}}''~~
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−	~~{{Anchor\|powered-by-mw-image}}~~
−	~~<translate>~~
−	~~===How can I edit / remove the Powered by MediaWiki image (and possible other images) from the footer?=== <!--T:330-->~~
−
−	~~<!--T:331-->~~
−	~~You can hide the Powered by MediaWiki image by adding the following to your wiki's [[MediaWiki:Common.css]]:~~
−	~~</translate>~~
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−	~~<syntaxhighlight lang="css">~~
−	~~#footer-poweredbyico { display: none; }~~
−	~~</syntaxhighlight>~~
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−	~~<translate>~~
−	~~<!--T:335-->~~
−	~~If you want to remove it completely, you can use {{wg\|FooterIcons}} to remove it using this in your {{manual\|LocalSettings.php}}:~~
−	~~</translate>~~
−	~~<syntaxhighlight lang=php>unset( $wgFooterIcons['poweredby'] );</syntaxhighlight>~~
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−
−	~~Note that this will also remove ''other'' powered-by icons, e.g. also the one coming from BlueSpice.~~
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−	~~<translate>~~
−	~~<!--T:337-->~~
−	~~If you wish to change the icon images, urls, alt text, or add new icons please see {{wg\|FooterIcons}}' documentation.~~
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−	~~===How do I add a reply link to default signature tildes (<tvar\|1><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></>) template?=== <!--T:338-->~~
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−	~~<!--T:339-->~~
−	~~You can customize signatures in [[MediaWiki:Signature]] / [[MediaWiki:Signature-anon]].~~
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−	~~<!--T:340-->~~
−	For example, changing the entries to <code><nowiki>[[{{ns:user}}:$1\|$2]] ([[{{ns:user_talk}}:$1\|talk]])</nowiki></code> will put a link to users' talk pages and <code><nowiki>[[{{ns:user}}:$1\|$2]] ([{{fullurl:{{ns:user_talk}}:$1\|action=edit&section=new}} Reply])</nowiki></code> would give a more direct link.
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−	~~<!--T:341-->~~
−	~~Users can change their signature in their preferences.~~
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−	~~===How do I make external links open in a new window?=== <!--T:356-->~~
−	~~</translate>~~
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−	~~:''<translate><!--T:357--> See <tvar\|1>{{ll\|Manual:$wgExternalLinkTarget}}</></translate>''~~
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−	~~<translate>~~
−	~~=== How do I disable external links from showing in the printable version of a page? === <!--T:373-->~~
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−	~~<!--T:374-->~~
−	~~Edit the page [[MediaWiki:Print.css]] on your wiki and add the following code there:</translate>~~
−
−	~~<syntaxhighlight lang="css">~~
−	~~#content a.external.text:after,~~
−	~~#content a.external.autonumber:after {~~
−	~~content: none;~~
−	}
−	~~</syntaxhighlight>~~
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−	~~<translate>~~
−	~~<!--T:375-->~~
−	~~This will override the styles defined in the CSS files coming with the MediaWiki source code.</translate>~~
−	~~<translate>~~
−	~~<!--T:376-->~~
−	~~For more information, see <tvar\|1>{{ll\|Manual:CSS}}</>.</translate>~~
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−	~~<translate>~~
−	~~<!--T:377-->~~
−	~~If instead you want to have the external links ''underlined'' in the printable version, then also add the following code:</translate>~~
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−	~~<syntaxhighlight lang="css">~~
−	~~#content a.external {~~
−	~~text-decoration: underline !important;~~
−	}
−	~~</syntaxhighlight>~~
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−	~~<translate>~~
	==Basic usage== <!--T:383-->		==Basic usage== <!--T:383-->

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−	~~==Why...?== <!--T:544-->~~
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−	~~===…is the Help namespace empty?=== <!--T:545-->~~
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−	~~<!--T:546-->~~
−	~~The Help namespace currently ships in a blank state.</translate>~~
−	~~<translate>~~
−	~~<!--T:547-->~~
−	~~It's up to you how much or how little help you give to your site visitors and whether this relates to other aspects of your site.</translate>~~
−	~~<translate>~~
−	~~<!--T:548-->~~
−	~~Obviously you can easily link your visitors to help resources elsewhere.</translate>~~
−
−	~~<translate>~~
−	~~<!--T:549-->~~
−	~~We don't currently have a clean, internationalised set of help pages under a free license.</translate>~~
−	~~<translate>~~
−	~~<!--T:550-->~~
−	However, if you want to copy in some help information onto your site, about how to use a wiki (a MediaWiki powered wiki) you are free to copy the <tvar\|1>{{ll\|Help:Contents}}</> from this wiki.</translate>
−	~~<translate>~~
−	~~<!--T:551-->~~
−	~~This set of pages have been deliberately created for this purpose, with wiki-neutral information, and no license restrictions.</translate>~~
−	~~<translate>~~
−	~~<!--T:552-->~~
−	~~See [[Project:PD help]]. More help is available at the Meta-Wiki [[m:Help:Contents\|MediaWiki Handbook]].~~
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−	~~===…are some of my images not showing up after an upgrade?=== <!--T:553-->~~
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−	~~<!--T:554-->~~
−	~~Several users have reported that, following an upgrade or a moving of their wiki, several images fail to be shown inline.</translate>~~
−	~~<translate>~~
−	~~<!--T:555-->~~
−	~~The files exist, and the image description pages show a MIME type of <tvar\|1><code>unknowncode>/unknown</code></> and, in some cases, a warning about potentially dangerous files.~~
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−	~~<!--T:556-->~~
−	~~To fix this, run the <tvar\|1><code>maintenance/rebuildImages.php</code></> script from the command line.</translate>~~
−	~~<translate>~~
−	~~<!--T:557-->~~
−	~~This will set MIME information for each file in the database.~~
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−	~~<!--T:683-->~~
−	~~Recent versions of MediaWiki implement [[<tvar\|ResponsiveImages>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgResponsiveImages</>\|responsive images]].</translate>~~
−	~~<translate>~~
−	~~<!--T:684-->~~
−	Due to [[<tvar\|bug>phab:T181987</>\|a bug]], if the server locale is set to one that uses commas instead of dots for representing a decimal point, images may not render on some browsers/devices.</translate>
−	~~<translate>~~
−	~~<!--T:685-->~~
−	This can be confirmed by inspecting a thumbnail of a medium or big image on a page with the browser tools, looking at the HTML code, and see if the <tvar\|1><code>srcset</code></> attribute contains commas instead of dots when representing the <tvar\|2><code>1.5x</code></> value.
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	==Where now?== <!--T:612-->		==Where now?== <!--T:612-->

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−	~~<translate>~~
−	~~==Customising further== <!--T:511-->~~
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−	~~=== How do I run a bot? === <!--T:533-->~~
−	~~</translate>~~
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−	~~:''<translate><!--T:709--> See:</translate> {{ll\|Manual:Bots}}''~~
−	~~<translate>~~
−	~~<!--T:535-->~~
−	~~You might want to use the <tvar\|1>{{ll\|Manual:Pywikibot\|Pywikibot}}</> framework.~~
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−	~~=== How do I change noindex nofollow === <!--T:536-->~~
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−	~~<!--T:537-->~~
−	~~Set <tvar\|code><code>{{ll\|Manual:$wgNoFollowLinks\|$wgNoFollowLinks}} = false;</code></> in <tvar\|1>{{ll\|Manual:LocalSettings.php\|LocalSettings.php}}</>~~
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−	~~=== How do I create a small [[w:en:Wiki_farm\|wiki farm]]? === <!--T:538-->~~
−	~~</translate>~~
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−	~~:''<translate><!--T:710--> See:</translate> {{ll\|Manual:Wiki family}}''~~
−
−	~~<translate>~~
−	~~=== How do I add [[w:Meta element\|meta tags]]? === <!--T:540-->~~
−
−	~~<!--T:541-->~~
−	~~The OutputPage class includes an addMeta method which can be used to add meta tags.</translate>~~
−	~~<translate>~~
−	~~<!--T:542-->~~
−	~~The [[RequestContext]] can be used to get the relevant OutputPage object.~~
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−	~~<!--T:543-->~~
−	~~To add further Meta tags just add further lines as last lines of the function addMetaTags() like:</translate>~~
−
−	~~$out->addMeta ( 'description', 'This is a meta description.' );~~

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−	~~<translate>~~
−	~~===How can I suppress MediaWiki from formatting URLs, tags, etc?=== <!--T:358-->~~
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−	~~<!--T:359-->~~
−	~~Put "<tvar\|nowiki>{{tag\|nowiki\|pair\|content=}}</>" tags around the URL or tag.~~
−
−	~~<!--T:360-->~~
−	~~''Example:''</translate>~~
−	~~<nowiki>svn co <nowiki>http://svn.example.com/myproject/</nowiki></nowiki>~~
−
−	~~<translate>~~
−	~~<!--T:361-->~~
−	~~''Produces:''</translate><br/>~~
−	~~svn co <nowiki>http://svn.example.com/myproject/</nowiki>~~

	<translate>		<translate>

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 <!--T:341-->
 Users can change their signature in their preferences.
 ===How do I make external links open in a new window?=== <!--T:356-->

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 ''Produces:''</translate><br/>
 svn co <nowiki>http://svn.example.com/myproject/</nowiki>
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−	~~===How can I get more special characters or tags clickable on the edit page?=== <!--T:366-->~~
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−	~~<!--T:367-->~~
−	~~For adding more selectable special characters, etc., below the edit field, see <tvar\|1>{{ll\|Extension:CharInsert}}</>.~~
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 For adding more selectable special characters, etc., below the edit field, see <tvar|1>{{ll|Extension:CharInsert}}</>.
 === How do I disable external links from showing in the printable version of a page? === <!--T:373-->