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A '''skin''' defines a look and feel for the MediaWiki interface. Although the look and feel varies between skins, in general all ...an preview the available skins before choosing them, by clicking on the ({{MediaWiki:Skin-preview/en}}) link next to each skin.

...mark items in recent changes as having been "patrolled" or "approved". By default this is only available if you have [[Help:Sysops and permissions|sysop perm #Click the ({{mediawiki|m:Help:Diff|diff}}) link next to an edit

By default, bot edits are hidden in [[Special:RecentChanges|{{ns:special}}:{{MediaWiki:Recentchanges}}]]. ...ocol for standardised communication between two computer programs. Check {{mediawiki|API:Client code}} for more information.

[[Image:M-en-sidebar.png|framed|right|The default sidebar on the left, see the fifth link from top]] ...'''random page''' feature allows users to view a wiki page at random. The default, and most convenient use is to show a random page in the main namespace, an

...'''permissions''' are set-up on different wikis can vary, but the default MediaWiki installation has several different permissions available; most notably the ...at least that is the theory. In practice MediaWiki software does offer many options related to permissions.

...ample image when you use the edit toolbar (English default installation of MediaWiki).

| mediawiki = {{{mediawiki| {{{other|}}} }}} | #default = {{{other|}}} <!--"demospace=other" or a new namespace-->

...tandard format]. The default options in the drop-down may be modified at [[MediaWiki:Ipboptions]]. ...hey try to edit. The default reasons in the drop-down may be modified at [[MediaWiki:Ipbreason-dropdown]].

<nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}|MediaWiki Introduction|lang=zh}} <nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}|MediaWiki Introduction}}

* The search is not case-sensitive, so "MediaWiki", "mediawiki" and "MEDIAWIKI" all give the same result. ...change their preferences to specify the namespaces they want to search by default. This can be done by selecting and deselecting boxes in the ”search” se

...lp:Recent changes|Recent changes]] or [[Help:Managing files|Upload file]]. MediaWiki requires you to log in before seeing all of the sidebar options. ...s displayed on the left edge of the page below the site logo (if using the default MonoBook skin). This sidebar gives you access to important pages in the wik

Pages on a MediaWiki wiki are grouped into collections called "'''namespaces'''", which differen ...also two special namespaces that contain pages created 'on the fly' by the MediaWiki software. The standard namespaces are organized in pairs, with each pair c

...espacesWithSubpages#Enabling for a namespace]] to learn how to modify this default behaviour. In namespaces where the feature is switched off, any slashes (/)

If you have standard texts you want to include on several pages, the MediaWiki template feature comes into play. To enrich the mechanism of transclusion, MediaWiki allows parameters to be passed to a template when it is transcluded. Parame

...the [[Special:UserRights]] page. The first user created when setting up a MediaWiki installation is a bureaucrat. Other users can always contact one of the bur * {{mediawiki|Manual:User_rights|Manual:User rights}}

...ly bureaucrats can change your username, and the wiki must also have the {{mediawiki|Extension:Renameuser|Renameuser extension}} installed. ...e will be used at the start instead of a simple link to your user page. By default, anything you enter here will be wrapped with <code><nowiki>[[ ]]</nowiki><

...media file content (for rendering or downloading it separately, out of any MediaWiki page). The following file formats are supported by default:

...ts specific to the Yocto Project's needs. If you wish to use it on another MediaWiki server you can do so by cloning it from the public repository: https://gith |The position of the charts relative to the data table. Default: right

For a clear advantage of implementing a template over the default Google interwiki prefix, consider the following, modified example: Note the application of MediaWiki [[Help:Magic words|magic word]] <code>urlencode</code>. This grants us the

Categories, a software feature of MediaWiki, provide automatic indexes that are useful as tables of contents. ...style, with all its parent categories, sorted alphabetically. (At least in MediaWiki 1.18.2) if a category is a subcategory of more than one parent, both hierar