Dank: 1 revision: dump of Manual: area, hoping to get "Linked Images" and others

2011-07-24T23:16:54Z

1 revision: dump of Manual: area, hoping to get "Linked Images" and others

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<big>'''This page is for the discussion and co-ordination of the MediaWiki Manual.'''</big>

The manual is located in the <tt>Manual:</tt> namespace (starting at [[Manual:Contents]]) and is released under the [[GNU Free Documentation License]]. Note that manual content must be kept <i>completely separate</i> from the PD Help pages located in the <tt>Help:</tt> namespace, as they are released under a different, incompatible license (see [[Project:Copyrights]] for details).

'''''Important Note:''' A lot of the pages in [[meta:Help:Contents|Meta's MediaWiki Handbook]] will ultimately be moved to the manual, ''however'' please do not move these pages manually at this stage. See below for details.''
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== Content ==

For general information about what should go in which namespace, see [[Project:Namespaces]].

* What content should be in the Manual: namespace?
** Information on setting up a new wiki
** Information on moving/upgrading/exporting/importing
** Documentation for [[Manual:Maintenance_scripts | maintenance scripts]]
** Information about hooks/API/Database layout etc.
* What should ''not'' be in the Manual: namespace?
** Basic help on using and editing. This belongs in the Help: namespace
** Extensions and tools, that are not part of the default MediaWiki distribution. (Extension: namespace)

=== Content from Meta ===

There is a lot of content on Meta that should be moved to this site. '''Please do not move pages by hand!''' There is a [[meta:Meta:MetaProject to transfer content to MediaWiki.org|project to co-ordinate this move at meta]] which will give you full details. Once we are in a position to do so, the relevant pages will be moved here in a way that preserves their history.

== Structure ==
Some discussion has been had regarding the layout of the Manual: namespace, but no formal decision has been made. Here is where prior discussion has taken place:

* [[User_talk:Bdk#Config._stuff]]
* [[Project:Flat namespace]]
* [[Project:Current issues#Page Hierarchy]]

== Editorial guidelines ==
=== Formatting ===
to be discussed

=== Colors ===
to be discussed

=== Screenshots ===
* Use http://test.leuksman.com/view/Main_Page for taking screenshots (note: currently not working)
* Screenshots should be cut to show only the relevant part of the site (no browser surroundings).

=== Tables ===
to be discussed

=== Naming scheme non-English pages ===
Some general discussions about internationalisation are at [[Project:Language policy]].

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