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This page and the contents of the Help namespace cover the Wiki software used on this server: Mediawiki.
:If you are new to the use of '''''Wikis''''' and its simple markup to create pages, then you can use the:
*[[Help:Cheatsheet|JDOC's Wiki Cheatsheet]] to learn the basic syntax commands.
*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents Mediawiki Handbook] for a more detailed use of Mediawiki software.
*Users of other wikis (e.g. DokuWiki/JD-Wiki) should make themselves familiar with the slightly different [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikitext_reference text formatting and wikitext syntax].

==Recommended readings==
Please read our list of [https://github.com/joomla/user-interface-text/blob/master/words2watch.md Words to Watch].
{{JDOC:Local wiki references/en}}
'''Wiki Manual''':
* [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Extended_image_syntax|Extended [Image:] syntax]]
* [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Gallery_tag|&lt;gallery> tag]]
* [[mwhelp:HTML in wikitext|HTML in wikitext]] (if you have to)
* [[mwhelp:Footnotes|References and footnotes]] using &lt;ref> and &lt;references />
* [[mwhelp:Category|Categories]] in MediaWiki
* [[mwhelp:Special pages|Special pages]] provide useful information; [[Special:Specialpages|explore them here]]

== Discussions ==
*'''Talk pages''': Every article and each user has an associated page where messages can be left. These are separate namespaces, "Talk:" and "User talk:". ''Anonymous'' users have been disabled on this wiki.
*'''Message notification''': user gets a "You have new messages" notice if someone else has edited their user discussion page
*'''Automatic signature''': Just type three tildes (~) when you edit, and on saving the page, it will be replaced with your user name and a link to your user page. If you use four tildes, the current date will be added as well. Mainly intended for Talk pages.
* Support for '''emailing users''' through the wiki (email address not shown to the user)

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