Project:Manual

Manual "logo" This page is for the discussion and co-ordination of the MediaWiki Manual. The manual is located in the Manual: namespace (starting at Manual:Contents ) and is released under the GNU Free Documentation License. Note that manual content must be kept completely separate from the PD Help pages located in the Help: namespace, as they are released under a different, incompatible license (see Project:Copyrights for details).

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 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)

Structure

Some discussion has been held regarding the layout of the Manual: namespace, but no formal decision has been made. The main debate is whether Manual pages should be organized in a flat hierarchy, with all pages at the root level, or with subtopics as subpages of the main topics. Here is where prior discussion has taken place:

• User talk:Bdk#Config. stuff
• Project:Flat namespace
• Project:Village Pump/Archive 1#Page Hierarchy

Editorial guidelines

• Documentation/Style guide

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 .