I was recently installing MediaWiki with someone who did it for the first time. The skins part was what I saw them struggling most with.
I think that's mainly because:
- It's so late in the manual
- It doesn't mention anywhere before you'll have to install skins (if it's supposed to stay where it is, it should be mentioned before that the step is necessary)
- The section itself links to another tutorial, for beginners it would be nicer to have a quick "How to set up the Vector skin and here is a link to how to work with all the other skins if you know what they do already"
I would like to change it in the way suggested but am open for feedback. Therefore I thought I mention it here and see if there are other/opposing opinions.