Site:Manual

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

<translate> The manual is located in the <tvar|1>Manual:</> namespace (starting at <tvar|2>Manual:Contents </>) and is released under the [[<tvar|3>Special:MyLanguage/GNU Free Documentation License</>|GNU Free Documentation License]].</translate> <translate> Note that manual content must be kept completely separate from the PD Help pages located in the <tvar|1>Help:</> namespace, as they are released under a different, incompatible license (see <tvar|2>Project:Copyrights </> for details).</translate>

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:

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 .