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Wmat: 1 revision: Attempting latest help pages upload.

2011-01-21T01:12:52Z

1 revision: Attempting latest help pages upload.

Cherry2005: Undo revision 359877 by 70.171.235.139 (talk)

2010-10-30T05:50:03Z

Undo revision 359877 by 70.171.235.139 (talk)

Wmat: 1 revision: Importing help files.

2010-01-28T01:58:21Z

1 revision: Importing help files.

Wmat: /* Search */

2010-01-27T23:41:30Z

‎Search

Wmat: /* Skin */

2010-01-27T23:40:48Z

‎Skin

Wmat at 23:21, 27 January 2010

2010-01-27T23:21:20Z

Cherry2005: Reverting previous string of changes. English docs are supposed to be in English, not your user pref lang. Translations belong on /langcode subpages, not inline.

2010-01-12T18:38:03Z

Reverting previous string of changes. English docs are supposed to be in English, not your user pref lang. Translations belong on /langcode subpages, not inline.

Wmat: 1 revision

2009-12-03T00:41:27Z

1 revision

Cherry2005: Reverted edits by 41.233.192.115 (Talk) to last revision by Al Maghi

2009-10-23T11:52:50Z

Reverted edits by 41.233.192.115 (Talk) to last revision by Al Maghi

Wmat: 1 revision(s)

2009-05-01T18:07:16Z

1 revision(s)

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 ==User profile==
 ===User profile===
-* ''Username'': Your user name. Only bureaucrats can change your username, and the wiki must also have the mediawiki|Extension:Renameuser|Renameuser extension installed.
+* ''Username'': Your user name. Only bureaucrats can change your username, and the wiki must also have the {{mediawiki|Extension:Renameuser|Renameuser extension}} installed.
 * ''User ID'': A number assigned to your account when you created it (for example, if your number is 42 you are the 42nd user to sign up at this particular wiki). This number is used for internal purposes.
 * ''Number of edits'': How many edits you have made. Not all wikis will have this.
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 ==Skin==
-Here you can choose the skin you want to use (use ''Preview'' if you want to see a skin before you choose it). By default, MediaWiki includes the following skins:
+Here you can choose the skin you want to use. You can preview the available skins before choosing them, by clicking on the ({{MediaWiki:Skin-preview/en}}) link next to each skin. Please refer to [[Help:Skins]] for more details.
-* Chick
-* Classic
-* Cologne Blue
-* Modern
-* MonoBook (default)
-* MySkin
-* Nostalgia
-* Simple
-* Vector
-−
-While you can choose whatever skin you like, bear in mind that some wikis will incorporate templates or layout elements that will not display as intended in some of these skins. Generally speaking, sticking with MonoBook (or whatever the wiki's default skin is) will ensure you see pages as intended.
 ==Math==
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 ==Search==
 Default settings for searches including how many results to display and how much context to show for each result.  Check the boxes next to the namespaces which you want to show up, the first time that you search for something.  You can override this when doing an actual search, by checking or unchecking the boxes at the bottom of the search results screen.
 ==Misc==
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 == See also ==
 * [[Help:Skins]]

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 ==User profile==
 ===User profile===
-* ''Username'': Your user name. Only bureaucrats can change your username, and the wiki must also have the {{mediawiki|Extension:Renameuser|Renameuser extension}} installed.
+* ''Username'': Your user name. Only bureaucrats can change your username, and the wiki must also have the mediawiki|Extension:Renameuser|Renameuser extension installed.
 * ''User ID'': A number assigned to your account when you created it (for example, if your number is 42 you are the 42nd user to sign up at this particular wiki). This number is used for internal purposes.
 * ''Number of edits'': How many edits you have made. Not all wikis will have this.
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 * Nostalgia
 * Simple
-* [[media:MediaWiki Skin Vector.png|Vector]]
+* Vector
 While you can choose whatever skin you like, bear in mind that some wikis will incorporate templates or layout elements that will not display as intended in some of these skins. Generally speaking, sticking with MonoBook (or whatever the wiki's default skin is) will ensure you see pages as intended.
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 Default settings for searches including how many results to display and how much context to show for each result.  Check the boxes next to the namespaces which you want to show up, the first time that you search for something.  You can override this when doing an actual search, by checking or unchecking the boxes at the bottom of the search results screen.
-{{Admin tip|tip=To change the namespace default preferences for new users (or users who haven't changed their preferences yet), see {{mediawiki|Manual:$wgNamespacesToBeSearchedDefault}} }}
+{{Admin tip|tip=To change the namespace default preferences for new users (or users who haven't changed their preferences yet), see mediawiki|Manual:$wgNamespacesToBeSearchedDefault
 ==Misc==

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 Default settings for searches including how many results to display and how much context to show for each result.  Check the boxes next to the namespaces which you want to show up, the first time that you search for something.  You can override this when doing an actual search, by checking or unchecking the boxes at the bottom of the search results screen.
-{{Admin tip|tip=To change the namespace default preferences for new users (or users who haven't changed their preferences yet), see {{mediawiki|Manual:$wgNamespacesToBeSearchedDefault}} }}
+{{Admin tip|tip=To change the namespace default preferences for new users (or users who haven't changed their preferences yet), see mediawiki|Manual:$wgNamespacesToBeSearchedDefault
 ==Misc==

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 * Nostalgia
 * Simple
-* [[media:MediaWiki Skin Vector.png|Vector]]
+* Vector
 While you can choose whatever skin you like, bear in mind that some wikis will incorporate templates or layout elements that will not display as intended in some of these skins. Generally speaking, sticking with MonoBook (or whatever the wiki's default skin is) will ensure you see pages as intended.

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 ==User profile==
 ===User profile===
-* ''Username'': Your user name. Only bureaucrats can change your username, and the wiki must also have the {{mediawiki|Extension:Renameuser|Renameuser extension}} installed.
+* ''Username'': Your user name. Only bureaucrats can change your username, and the wiki must also have the mediawiki|Extension:Renameuser|Renameuser extension installed.
 * ''User ID'': A number assigned to your account when you created it (for example, if your number is 42 you are the 42nd user to sign up at this particular wiki). This number is used for internal purposes.
 * ''Number of edits'': How many edits you have made. Not all wikis will have this.