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If completely unfamiliar with ~~how~~ MediaWiki ~~works~~, ~~this guide is for you~~. ~~See table~~ of ~~contents~~ to ~~skip around to what you need~~.

This guide is aimed at people who are completely unfamiliar with editing with MediaWiki (if they even know what that is), but are familiar with traditional editing systems like Wordpress, any sort of word document, and so on. This should hopefully knock out a lot of quick vital differences between the 2 systems to allow an easier learning curve.

== Terminology ==

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| '''Wiki''' || A website that has a system in place to allow collaborative editing rather than a central authority dictating content, such as a blog.

| '''Wiki''' || A website that has a system in place to allow collaborative editing rather than a central authority dictating content, such as a blog. Think the [https://zeldawiki.wiki/wiki/Main_Page Zelda Wiki], or [https://www.fandom.com/ Fandom] itself.

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| [[wikipedia:Main Page|'''Wikipedia''']] || More properly known as the ''English'' Wikipedia, it is the online encyclopedia that everyone knows of.<ref> Keep in mind that there are ~~"wikipedias"~~ in ~~other~~ languages, such as [https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Portada Spanish] and [https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagina_principale Italian]. [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Complete_list_of_Wikimedia_projects Click me] for a full list.</ref>

| [[wikipedia:Main Page|'''Wikipedia''']] || More properly known as the ''English'' Wikipedia, it is the online encyclopedia that everyone knows of.<ref> Keep in mind that there are versions of Wikipedia in various languages, such as [https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Portada Spanish] and [https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagina_principale Italian]. [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Complete_list_of_Wikimedia_projects Click me] for a full list.</ref>

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| [https://wikimediafoundation.org/ '''Wikimedia'''] || A non-profit foundation that performs the ~~adminstration~~ and systems ~~administrative~~ upkeep of the various language editions of Wikipedia.

| [https://wikimediafoundation.org/ '''Wikimedia'''] || A non-profit foundation that performs the administration and systems upkeep of the various language editions of Wikipedia.

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| [[mw:MediaWiki|'''MediaWiki''']] || A [[wikipedia:Free and open-source software|'''free and open source''']] software that is designed to provide a wiki-style of editing to a website. This software is what runs this very website.

| [[mw:MediaWiki|'''MediaWiki''']] || A [[wikipedia:Free and open-source software|'''free and open source''']] software that is designed to provide a wiki-style of editing to a website. This software is what runs this very website and the English Wikipedia.

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-If completely unfamiliar with how MediaWiki works, this guide is for you. See table of contents to skip around to what you need.
+This guide is aimed at people who are completely unfamiliar with editing with MediaWiki (if they even know what that is), but are familiar with traditional editing systems like Wordpress, any sort of word document, and so on. This should hopefully knock out a lot of quick vital differences between the 2 systems to allow an easier learning curve.
 == Terminology ==
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-| '''Wiki''' || A website that has a system in place to allow collaborative editing rather than a central authority dictating content, such as a blog.
+| '''Wiki''' || A website that has a system in place to allow collaborative editing rather than a central authority dictating content, such as a blog. Think the [https://zeldawiki.wiki/wiki/Main_Page Zelda Wiki], or [https://www.fandom.com/ Fandom] itself.
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-| [[wikipedia:Main Page|'''Wikipedia''']] || More properly known as the ''English'' Wikipedia, it is the online encyclopedia that everyone knows of.<ref> Keep in mind that there are "wikipedias" in other languages, such as [https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Portada Spanish] and [https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagina_principale Italian]. [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Complete_list_of_Wikimedia_projects Click me] for a full list.</ref>
+| [[wikipedia:Main Page|'''Wikipedia''']] || More properly known as the ''English'' Wikipedia, it is the online encyclopedia that everyone knows of.<ref> Keep in mind that there are versions of Wikipedia in various languages, such as [https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Portada Spanish] and [https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagina_principale Italian]. [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Complete_list_of_Wikimedia_projects Click me] for a full list.</ref>
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-| [https://wikimediafoundation.org/ '''Wikimedia'''] || A non-profit foundation that performs the adminstration and systems administrative upkeep of the various language editions of Wikipedia.
+| [https://wikimediafoundation.org/ '''Wikimedia'''] || A non-profit foundation that performs the administration and systems upkeep of the various language editions of Wikipedia.
 |-
-| [[mw:MediaWiki|'''MediaWiki''']] || A [[wikipedia:Free and open-source software|'''free and open source''']] software that is designed to provide a wiki-style of editing to a website. This software is what runs this very website.
+| [[mw:MediaWiki|'''MediaWiki''']] || A [[wikipedia:Free and open-source software|'''free and open source''']] software that is designed to provide a wiki-style of editing to a website. This software is what runs this very website and the English Wikipedia.
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