Unlocking the database will restore the ability of all users to edit pages, change their preferences, edit their watchlists, and other things requiring changes in the database.
Please confirm that this is what you intend to do.

Locking the database will suspend the ability of all users to edit pages, change their preferences, edit their watchlists, and other things requiring changes in the database.
Please confirm that this is what you intend to do, and that you will unlock the database when your maintenance is done.

Lock and unlock the database

Please confirm that you intend to do this, that you understand the consequences, and that you are doing this in accordance with [[{{MediaWiki:Policy-url}}|the policy]].

The database you specified does not have the required tables. Please apply configure.sql in that database.

Lowsin the database will gie back the abeelitie fer aa uisers tae eidit pages, chynge their preeferences, eidit their watchleets, an ither things needin chynges in the database. Please confirm that this is whit ye ettle tae dae.

Enter the username and password that will be used to connect to the database during the installation process.

The title of the page you intend to edit in the new pad.

You are about to delete a page along with all of its history.
Please confirm that you intend to do this, that you understand the consequences, and that you are doing this in accordance with [[{{MediaWiki:Policy-url}}|the policy]].

Enter the username that will be used to connect to the database during the installation process.
This is not the username of the MediaWiki account; this is the username for your database.

edit the preferences of other users

Edit the preferences of other users

For developers when locking the database

A button that will populate the edit summary with the list of contributors saved in the database.

Enter the password that will be used to connect to the database during the installation process.
This is not the password for the MediaWiki account; this is the password for your database.

The title of the link taking users to [[Special:Preferences]] to change their chat preferences.

The edit can be undone.
Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then save the changes below to finish undoing the edit.

The edit can be undone. Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then save the changes below to finish undoing the edit.

This page lists the tags that the software may mark an edit with, and their meaning.

The name of the pad to fork (from the database).

The name of the pad to fork (from the database).

The name of the pad to export (from the database).

lock or unlock the database

The database is already locked.

The database is not locked.