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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.

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.

Lock and unlock the database

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.

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 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 publish the changes below to finish undoing the edit.

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.

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

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.

For developers when locking the database

Lockin the database will suspend the abeelitie o aw uisers tae eedit pages, chynge thair preeferences, eedit thair watchleets, n ither things needin chynges in the database. Please confirm that this is whit ye'r etlin tae dae, n that ye'll lowse the database whan yer maintenance is dun.

Select the username and password that the web server will use to connect to the database server, during ordinary operation of the wiki.

Edit the preferences of other users

edit the preferences of other users

The database failed to change the page language.

add pages to the watchlists of other users

Changes to the skin will be applied immediately and will affect all users on the wiki. Are you sure you want to continue?

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

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]].

Please select the type of edit that you made:

Do you really want to cancel the edit? Your unsaved changes will be discarded.

Tooltip text for the namespace selection in the copy dialog that states, tha all pages of the book will be copied to this namespace and that their links will be adapted.

The database lock file is not writable.
To lock or unlock the database, this needs to be writable by the web server.

lock or unlock the database