Terminology/mediawiki

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    Glossary of MediaWiki core terms

    Key: italic words have their own glossary entry.

    Term Definition Notes
    action link a link which performs an action when clicked
    admin see administrator
    administrator a user with extra technical privileges for "custodial" work on a wiki
    archive a subpage of a page, usually a talk page, to which some completed discussions or superceded material is transferred
    associated namespace the other namespace in a pair, being the namespace and its talk namespace
    autoconfirmed user a user who has been automatically confirmed after a waiting period for new users during which certain user rights are withheld
    backend a system or component that ordinary users don't interact with directly
    blanking removing all content from a page
    block¹ (to) technical measure to limit editing for certain users
    broken redirect a redirect to a non-existing page
    bureaucrat an administrator with additional user rights, mainly to appoint administrators
    page
    special page page which is created dynamically These pages are in the "Special" namespace. They don't have wikitext source code.
    wiki page page which has wikitext source
    content page1 wiki page which is primary content in the wiki Content page namespaces are defined by $wgContentNamespaces.

    Alternative definition - wiki page which contributes directly to the wiki's purpose

    content page2 wiki page in the main namespace
    content page3 wiki page in any namespace
    template wiki page which is used as part of another page Templates are usually in the "Template" namespace and are used with {{templatename}} syntax. Templates are used to avoid repeating same text or wikicode in multiple places in wikitext. They can also be parameterized.
    wikitext
    edit
    edit summary
    edit conflict
    editing
    extension
    gadget
    heading
    history
    interwiki
    log
    log event
    magic word
    main page The page to which every user not specifying a particular page is redirected.
    merge
    message see system message
    minor edit
    move
    namespace
    optional message
    page revision
    page source
    user preferences
    preview
    protection
    protection level
    range block
    recent changes
    user
    pool counter server
    redirect
    restore
    revision see page revision
    right see user right
    section
    site notice
    skin
    special page
    subcategory
    subpage
    sysop see administrator
    system message
    table of contents
    talk page
    template
    toolbar
    toolbox
    undelete
    user page
    user right
    version1 see software version
    version2 see page revision
    watchlist
    bot a program that automatically or semi-automatically edits the wiki
    cascade protection
    create
    current revision
    deprecate
    diff
    discussion page see talk page
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