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==Contact us!==
*Email: dabl@american.edu
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==MediaWiki is a collaboration and documentation platform brought to you by a vibrant community.==
<div aria-hidden="true" role="presentation">[[File:Wikimedia Hackathon Prague 2019 - Group Photo - CLK - cropped.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Photo of participants of the Wikimedia Hackathon 2019]]</div>
The MediaWiki software is used by [[Special:MyLanguage/Sites using MediaWiki|tens of thousands of websites]] and [[Special:MyLanguage/MediaWiki testimonials|thousands of companies and organizations]].
It powers Wikipedia and also this website.
MediaWiki helps you collect and organize knowledge and make it available to people.
It's powerful, [[Special:MyLanguage/Localisation|multilingual]], [[w:FLOSS|free and open]], extensible, customizable, reliable, and free of charge.
[[Special:MyLanguage/Manual:What is MediaWiki?|Find out more]] and [[Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Deciding whether to use a wiki as your website type|if MediaWiki is right for you]].
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* '''[[Special:MyLanguage/Download|Download]]''', [[Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Installation guide|install]] and [[Special:MyLanguage/Manual:System administration|configure]] MediaWiki
* Add functionality by installing [[Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Extensions|extensions]]
* Problems? See [[Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Errors and symptoms|Errors and symptoms]] and [[Special:MyLanguage/Manual:FAQ|FAQ]]
* Don't own a server? See [[Special:MyLanguage/Hosting services|Hosting services]]
* [[Special:MyLanguage/Professional development and consulting|Get professional development and consulting]]<span style="display:none">[[:Professional development and consulting| ]]</span>
* Join [[Special:MyLanguage/MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group|MediaWiki Stakeholders]] user group
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<h3><span class="header_icon" aria-hidden="true" role="presentation">[[File:OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg|20px|middle|link=]]</span><span>Edit and use MediaWiki</span></h3>
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* [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Navigation|Learn how to navigate]]<span style="display:none">[[:Help:Navigation| ]]</span>
* '''[[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Editing_pages|Learn how to edit a page]]<span style="display:none">[[:Help:Editing_pages| ]]</span>'''
* [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents|Learn more about reading, editing, and personal customization]]<span style="display:none">[[:Help:Contents| ]]</span>
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* New to development? [[Special:MyLanguage/New Developers|Start coding for a Wikimedia project]]<span style="display:none">[[:New Developers| ]]</span>
* [[Special:MyLanguage/How to become a MediaWiki hacker|How to work on MediaWiki or extensions' code]]<span style="display:none">[[:How to become a MediaWiki hacker| ]]</span>
* Already a developer? Visit the [[Special:MyLanguage/Developer hub|developer hub]]
* Interact with content by using the [[Special:MyLanguage/API:Main page|Action API]] or [[Special:MyLanguage/API:Web APIs hub|Web API]]
* Read the [[Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Contents|developer docs]]
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<h3><span class="header_icon" aria-hidden="true" role="presentation">[[File:OOjs UI icon ongoingConversation-rtl.svg|20px|middle|link=]]</span><span>Get help and contribute</span></h3>
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* Cannot find the answer to a problem with MediaWiki? Ask the [[Project:Support desk|Support desk]]!
* [[Special:MyLanguage/How to contribute|Get involved]] as a translator, designer, documentation writer, tester, tech ambassador, …
* [[Special:MyLanguage/How to report a bug|Report wrong software behavior or a feature proposal]]<span style="display:none">[[:How to report a bug| ]]</span>
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; 2020-05-09 to 2020-05-11
: [[Wikimedia_Hackathon_2020/Remote_Hackathon|Wikimedia Remote Hackathon 2020]] (online)
; 2020-03-30
: [[File:OOjs UI icon lightbulb-20 fc3.svg|18px|Note|link=]] '''Note:''' The [https://techblog.wikimedia.org/ Wikimedia Technical blog] has been launched.
; 2020-03-26
: [[Image:OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg|18px|link=|Security]] [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2020-March/000247.html|MediaWiki 1.31.7, 1.33.3 and 1.34.1 security releases]] are now available.
; 2020-01-24
: [[File:OOjs UI icon lightbulb-20 fc3.svg|18px|Note|link=]] '''Note:''' [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2020-January/000245.html|MediaWiki 1.32.x versions]] are now end of life.
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