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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archive a subpage of a page, usually a talk page, to which some completed discussions or superceded material is transferred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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