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Iste pagina es un lista del terminos technic le plus commun e basic que es necessari pro usar le software MediaWiki.
Le lista es concipite pro esser facile a traducer in tote le linguas in le quales le gente pote usar MediaWiki. Non es supponite esser un glossario exhaustive de tote le terminos de MediaWiki, ma solmente de illos le plus necessari in tote le linguas e, in particular, pro comenciar le adaptation de MediaWiki in un nove lingua traducente le messages le plus importante (cognoscite tamben como le "plus usate").
Iste lista debe esser traducite in tote le linguas, includente illos in le quales MediaWiki ha ja un terminologia ben establite.
Illo include tanto le terminos que ha un signification particular in MediaWiki, como "categoria" e "patrono", como etiam terminos general de computatores, como "file" e "incargar". Consulta le pagina "Plus information sur iste glossario" pro un explication de isto.
Texto grasse es usate pro emphasar information sur parolas sovente mal traducite.
Al latere de multe terminos appare icones. Cliccar sur iste icones pote fornir plus information:
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Un ligamine al articulo encyclopedic pertinente in le Wikipedia anglese que describe le cosa in question. Verifica le ligamines interlingual de iste articulo pro trovar articulos in altere linguas que tu poterea cognoscer. |
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Un ligamine al pagina pertinente in le Wiktionario anglese. Assecura te de leger le definitiones attentivemente e selige le definition que se approxima le plus al significato que tu require. Multe parolas in le Wiktionario anglese ha traductiones in altere linguas. Pro vider los, rola a basso, trova le lista de "Traductiones", trova le lista de traductiones con le senso que te interessa, e trova tu lingua. Si tu lingua non es listate, considera adder un translation a Wiktionario. |
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Un ligamine al pagina de documentation technic associate sur le sito web mediawiki.org. |
Le glossario es ordinate alphabeticamente per termino anglese.
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- conto | anglese: account
- Un conto de usator; un registro immagazinate de information sur un usator de un wiki, identificate per un nomine de usator.
- administrator | anglese: administrator
- Un usator que ha plus permissiones que un usator normal. Isto generalmente include le permissiones de blocar e disblocar usatores, de modificar pagina protegite e de deler, restaurar, proteger e disproteger paginas. Etiam cognoscite in anglese como "admin" o "sysop".
- anonyme | anglese: anonymous
- Un usator qui non ha aperite session. Un tal usator es identificate per un adresse IP in le historia, modificationes recente, registros, etc.
- attribution | anglese: attribution
- Le processo de dar credito.
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- beta | anglese: beta
- Abbreviation de "function beta".
- function beta | anglese: beta feature
- Un nove function que es activate sur un sito wiki pro esser testate per le usatores.
- blocar | anglese: block
- Verbo: Disactivar le capacitate de un usator de modificar. Substantivo: Un instantia de blocar. Administratores de sitos wiki bloca usatores pro publicar spam o nonsenso o disrumper le wiki in altere manieras.
- robot | anglese: bot
- Abbreviation de "robot". Un programma de computator que face modificationes rapide e automatic de paginas wiki.
- navigator | anglese: browser
- Abbreviation de "navigator del web". Un programma de computator que permitte al gente leger sitos web. Navigatores del web commun es Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Samsung Internet, Opera e Tor Browser.
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- cache | anglese: cache
- Un familia de technologias informatic que immagazina datos in un loco que permitte accesso plus rapide. Generalmente, illo meliora le prestationes, ma a vices pote causar que information obsolete es monstrate a usatores. "Rader" o "purgar" le cache fortia que nove datos es monstrate, ma pote tamben causar un relentamento temporari del prestationes.
- cancellar | anglese: cancel
- Verbo: Stoppar un operation sin salveguardar le labor facite usque ora. Isto appare le plus sovente sur buttones.
- legenda | anglese: caption
- Un texto curte que explica un imagine, particularmente un miniatura.
- CAPTCHA | anglese: CAPTCHA
- Un testo que verifica si un usator es un humano o un robot, per exemplo, exigente que le usator digita characteres deformate durante le creation de un conto o le addition de un ligamine externe. Isto es un termino technic e non es necessari traducer lo.
- que non distingue majusculas de minusculas, que non distingue inter majusculas e minusculas | anglese: case-insensitive
- Le contrario de distinguer majusculas de minusculas: non distinguer inter litteras majuscule e minuscule; tractar "Catto" e "catto" como functionalmente le mesme catena de characteres.
- que distingue majusculas de minusculas, que distingue inter majusculas e minusculas | anglese: case-sensitive
- Distinguer inter litteras majuscule e minuscule; tractar "Catto" e "catto" como differente catenas de characteres.
- categoria | anglese: category
- Un gruppo de paginas wiki connectite. Per exemplo, le articulos "Can", "Mus" e "Cavallo" pote totes pertiner al categoria "Animales". Iste parola se usa tamben como le prefixo de spatio de nomines pro paginas de categoria.
- pagina de categoria | anglese: category page
- Un pagina wiki in le spatio de nomines Categoria. Un parte de su contento es generate automaticamente, creante un lista de paginas que es marcate como pertinente a iste categoria. Illo etiam pote haber plus texto que explica le categoria. Un pagina de categoria pote facer parte de altere categorias. In tal caso, on lo nomina un subcategoria de iste categorias.
- discussion categoria | anglese: category talk
- Abbreviation de “pagina de discussion de categoria”. Usate como le prefixo de spatio de nomines pro paginas de discussion de categorias.
- pagina de discussion de categoria | anglese: category talk page
- Un pagina de discussion associate a un pagina de categoria.
- cambiar | anglese: change
- Quando se parla de paginas wiki, le mesme cosa que modificar.
- character | anglese: character
- Un littera (a, b, c, ا, ب, ت, э, ю, я, क, च, ट, ⼈, ⼉, ⼊), un cifra (1, 2, 3), un signo de punctuation (., !, ?), un operator (+, -), etc.
- cliente | anglese: client
- Un programma de computator que recupera information de un servitor.
- Commons | anglese: Commons
- Abbreviation de "Wikimedia Commons". Non confunder con le licentias Creative Commons.
- contento | anglese: content
- Tote lo que appare sur paginas wiki e que le usatores pote modificar: texto, imagines, patronos, etc.
- contento | anglese: contents
- Abbreviation de "tabula de contento".
- pagina de contento | anglese: content page
- Un pagina wiki in le spatio de nomines principal de un wiki.
- contribution | anglese: contribution
- Omne action que un usator exeque pro cambiar le contento de un wiki: modificar, revocar, traducer, incargar files, etc. Differente de donation.
- cookie | anglese: cookie
- Un micre pecia de information inviate per un servitor al navigator e alora reinviate per le navigator cata vice que illo accede a ille servitor. Es generalmente pro identificar usatores e immagazinar information sur illes. Usatores generalmente non los gere directemente, ma illos es mentionate in le interfacie perque pote haber implicationes de vita private.
- Creative Commons | anglese: Creative Commons
- Un rete international de organisationes que scribe licentias standardisate pro le condivision libere de obras cultural (texto, imagines, video, etc.) e adjuta le gente a usar iste licentias. Le major parte del contento sur le wikis de Wikimedia es publicate sub licentias Creative Commons.
- recognoscentia | anglese: credit
- Un recognoscentia explicite de un fonte de texto o multimedia usante le nomine de un autor o de un organisation, un ligamine a un sito web del qual le information ha essite copiate, etc.
- CSS | anglese: CSS
- Linguage pro le disposition graphic de paginas web. Abbreviation de “Cascading Style Sheets”. Es un termino technic e non es necessari traducer lo.
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- deler | anglese: delete
- Verbo: Remover un pagina de un wiki, action realisate per un administrator. Un pagina delite pote generalmente esser restaurate.
- scriptorio | anglese: desktop
- Refere al uso de un wiki in un navigator sur un computator de scriptorio o portabile, con un grande schermo e un claviero physic. Differente de mobile.
- disveloppator | anglese: developer
- Un programmator qui disveloppa le codice que executa un wiki: MediaWiki, patronos, modulos, accessorios, robots, instrumentos, etc.
- diff | anglese: diff
- Un comparation inter duo versiones de un pagina wiki.
- discussion | anglese: discussion
- Essentialmente le mesme cosa que discussion, ma iste altere parola pote esser usate in contextos plus social e minus technic.
- donation | anglese: donation
- Un dono de moneta o de un altere cosa al persona o al organisation que gere un sito wiki. Differente de contribution.
- discargar | anglese: download
- Verbo: Copiar un file de un sito web a un apparato local. Le contrario de incargar.
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- modificar | anglese: edit
- Verbo (modificar): Cambiar le contento de un pagina wiki. Substantivo (modification): Qualcunque action de modificar un pagina wiki.
- redactor (usator) | anglese: editor (user)
- Un usator qui modifica o redige un pagina wiki.
- editor (programma) | anglese: editor (program)
- Un function de MediaWiki o un altere programma que permitte modificar paginas wiki. Per exemplo: Editor visual, editor de wikitexto 2010, editor de wikitexto 2017, le editor del application Android, etc.
- summario del modification | anglese: edit summary
- Un curte description del cambiamentos que un usator ha facite in un modification.
- exportar | anglese: export
- Verbo: Discargar le contento de un o plus paginas wiki como un file que pote esser importate in un altere wiki.
- ligamine externe | anglese: external link
- Un ligamine a un pagina sur un altere sito web.
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- file | anglese: file
- Un pecia de information conservate sur un apparato de immagazinage de computator e identificate per un nomine. In MediaWiki, files generalmente es imagines (JPG, PNG, SVG), fragmentos de audio (OGG), videos (WEBM), e documentos (PDF, DjVu). Iste parola es tamben usate como le prefixo de spatio de nomines pro paginas de file: Si le nomine del file es "Taj Mahal.jpg", le nomine del pagina del file es "File:Taj Mahal.jpg".
- nomine de file | anglese: filename
- Le nomine de un file. Comencia con un description del contento del file e termina con un extension (suffix) que identifica le typo del file. Per exemplo, ".jpg" es un extension pro files de photographias e "Taj Mahal.jpg" es un bon nomine pro un file que contine un photographia del Taj Mahal.
- pagina de file | anglese: file page
- Un pagina wiki que monstra un file e information sur illo: sur qual paginas wiki iste file es usate, qui lo ha incargate, le licentia del file, et cetera.
- discussion del file | anglese: file talk
- Un pagina de discussion associate con un pagina de file. Si le nomine del file es "Taj Mahal.jpg", le titulo del pagina de discussion del file es "Discussion File:Taj Mahal.jpg".
- libere | anglese: free
- Isto non significa "que cosa zero dollares". Isto refere al libertate que le usatores ha de leger, copiar, modificar e distribuer le contento de un wiki. Es synonyme a "liberate", "sin restrictiones", etc. Vide tamben le Definition de Obras Cultural Libere.
- licentia libere | anglese: free license
- Un licentia que permitte le uso libere de texto o de multimedia. Nota que le parola pro “libere” hic debe esser le mesme como in le termino libere.
- fuzzy | anglese: fuzzy
- Vide obsolete.
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- accessorio | anglese: gadget
- Gadgets es pecias de codice JavaScript que redactores pote scriber in un sito wiki pro meliorar le functionalitate del sito. Le codice de gadgets se immagazina sur paginas wiki. Iste parola se usa tamben como le prefixo de spatio de nomines pro paginas de gadgets.
- pagina de accessorio | anglese: gadget page
- Un pagina wiki in le spatio de nomines Accessorio. Illo immagazina le codice fonte pro un accessorio.
- discussion accessorio | anglese: gadget talk
- Abbreviation de “pagina de discussion de accessorio”. Iste parola se usa tamben como le prefixo de spatio de nomines pro le paginas de discussion de accessorios.
- pagina de discussion de accessorio | anglese: gadget talk page
- Un pagina de discussion associate al pagina de un accessorio.
- gender | anglese: gender
- Quando iste parola appare como
{{GENDER:, illo non debe esser traducite. MediaWiki supporta le scriptura de messages de maniera differente pro usatores qui ha indicate que illes debe esser describite como “ille” o “illa” o qui non lo ha indicate explicitemente. Vide le pagina Gender. - global | anglese: global
- Que pertine a tote le wikis in un familia de wikis. Per exemplo, un blocada usual sur Wikipedia in espaniol impedi le usator de rediger paginas solmente sur Wikipedia in espaniol, ma un blocada global impedi le modification sur tote le wikis: Wikipedia in tote le linguas, Wikivoyage in tote le linguas, etc.
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- adjuta | anglese: help
- Documentation technic pro le uso del wiki. Iste parola se usa tamben como le prefixo de spatio de nomines pro paginas de adjuta.
- pagina de adjuta | anglese: help page
- Un pagina wiki in le spatio de nomines Adjuta.
- discussion adjuta | anglese: help talk
- Abbreviation de “pagina de discussion de adjuta”. Usate como le prefixo de spatio de nomines pro paginas de discussion de adjuta.
- pagina de discussion de adjuta | anglese: help talk page
- Un pagina de discussion associate a un pagina de adjuta.
- historia | anglese: history
- Abbreviation de “historia del pagina” o “historia de versiones”. Un lista de versiones de un pagina wiki que monstra le hora, le usator, le summario del modification e altere information sur cata version.
- initio | anglese: home
- Abbreviation de “pagina de initio”.
- pagina de initio | anglese: home page
- Le mesme cosa que pagina principal, particularmente sur le sito mobile.
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- ID | anglese: id
- Abbreviation de "identificator". Un numero o un catena de characteres que face referentia a un cosa: un usator, un pagina, un version, etc.
- importar | anglese: import
- Verbo: Adder paginas a un wiki a partir de un file que ha essite exportate de un altere wiki, or directemente desde un altere wiki in le familia de wikis.
- ligamine inter linguas | anglese: interlanguage link
- Un ligamine a un pagina sur le mesme subjecto in un wiki in un altere lingua.
- ligamine interne | anglese: internal link
- Un ligamine a un altere pagina sur le mesme wiki.
- ligamine interwiki | anglese: interwiki link
- Un ligamine a un pagina sur un altere wiki que usa un syntaxe specific.
- invalide, non valide | anglese: invalid
- Technicamente inacceptabile. Per exemplo, un titulo de pagina es invalide si include le character
{, le qual es prohibite in titulos. - invocar | anglese: invoke
- Verbo: Appellar un modulo, executar lo, e inserer le resultato del appello in un pagina wiki. Un operation similar con patronos se appella transclusion.
- Adresse IP | anglese: IP address
- Un numero que identifica un computator in un rete. In MediaWiki, le adresses IP se usa pro attribuer modificationes e altere actiones a usatores anonyme.
- elemento | anglese: item
- In Wikidata, un entitate que representa un cosa in le mundo. Illo es identificate per le littera Q sequite per un numero unic, e pote haber etiquettas in qualcunque lingua. Le elementos de Wikidata ha multe usos, ma lor uso le plus simple e commun es connecter articulos de Wikipedia in differente linguas in un maniera que permitte le exhibition de ligamines inter linguas. Vide le Glossario de Wikidata.
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- JavaScript | anglese: JavaScript
- Un linguage de programmation. In MediaWiki, illo es usate pro gadgets e partes de MediaWiki mesme.
- JSON | anglese: JSON
- Un formato de file de datos. Isto es un termino technic e non debe esser traducite.
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- etiquetta | anglese: label
- Le nomine de un elemento de Wikidata in un lingua human. Vide le Glossario de Wikidata.
- legenda | anglese: legend
- Un lista de symbolos, colores o abbreviationes que se usa in un graphico, tabella, etc.
- ligamine | anglese: link
- Un pecia de texto o un imagine sur le qual le usator pote cliccar pro visitar un altere pagina web.
- licentia | anglese: license
- Un documento juridic que specifica le conditiones de uso de un texto, imagine o video, particularmente con respecto al lege de derectos de autor.
- registro | anglese: log
- Un lista generate automaticamente de actiones de un certe typo, monstrante quando e per qual usator illos ha essite effectuate, assi como altere detalios, secundo le typo de action. Exemplos de actiones registrate es le creation de contos, le deletion de paginas e le blocage de usatores.
- aperir session | anglese: log in
- Verbo: identificar se al sito wiki como proprietario de un conto. Un usator qui ha aperite session non es anonyme, e le modificationes e actiones de tal usator es attribuite al nomine de usator in le historia del pagina e in le registros.
- clauder session | anglese: log out
- Verbo: disconnecter se del conto e devenir anonyme.
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- principal | anglese: main
- Dicite de spatios de nomines: Le spatio de nomines de un wiki, in le qual le pagina de ontento es immagazinate. Contrari a altere spatios de nomines, como Discussion, Usator, Categoria, Patrono, etc. Le titulos del pagina in le spatio de nomines principal non ha prefixo.
- pagina principal | anglese: main page
- Un pagina wiki que es le prime pagina monstrate al visitatores de un sito wiki. Pote esser appellate “pagina de initio” o “frontispicio” in altere publicationes.
- media | anglese: media
- Isto non significa “le media de un gruppo de numeros”. Es un abbreviation de "multimedia". Es tamben usate como prefixo virtual de spatio de nomines pro ligar a files.
- MediaWiki | anglese: MediaWiki
- Un pacchetto de software pro executar sitos wiki. Disveloppate originalmente pro Wikipedia e usate tamben sur multe altere sitos web, le majoritate del quales non es associate a Wikipedia. Iste parola se usa tamben como le prefixo de spatio de nomines pro le paginas pro le personalisation local del messages del interfacie de usator.
- Discussion MediaWiki | anglese: MediaWiki talk
- Abbreviation de “pagina de discussion de MediaWiki”. Usate como le prefixo de spatio de nomines pro paginas de discussion sur MediaWiki.
- Pagina de discussion de MediaWiki | anglese: MediaWiki talk page
- Un pagina de discussion associate a un pagina in le spatio de nomines MediaWiki.
- message | anglese: message
- Un catena de characteres que appare in le interfacie de usator de un sito web MediaWiki. Le messages pote esser traducite sur Translatewiki. Quando es necessari, illos pote esser personalisate localmente in le spatio de nomines MediaWiki, supplantante le traduction scribite sur TranslateWiki.
- MIME | anglese: MIME
- Un technologia pro identificar le typo de files sur Internet, per exemplo “application/pdf”, “image/png”, etc. Isto es un termino technic e non es necessari traducer lo.
- mobile | anglese: mobile
- Concerne le uso de un wiki sur un apparato mobile, como un telephono o tabletta, con un micre schermo e sin claviero physic. Se oppone a scriptorio.
- modulo | anglese: module
- Un pecia de codice que pote esser invocate desde paginas wiki e insere texto in iste paginas. Le modulos es similar al patronos, ma le patronos es scribite in wikitexto e le modulos es scribite in le linguage de programmation Lua. Iste parola se usa tamben como le prefixo de spatio de nomines pro le paginas de modulo.
- pagina de modulo | anglese: module page
- Un pagina wiki in le spatio de nomines Module. Illo immagazina le codice fonte de un modulo e le documentation de uso del modulo.
- discussion modulo | anglese: module talk
- Abbreviation de “pagina de discussion de modulo”. Iste parola se usa tamben como le prefixo de spatio de nomines pro le paginas de discussion de modulos.
- pagina de discussion de modulo | anglese: module talk page
- Un pagina de discussion associate a un pagina de modulo.
- renominar | anglese: move
- Verbo: Renominar un pagina o un file. Substantivo (renomination): Le action de renominar un pagina o un file.
- multimedia | anglese: multimedia
- Nomine general pro varie files multimedial immagazinate in un repositorio multimedial. Per exemplo: file de imagine, file audio, file video, etc. In anglese, “multimedia” es sovente abbreviate a “media”, ma in interlingua, es melior evitar le confusion causate per un tal abbreviation (con [ia] “media” = [en] “average”).
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- spatio de nomines | anglese: namespace
- Cata pagina sur un wiki pertine a un spatio de nomines. Le paginas de contento principal de un wiki se considera de pertiner al spatio de nomines principal e lor titulos non ha prefixo. A causa de isto, “principal” es sovente scribite inter parentheses “(principal)”. Le paginas in altere spatios de nomines ha un prefixo como “Discussion:”, “Usator:”, “Special:”, etc.
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- obsolete | anglese: outdated
- In translatewiki, an outdated translated message must be carefully reviewed and, in most cases, fixed by the translator. This condition is also known as "fuzzy". It appears with a yellow "outdated" mark in the translation interface. A message can become outdated for three reasons: 1. The source message was updated after it was translated; 2. It has technical mistakes, for example invalid link syntax; 3. Another translatewiki editor noticed a mistake in it and manually marked it as outdated.
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- page | anglese: page
- Any page on a MediaWiki site. Can be an editable wiki page or a special page.
- parameter (templates) | anglese: parameter (templates)
- In templates, modules, and parser functions: values that are sent to the template or the modules to tell it with which data to work.
- parameter (translatewiki) | anglese: parameter (translatewiki)
- When translating MediaWiki messages: pieces of messages that look like
$1,$2,$3, and are replaced by something, such as numbers, usernames, or page titles. In translatable pages, the dollar sign can also be followed by words, e.g.$page. In some other projects, parameters can look differently, e.g.%dor%(page). - parser | anglese: parser
- A component of MediaWiki that reads wikitext and converts it to formatted text that is shown to readers.
- parser function | anglese: parser function
- A short wikitext function that can compute a value or make a simple decision based on data. Usually used in the wikitext of templates.
- password | anglese: password
- A secret string that the user writes to identify while logging in.
- permission | anglese: permission
- Same as right.
- pixel | anglese: pixel
- A dot on a computer screen. Used for measuring size and resolution of images.
- plural | anglese: plural
- When this word appears as
{{PLURAL:, it must not be translated. MediaWiki supports writing messages according to different numbers. See the page Plural. - preferences | anglese: preferences
- Every user's personal choices about how a wiki site works: how to show the preview, whether links should be underlined, which entries the watchlist shows and hides, etc.
- prefix | anglese: prefix
- The first characters of a string. In MediaWiki, prefixes are most often used for namespace names (Category: in "Category:Cities in Japan") and interlanguage links (fr: in fr:Pain au chocolat).
- preview | anglese: preview
- Showing how the page will look before publishing it.
- project | anglese: project
- In MediaWiki, this is used to describe a wiki and the community of people editing it. For example, the French Wikipedia, the Russian Wikisource, Wikidata, Commons, and translatewiki are projects.
- project namespace | anglese: project namespace
- "Project" is one of the namespaces on all wikis. Pages in this namespace are used for several purposes, for example project policies, discussions among projects participants, lists of suggested tasks to work on, and so on. When pages in this namespace are displayed, this word is replaced with the project name. For example, in the English Wikipedia, the page "Project:About" is the same as "Wikipedia:About". Both titles can be used as links, but "Wikipedia:About" is displayed to readers.
- project talk | anglese: project talk
- A project talk page is a talk page associated with a page in the project namespace. For example, if the project page title is "Wikipedia:About", the project talk page title is "Wikipedia talk:About".
- protect | anglese: protect
- Verb: Allow only some users to edit a page, done by an administrator.
- protection | anglese: protection
- The act of protecting a page.
- proxy | anglese: proxy
- An intermediary computer that allows people to connect to the Internet through it.
- publish | anglese: publish
- Verb: Save a wiki page after creating or editing it and make it readable by everyone.
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- query | anglese: query
- A request for information that is sent by a user to a server. For example, a search string or a request for a list of pages that begin with certain letters. The software sending the query is also known as a "client".
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- raw | anglese: raw
- Adjective: In the most basic representation. For example, the raw watchlist is a list of pages on the watchlist in plain text.
- recent changes | anglese: recent changes
- A special page at Special:RecentChanges, which shows all the recent edits that were made in a wiki.
- redirect | anglese: redirect
- Verb: Automatically transfer the user from one page to another; Create a redirect page. Noun: Short for "redirect page".
- redirect page | anglese: redirect page
- A page that immediately takes the user to another specified page when the user tries to access it.
- remix | anglese: remix
- Verb: Copy content from somewhere (for example, a website), and modify it.
- resolution | anglese: resolution
- The quality of an image, measured in pixel count.
- restore | anglese: restore
- Verb: Bring a page that was deleted back into the wiki.
- retrieve | anglese: retrieve
- Verb: Fetch information from a server.
- revert | anglese: revert
- Verb: Change the page in a way that restores its content to an earlier revision.
- revision | anglese: revision
- Usually the same as version.
- right | anglese: right
- A permission to perform an action, such as editing, deleting, or protecting a page, to view certain special pages or logs, to block users, etc.
- rollback | anglese: rollback
- Verb: Revert a page in one click. This action is usually available only to some users, for example administrators.
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- save | anglese: save
- Verb: Store information persistently, but not necessarily make it public. Saving something in a way that is readable to others is called publishing, and these words should be different. For example, a user's preferences are saved, but not published.
- search | anglese: search
- Verb: Look for information, usually by writing one or more words in the wiki's internal search engine. Noun: the action of searching, and its results (what was found).
- section | anglese: section
- A part of a wiki page that begins with a heading, and may include one or more paragraphs, and possibly sub-sections.
- semi-protected | anglese: semi-protected
- Protected less strictly than the usual protection. Most often, fully protected pages can be edited only by administrators, and semi-protected pages can be edited by users who created their account a specific number of days ago or made a specific number of edits, but the actual configuration may be different on different wikis.
- server | anglese: server
- A computer that is connected to a network and that stores information that can be retrieved by users. The software users use to connect to a server is called a "client".
- SITENAME | anglese: SITENAME
- When this word appears as
{{SITENAME}}, it must not be translated. This is automatically replaced with the name of the website. For example, on Wikipedia, "About {{SITENAME}}" is shown as "About Wikipedia". - source (content) | anglese: source (content)
- When discussing the content of wikis: The source of information on a wiki page or of a file. For example, a book or another website.
- source (wikitext) | anglese: source (wikitext)
- In MediaWiki user interface: The representation of a wiki page in wikitext, especially as opposed to the page as it shown to readers, or for visual editing.
- special | anglese: special
- Adjective: Used as the namespace prefix for special pages.
- special page | anglese: special page
- A page on a wiki that cannot be edited by users. Special pages provide various services, such as display of information about the wiki, Recent Changes, Watchlist, Statistics, and special administration and editing interfaces such as blocking, managing user rights, translation, etc. They are called "Special" because they are different from usual wiki pages. It's translated as "service (page)" in some languages.
- string | anglese: string
- A sequence of characters of any length. It is usually a word or a sentence, but in some cases it may be one character long or even empty (zero length).
- strong | anglese: strong
- When it appears as
<strong>or</strong>, it must not be translated. This is HTML code that makes the text bold. - subcategory | anglese: subcategory
- A category within another category. For example, "Cities in Paraguay" is a subcategory of "Cities in South America".
- summary | anglese: summary
- Short for "edit summary".
T
- table of contents | anglese: table of contents
- An automatically-generated list of section headings on a page. Usually appears near the top of the page.
- talk | anglese: talk
- Short for "talk page". This word is also used as the namespace prefix for talk pages associated with content pages (wiki pages in the main namespace).
- talk page | anglese: talk page
- A wiki page used for discussions between editors.
- template | anglese: template
- A piece of text or code that can be embedded ("transcluded") in other pages. Common examples of templates are infoboxes, formatted citations, maintenance notices at the top of an article, etc. Templates are similar to modules, but templates are written in wikitext and modules are written in the Lua programming language. This word is also used as the namespace prefix for template pages.
- template page | anglese: template page
- A wiki page in the Template namespace. It stores the source code for a template and the template's usage documentation.
- template talk | anglese: template talk
- Short for "template talk page". This word is also used as the namespace prefix for template talk pages.
- template talk page | anglese: template talk page
- A talk page associated with a template page.
- thumbnail | anglese: thumbnail
- A small image, used as a compact representation of a larger image. Usually shown with a frame with a caption under it. Clicking the thumbnail shows the full-size image.
- title | anglese: title
- The name of a page.
- transclusion | anglese: transclusion
- Inclusion or embedding of one wiki page into another. Most often, this is done with templates. A similar operation with modules is called invocation.
U
- undo | anglese: undo
- While reviewing page version: To revert a page, but possibly make some more changes and write a manual edit summary. Different from rollback, which is done in one click and restores everything. While editing a page: To erase the last change done to the content, reverting it to an older state. This action is available in web browsers and in many text editing applications.
- unprotect | anglese: unprotect
- Verb: The opposite of protect: Remove the protection from a page and make it editable by all users.
- unwatch | anglese: unwatch
- Verb: The opposite of watch: Unwatching a page means removing it from the user's watchlist.
- upload | anglese: upload
- Verb: Copy a file from a local device to a website. The opposite of download.
- URL | anglese: URL
- A technical term for a web address, such as
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aruba. Short for "Uniform Resource Locator". - user | anglese: user
- Somebody who uses a wiki, usually reading the information on it, or editing (changing) it. This may refer to a human, and also to a computer program, usually a bot. The user may be anonymous or identified using an account. This word is also used as the namespace prefix for user pages.
- username | anglese: username
- The name of a user account. It may be the real name of a person or a nickname.
- user page | anglese: user page
- A wiki page in the User namespace. If the username is "Alice", the user page's title is "User:Alice". Every user with an account has a user page, and can write things there, for example information about themselves or what they do on the wiki.
- user talk | anglese: user talk
- Short for "user talk page". Used as the namespace prefix for user talk pages.
- user talk page | anglese: user talk page
- A talk page associated with a user page. If the username is "Alice", the user talk page's title is "User talk:Alice". The user talk page is used for sending messages to a user. These messages are not private, and can be read by everyone who can read the wiki.
V
- version | anglese: version
- The state of a wiki page's content after an edit. A wiki page that has just been created has one version. Every edit creates another version. A version has an author (user) and a time.
- view | anglese: view
- Look at something, such as a page, a file, a table, etc. Often contrasted with edit: for example, regular users can only view protected pages, but administrators can edit them.
- visual editing | anglese: visual editing
- Editing while seeing the page similarly to how it's rendered to users: with images, headings, etc., and without seeing wiki syntax. This is similar to using a word processor, like Microsoft Word, Google Docs, or LibreOffice, and also known by the jargon term "WYSIWYG" ("what you see is what you get"). Compare with wikitext editing.
W
- watch | anglese: watch
- Verb: Add a page it to the user's watchlist.
- watchlist | anglese: watchlist
- A special page that shows recent changes in a list of pages that the user selected.
- wiki | anglese: wiki
- A website that anyone can edit. A wiki contains many wiki pages. This is different from other websites, on which readers can read the content, but only a small group of people can edit it, or social networks on which users can write things about themselves and comment on other people's posts, but cannot change what other people write. When translating the word wiki by itself or as part of another name, its spelling can be changed, but it should still sound similarly to "wiki".
- wiki page | anglese: wiki page
- One web page on a wiki site.
- wiki syntax | anglese: wiki syntax
- The syntax of wikitext.
- wikitext | anglese: wikitext
- The source code of wiki pages, and the language for formatting them. The language includes things like
[[]]for links,#for numbered lists, etc. Often contrasted with visual editing. - Wikibooks | anglese: Wikibooks
- The open-content textbooks collection that anyone can edit. A wiki website on which people write long-form textbooks under a free license. Managed by the Wikimedia Foundation. There are editions of Wikibooks in many languages. The "wiki" part should not be changed much, but the word "books" can be translated to your language.
- Wikidata | anglese: Wikidata
- The free knowledge base that anyone can edit. A wiki website on which people curate structured machine-readable data for the use of other wikis under a free license. Managed by the Wikimedia Foundation. There is one Wikidata site, and it can include information in any language. The "wiki" part should not be changed much, but the word "data" can be translated to your language.
- Wikinews | anglese: Wikinews
- The free news source you can write. A wiki website on which people write news articles under a free license. Managed by the Wikimedia Foundation. There are editions of Wikinews in many languages. The "wiki" part should not be changed much, but the word "news" can be translated to your language.
- Wikimedia | anglese: Wikimedia
- The movement that operates Wikipedia and several other free knowledge wiki websites. Not to be confused with MediaWiki.
- Wikimedia Commons | anglese: Wikimedia Commons
- A collection of freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute. Media files that are stored on Wikimedia Commons can be used in any other Wikimedia wiki. Managed by the Wikimedia Foundation. This name is often shortened to "Commons" in English. The English word "commons" means "a public open area", and it can be translated. Into some languages, this name is translated as "wiki repository", "wiki sharing", etc. Not to be confused with Creative Commons.
- Wikipedia | anglese: Wikipedia
- The free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. A wiki website on which people write an encyclopedia under a free license. Managed by the Wikimedia Foundation. There are editions of Wikipedia in many languages. The spelling of this name can be adapted to your language, but it should still be recognizable as "Wikipedia".
- Wikiquote | anglese: Wikiquote
- The free quote compendium that anyone can edit. A wiki website on which people maintain wiki pages with lists of quotes by famous people, from famous books or films, or about various topics. Managed by the Wikimedia Foundation. There are editions of Wikiquote in many languages. The "wiki" part should not be changed much, but the word "quote" can be translated to your language.
- Wikisource | anglese: Wikisource
- The free library that anyone can improve. A wiki website on which people maintain wiki pages with books and documents that were published elsewhere, which can be copied under a free license, and which can be useful for reading or as source material for Wikipedia and other wikis. Managed by the Wikimedia Foundation. There are editions of Wikisource in many languages. The "wiki" part should not be changed much, but the word "source" can be adapted to your language. For example, it was translated as "wikilibrary" into Russian.
- Wikivoyage | anglese: Wikivoyage
- The free worldwide travel guide that you can edit. A wiki website on which people write a travel guide under a free license. Managed by the Wikimedia Foundation. There are editions of Wikivoyage in many languages. The "wiki" part should not be changed much, but the word "voyage" can be translated to your language.
- Wiktionary | anglese: Wiktionary
- The free dictionary. A wiki website on which people write a dictionary with word definitions and translations under a free license. Managed by the Wikimedia Foundation. There are editions of Wiktionary in many languages. The name is based on the words "wiki" and "dictionary"; the "wiki" part should not be changed much, but the word "(dic)tionary" can be adapted to your language.