Guidelines[edit | edit source]
- Superior UI makes help pages unnecessary
- Help info should appear only when it's most relevant and likely to be useful
- Add ?uselang=qqx to the URL of any page to see the names of the interface messages used in that page, rather than the messages themselves (try it)
- Admins can change any interface message by editing "MediaWiki:Name of the message"
- Interface messages are language-specific, so if you modify for example MediaWiki:Newarticletext you should probably modify MediaWiki:Newarticletext/es too
- Interface messages allow any wikitext, but plain text, links and buttons work best across devices
- Hide confusing or unnecessary elements via MediaWiki:Common.css or by emptying the relevant interface message (example)
- Avoid adding or modifying HTML or CSS via JavaScript because it tends to cause flashes of unstyled content
Testing[edit | edit source]
- Test in at least two browsers (Firefox and Chrome, usually)
- Test in mobile (50% of our visitors browse from mobile!)
- Test in visual editor
- Test in at least one language other than English (by adding ?uselang=es to the URL, for example)
- Test in at least one skin other than Poncho (by adding ?useskin=vector to the URL, for example)
- Test as a non-logged-in user (usually in incognito)
- Test as a non-admin user (usually with a testing user)
Editing a page[edit | edit source]
- MediaWiki:Anoneditwarning / es / de / fr - Shown when editing or creating any page anonymously
- MediaWiki:Editnotice-0 - Shown when editing or creating a content page (visual editor, source editor)
- MediaWiki:Editnotice-1 - Shown when editing or creating a talk page (visual editor, source editor)
- MediaWiki:Editnotice-2 - Shown when editing or creating a user page (visual editor, source editor)
- MediaWiki:Editnotice-3 - Shown when editing or creating a user talk page (visual editor, source editor)
- MediaWiki:Editnotice-4 - Shown when editing or creating a project page (visual editor, source editor)
- MediaWiki:Editnotice-5 - Shown when editing or creating a project talk page (visual editor, source editor)
- MediaWiki:Editnotice-6 - Shown when editing or creating a file page (visual editor, source editor)
- MediaWiki:Editnotice-7 - Shown when editing or creating a file talk page (visual editor, source editor)
- MediaWiki:Editnotice-8 - Shown when editing or creating a MediaWiki page (visual editor, source editor)
- MediaWiki:Editnotice-9 - Shown when editing or creating a MediaWiki talk page (visual editor, source editor)
- MediaWiki:Editnotice-10 - Shown when editing or creating a template page (visual editor, source editor)
- MediaWiki:Editnotice-11 - Shown when editing or creating a template talk page (visual editor, source editor)
- MediaWiki:Editnotice-12 - Shown when editing or creating a help page (visual editor, source editor)
- MediaWiki:Editnotice-13 - Shown when editing or creating a help talk page (visual editor, source editor)
- MediaWiki:Editnotice-14 - Shown when editing or creating a category page (visual editor, source editor)
- MediaWiki:Editnotice-15 - Shown when editing or creating a category talk page (visual editor, source editor)
- MediaWiki:Copyrightwarning / es - Shown when editing or creating any page, right before hitting the Save button (visual editor, source editor)
Creating a page[edit | edit source]
- MediaWiki:Newarticletext / es - Shown when a user loads the editor to create a new page (visual editor, source editor)
- MediaWiki:Searchmenu-new / es - Shown when a user searches for a page that doesn't exist (view)
- MediaWiki:Noarticletext / es - Shown when a user visits a page that doesn't exist (view)
Creating an account[edit | edit source]
- MediaWiki:Signupstart / es - Shown before creating an account, above the signup form
- MediaWiki:Welcomecreation-msg / es - Shown after creating an account
