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{{DocumentationHeader|Wiki|Communication}}
The MusicBrainz Wiki is located at [http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/ http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/] and, with a few exceptions, is the source of all MusicBrainz' documentation through the [[WikiDocs]] transclusion mechanism.


For licensing information, see the [[MusicBrainz Wiki License|wiki license]] page.
The MusicBrainz wiki is located at [http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/ http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/].

The pages in this wiki are also visible via the MusicBrainz website. See [[WikiDocs]] for more details and [[MusicBrainz Wiki License|MusicBrainz wiki license]] for information about our license.

==Anti-Spam Measures==

You'll need to log in to get to some pages; see [[Wiki Spam Protection|wiki spam protection]] for more details.


== Using the Wiki ==
== Using the Wiki ==
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The [[Sandbox|sandbox]] is available to use if you would like to experiment.
The [[Sandbox|sandbox]] is available to use if you would like to experiment.


===Syntax===
==Wiki Administration==

The wiki uses [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting the standard syntax for MediaWiki]. Additionally, it supports various interwiki links to make it easier to link to the various entities of the MusicBrainz database.

<div style="float: left; width: 64%; margin-right: 2%;">

<nowiki>[[Artist:c0b2500e-0cef-4130-869d-732b23ed9df5|Tori Amos]]</nowiki>
<br/><nowiki>[[ReleaseGroup:7c4cab8d-dead-3870-b501-93c90fd0a580|The Downward Spiral]]</nowiki>
<br/><nowiki>[[Release:b84ee12a-09ef-421b-82de-0441a926375b|Dark Side of the Moon]]</nowiki>
<br/><nowiki>[[Recording:0774cb44-c0b5-48b5-81db-f47e1aa41a8e|Pound to the Dollar]]</nowiki>
<br/><nowiki>[[Work:ebed83d5-2472-3d22-bf6b-8dcd7be66499|The Idiot]]</nowiki>
<br/><nowiki>[[Label:f31e1603-a456-4397-950e-e1a051487f75|Victor Entertainment]]</nowiki>
<br/><nowiki>[[Editor:dupuy]]</nowiki>
<br/><nowiki>[[Edit:814078|814078]]</nowiki>
<br/><nowiki>[[Ticket:1040|1040]]</nowiki>
<br/><nowiki>[[mbdoc:MusicBrainz Identifiers|]]</nowiki>
</div>

<div style="float: left; width: 34%;">

[[Artist:c0b2500e-0cef-4130-869d-732b23ed9df5|Tori Amos]]
<br/>[[ReleaseGroup:7c4cab8d-dead-3870-b501-93c90fd0a580|The Downward Spiral]]
<br/>[[Release:b84ee12a-09ef-421b-82de-0441a926375b|Dark Side of the Moon]]
<br/>[[Recording:0774cb44-c0b5-48b5-81db-f47e1aa41a8e|Pound to the Dollar]]
<br/>[[Work:ebed83d5-2472-3d22-bf6b-8dcd7be66499|The Idiot]]
<br/>[[Label:f31e1603-a456-4397-950e-e1a051487f75|Victor Entertainment]]
<br/>[[Editor:dupuy]]
<br/>[[Edit:814078|814078]]
<br/>[[Ticket:1040|1040]]
<br/>[[mbdoc:MusicBrainz Identifiers|MusicBrainz Identifiers]]
</div>
<div style="clear:both"></div>

=== Anti-Spam Measures ===

In order to edit a page on the wiki, you will need to pass an [[Wiki Spam Protection|anti-spam]] check.

== Administrative rights ==


# '''Everybody''' (including anonymous users) can read and edit on the wiki.
There are a couple of pages which control who is able to do what in this wiki. The exact rights are:
# '''Everybody''' can read and write normal pages.
# '''Logged in users''' can read, edit, and undo changes on the wiki.
# '''Wiki admins''' (listed [http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/Special:Listusers%26group%3Dwiki-editor on the wiki]) can read, edit, undo changes, and delete pages.
# '''Logged in users''' can read, write, and revert normal pages.
# '''Wiki admins''' (listed [[Page_Deletor_Group|here]]) can read, write, revert, and delete normal pages.


==Wiki History==
==Wiki History==


This wiki originally used [http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl UseModWiki], it was changed to [http://moinmo.in/ MoinMoin] in July of 2005, and subsequently to [http://www.mediawiki.org MediaWiki] in March of 2009.
This wiki originally used [http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl UseModWiki]. The wiki was migrated to [http://moinmo.in/ MoinMoin] in July of 2005, then was subsequently migrated to [http://www.mediawiki.org MediaWiki] in March of 2009.


[[Category:Wiki]] [[Category:Communication Forum]]
[[Category:Wiki]] [[Category:Communication Forum]] [[Category:To Be Reviewed]]

Revision as of 23:04, 9 January 2012

The MusicBrainz Wiki is located at http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/ and, with a few exceptions, is the source of all MusicBrainz' documentation through the WikiDocs transclusion mechanism.

For licensing information, see the wiki license page.

Using the Wiki

When editing this wiki please stick to good wiki style.

The sandbox is available to use if you would like to experiment.

Syntax

The wiki uses the standard syntax for MediaWiki. Additionally, it supports various interwiki links to make it easier to link to the various entities of the MusicBrainz database.

[[Artist:c0b2500e-0cef-4130-869d-732b23ed9df5|Tori Amos]]
[[ReleaseGroup:7c4cab8d-dead-3870-b501-93c90fd0a580|The Downward Spiral]]
[[Release:b84ee12a-09ef-421b-82de-0441a926375b|Dark Side of the Moon]]
[[Recording:0774cb44-c0b5-48b5-81db-f47e1aa41a8e|Pound to the Dollar]]
[[Work:ebed83d5-2472-3d22-bf6b-8dcd7be66499|The Idiot]]
[[Label:f31e1603-a456-4397-950e-e1a051487f75|Victor Entertainment]]
[[Editor:dupuy]]
[[Edit:814078|814078]]
[[Ticket:1040|1040]]
[[mbdoc:MusicBrainz Identifiers|]]

Anti-Spam Measures

In order to edit a page on the wiki, you will need to pass an anti-spam check.

Administrative rights

  1. Everybody (including anonymous users) can read and edit on the wiki.
  2. Logged in users can read, edit, and undo changes on the wiki.
  3. Wiki admins (listed on the wiki) can read, edit, undo changes, and delete pages.

Wiki History

This wiki originally used UseModWiki. The wiki was migrated to MoinMoin in July of 2005, then was subsequently migrated to MediaWiki in March of 2009.