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The MusicBrainz Wiki is located at [http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/ https://wiki.musicbrainz.org/]. With a few exceptions, it is the source of all MusicBrainz' documentation through the [[WikiDocs]] transclusion mechanism.


(It’s currently being converted as a MetaBrainz Wiki by adding a namespace for each project; See [[jira:OTHER-415]] for follow-up.)
The MusicBrainzWiki is located at [http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/ http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/].


For licensing information, see the [[MusicBrainz Wiki License|wiki license]] page.
Some of the pages in this wiki are also visible via the [[MusicBrainz Web Site|MusicBrainzWebSite]]. See [[WikiDocs]] for more details and [[MusicBrainz Wiki License|MusicBrainzWikiLicense]] for information about our license.


== Using the Wiki ==
==Anti-Spam Measures==


When editing this wiki please stick to [[Good Wiki Style|good wiki style]].
You'll need to log in to get to some pages; see [[Wiki Spam Protection|WikiSpamProtection]].


The [[Sandbox|sandbox]] is available to use if you would like to experiment.
Also all email addresses in pages are automatically obfuscated to protect them from "harvesting".


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


The wiki uses [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting the standard syntax for MediaWiki]. Additionally, it supports various [[Special:Interwiki|interwiki]] links to make it easier to link to the various entities of the MusicBrainz database.
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, write, and revert normal pages.
* Members of the '''[[Page Deletor Group|PageDeletorGroup]]''' can read, write, revert, and delete normal pages.
<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">Page deletors must be very careful to ''never rename [[WikiDocs Page|WikiDocsPage]]<code><nowiki></nowiki></code>s''!
</ul>
* Members of the '''[[Moin Pages Editor Group|MoinPagesEditorGroup]]''' can read, write, revert, and delete special [[MoinMoin:SystemPages|SystemPages]].
* Members or the [[Admin Group|AdminGroup]] can read, write, revert, and delete ''all'' pages. Additionally they can change ACLs (see [[MoinMoin:HelpOnAccessControlLists|HelpOnAccessControlLists]]) and edit special pages, like
** [[Page Deletor Group|PageDeletorGroup]]
** [[Moin Pages Editor Group|MoinPagesEditorGroup]]
** [[Admin Group|AdminGroup]]


<div style="float: left; width: 64%; margin-right: 2%;">
These rights are defined like so:


<nowiki>[[Artist:c0b2500e-0cef-4130-869d-732b23ed9df5|Tori Amos]]</nowiki>
<pre>acl_rights_before = 'AdminGroup:read,write,revert,delete,admin'
<br/><nowiki>[[ReleaseGroup:7c4cab8d-dead-3870-b501-93c90fd0a580|The Downward Spiral]]</nowiki>
acl_rights_default = 'PageDeletorGroup:read,write,revert,delete Known:read,write,revert All:read,write'
<br/><nowiki>[[Release:b84ee12a-09ef-421b-82de-0441a926375b|Dark Side of the Moon]]</nowiki>
</pre>
<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%;">
Note that deleting a page is not a dangerous thing. It can be reverted quickly. However, ''renaming'' a page can destroy a transcluded [[WikiDocs]] page ([[Dont Rename Wiki Docs Pages|DontRenameWikiDocsPages]]!). Since [[Moin Moin|MoinMoin]] has no special "rename" right (renaming requires read, write, and delete), we are ''very'' reluctant to give out delete rights.


[[Artist:c0b2500e-0cef-4130-869d-732b23ed9df5|Tori Amos]]
==Status of the Wiki==
<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 ===
We ported the wiki to a [[Moin Moin|MoinMoin]] wiki-engine. See [[Moin Moin Wiki Syntax|MoinMoinWikiSyntax]] for changes to the old [[Use Mod|UseMod]] syntax. Also you will have to register again with your old [[Wiki Name|WikiName]].


In order to edit a page on the wiki, you will need to pass an [[Wiki Spam Protection|anti-spam]] check.
This wiki is a permanent WIP (work in progress). The project to [[Restructure The Wiki|RestructureTheWiki]] is largely complete and we are now [[Restructuring The Documentation|RestructuringTheDocumentation]]. There is information on the [[Status Of This Wiki|StatusOfThisWiki]] to tell you which parts are stable and which are "in progress". Things will probaly get worse during the time we implement [[WikiDocs]].


== Administrative rights ==
When editing this wiki please stick to [[Good Wiki Style|GoodWikiStyle]]. You can also use the [[Sand Box|SandBox]] (or the other [[Sandbox]]) if you just want to test the [[Moin Moin Wiki Syntax|MoinMoinWikiSyntax]].


# '''Everybody''' (including anonymous users) can read and edit on the wiki.
[[Category:To Be Reviewed]] [[Category:Wiki]] [[Category:Communication Forum]]
# '''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.

==Wiki History==

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:To Be Reviewed]]

Latest revision as of 10:54, 30 May 2023

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

(It’s currently being converted as a MetaBrainz Wiki by adding a namespace for each project; See jira:OTHER-415 for follow-up.)

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.