[Mediawiki-l] Status of documentation

[Agon S. Buchholz]

Hi,

I'd like to know who is *currently* working on the documentation for 
MediaWiki, and where the intended central place for this is, if there's 
na. If there's need, I'd like to volunteer to help out, if I can.

I think, the intended starting point is 
http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User's_Guide, but I found lots 
of relevant information scattered around somewhere else on the web (e.g. 
about importing database dumps), in the installation archives, and on 
Wikitech-L, which is not accessible (meaning linked) from the User's Guide.

Also, I found some information missing at all, e.g. "To update from one 
version of MediaWiki to another" just says "do these steps...", or the 
section about properly configuring the Rewrite Engine in Apache httpd in 
somehow short ;)

Last but not least, I think the naming "User's Guide" might be somehow 
confusing; to me, this suggests a manual directed primarily towards the 
(end) *user* of a running MediaWiki installation, giving help how to 
*use* the Wiki (e.g. conventions on how to edit, how to link, etc.).

IMHO, it'd be more clear if the documentation would start on 
http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docs or 
http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Documentation; this would spread into 
four sections, targeted at different persons: (1) General Information 
and Overview (e.g. What is it? How does it work? Who's using it? 
Architecture, etc.), (2) Installation and Administration Guide (current 
sections "Installation" and "Configuration" [missing]), (3) User's Guide 
(current section "Using MediaWiki"), and (4) Developer's Guide (maybe 
current 
"http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_become_a_MediaWiki_hacker", but 
mostly missing atm).

Greetings,
-asb