This is atest wiki that runs onthe MediaWiki software. Ordinarily it runs the same version of the code as mediawiki.org (plus other wikis in "group 0"), but may be configured differently with experimental features. The contents of this site may be volatile and buggy.
Thecurrent version of MediaWiki running on this wiki is 1.46.0-wmf.3 (c2e9d53). SeeWikipedia:Configuration andwikitech:testwiki andInitialiseSettings.php for information about the configuration of this wiki.
This is a website for the developers of Wikimedia wikis (that means a number of well-known wikis, including those below) totest their latest coding. This site is a "testing area" of sorts, which allows code to be tested in a controlled environment, without damaging other wikis. This wiki can also be used as a classroom to teach basic wiki editing without damaging other wikis.
This is not Wikipedia or any other content wiki—for themsee below—but rather a testing ground fordevelopers. There's not much you can do here unless you're testing code; if you're looking to contribute content, you may wish to visit one of theWikimedia Projects below.
Please note: there is a beta test cluster created as a replacement for prototype.wikimedia availablehere. It is a clone of all production wikis, where developers and regular users can test new features before we deploy them to production wiki. In case you want to test gadgets or user scripts on any Wikimedia project, you can also use that site. test.wikipedia.org is not for testing of unreviewed software or MediaWiki, it is a last place where software is deployed before it goes to live production. New software, extensions and gadgets can be deployed immediately to the deployment cluster.
The Wikipedia Test Wiki is not:
...at least from what I've heard.
The Wikipedia Test Wiki is for developers to test their code without breaking all of Wikimedia andblowing up the world.
The Wikipedia Test Wiki may also be used in a classroom environment for teaching basic wiki editing to avoid the great confusion resulting from creating pages and breaking a regular project, although this may not always be desirable because of the occasional difference between the test interface and a typical Wikimedia project interface.
Administrators are editors who have the extra ability to:
There are currently 268 administrators on Test Wikipedia. For a list, seeSpecial:ListUsers/sysop.
Administrator rights can be requested atWikipedia:Requests/Permissions. Abureaucrat will decide on the request then. Candidates should meet the following requirements:
Admins are subject to having their user rights removed after one year of inactivity on this wiki. If they want the rights back, they can make a request.
Bureaucrats of Test Wiki are simply editors who are able to:
To become a bureaucrat, one must first be an administrator (details). For a full list of bureaucrats on Test Wikipedia, seeSpecial:ListUsers/bureaucrat. Please do not ask bureaucrats for rights directly on their talk page unless you've previously interacted with them.
There are currently 64 bureaucrats on Test Wikipedia. For a list, seeSpecial:ListUsers/bureaucrat.
 | Wikipedia Free encyclopedia |  | Wiktionary Free dictionary and thesaurus |  | Wikinews Free-content news |  | Wikiquote collection of quotations |
 | Wikibooks Free textbooks and manuals |  | Wikispecies Free directory of species |  | Wikisource Free-content library |  | MediaWiki MediaWiki software |
 | Wikiversity Free learning materials and activities |  | Commons Free shared media repository |  | Meta-Wiki Wikimedia project coordination |  | Wikidata Free knowledge base |
