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<translate><!--T:1--> This page is a '''partial''' list of the parameters to <tvar name=index>{{ll|Manual:index.php|index.php}}</tvar>, the main script of the MediaWiki software, as provided by MediaWiki itself.</translate>
<translate><!--T:244--> Most of these arguments are usually given as GET parameters in the URL, but can also be passed as POST data.</translate>
<translate><!--T:245--> POST is actually required in some cases, such as the purge action. Some extensions provide additional parameters.</translate>

{{note|1=<translate><!--T:2--> '''The information on this page is not complete.'''</translate><ref name="clients"><translate><!--T:3--> Clients submitting forms should submit all form parameters present in the HTML; relying on any kind of static list may lead to future breakage.</translate> <translate><!--T:4--> To register new actions with an installation of MediaWiki, see <tvar name=1>{{ll|Manual:$wgActions|$wgActions}}</tvar>.</translate></ref>}}

{{Anchor|Identifying a page or revision}}
<translate>
== Page revision or version== <!--T:5-->
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<translate><!--T:6--> Parameters to index.php usually apply and have a meaning related to the page they apply to.</translate>
<translate><!--T:246--> The page (or a version of it) can be specified by typing one or more of the following parameters:</translate>
<nowiki>https://</nowiki>en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?<span style="color: red;">title</span>=Ferengi&<span style="color: red;">curid</span>=177126&<span style="color: red;">diff</span>=304901009&<span style="color: red;">oldid</span>=304764764

{|class="wikitable sortable" align=center
!width=5%|<translate><!--T:7--> Name</translate>
!!width=75% class="unsortable"|<translate><!--T:8--> Description</translate>
|-
|title 
| <translate><!--T:9--> The title of the page.</translate> <translate><!--T:10--> It can be a wiki page or a [[<tvar name=specialpg>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Special pages</tvar>|special page]], depending on the other parameters.</translate> <translate><!--T:11--> To disable a special page in your wiki configuration, you can use the <tvar name=1>{{ll|Manual:Hooks/SpecialPage initList|SpecialPage_initList}}</tvar> hook.</translate>
|-
|curid 
| <translate><!--T:12--> The id of the wiki page; overrides the value of title.</translate>
|}

<translate>
<!--T:13-->
Some actions (such as view and edit) also work on a particular revision of a page. Such a revision is identified by the following two parameters, allowing the omission of the title and the id of the page.
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{|class="wikitable sortable" align=center
!width=5%|<translate><!--T:14--> Name</translate>
!!width=75% class="unsortable"|<translate><!--T:15--> Description</translate>
|-
|oldid 
| <translate><!--T:16--> The ID of a revision</translate>
|-
|direction 
| <translate><!--T:17--> Instead of the revision given by <tvar name=1><code>oldid</code></tvar>, use:</translate>
:* <code>direction=prev</code>: <translate><!--T:18--> the one preceding it</translate>
:* <code>direction=next</code>: <translate><!--T:19--> the one following it</translate>
|}

{{anchor|actions}}<!--Used in Manual:Article.php-->
<translate>
== Actions == <!--T:20-->

<!--T:21-->
The following is a list of values for the  <tvar name=1><code>action</code></tvar> parameter.
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<translate><!--T:22--> Some of these actions can be enabled/disabled by using a dedicated [[<tvar name=confset>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration settings</tvar>|configuration setting]] in <tvar name=1><code>{{ll|Manual:LocalSettings.php|LocalSettings.php}}</code></tvar>. Where available, these local settings are listed.</translate><ref name="local"><translate><!--T:23--> Additionally, any action except 'view' may be disabled by using the <tvar name=1>{{ll|Manual:$wgActions|$wgActions}}</tvar> variable.</translate>
<translate><!--T:24--> Additionally, <tvar name=1>{{ll|Manual:$wgActions|$wgActions}}</tvar> is available now for all actions.</translate>

<translate>
<!--T:25-->
Additionally, if searches are enabled and the <tvar name=1><code>search</code></tvar> parameter is supplied (and non-blank) then all actions are ignored and the search is performed.</translate></ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center"
! width="5%" | <translate><!--T:249--> Name</translate>
! width="50%" class="unsortable" | <translate><!--T:26--> Function</translate>
! width="25%" class="unsortable" | <translate><!--T:27--> Example</translate>
|- valign="top"
|{{visible anchor|view}}
| <translate><!--T:28--> View is the default action; view is the one action that is used when no action is explicitly given</translate>
|<span class="plainlinks">[{{SERVER}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=Project:Sandbox&action=view {{SERVERNAME}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=Project:Sandbox&action='''view''']</span>
|- valign="top"
|{{visible anchor|watch}}
| <translate><!--T:30--> Adds the page to the user's watchlist</translate>
|<span class="plainlinks">[{{SERVER}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=Project:Sandbox&action=watch {{SERVERNAME}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=Project:Sandbox&action='''watch''']</span>
|- valign="top"
|{{visible anchor|unwatch}}
| <translate><!--T:31--> Removes the page from the user's watchlist</translate>
|<span class="plainlinks">[{{SERVER}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=Project:Sandbox&action=unwatch {{SERVERNAME}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=Project:Sandbox&action='''unwatch''']</span>
|- valign="top"
|{{visible anchor|delete}}
| <translate><!--T:32--> Deletes a page</translate>

<translate><!--T:33--> By default, delete returns a form for the user to confirm deletion and specify a reason.</translate><ref name="deletion">
<translate><!--T:34--> Deletion is performed upon a POST request, if a valid [[<tvar name=token>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Edit token</tvar>|edit token]] is passed as the value of <code>wpEditToken</code>; this is what happens when the user confirms deletion.</translate>

<translate><!--T:35--> The delete reason is passed as the value of argument <tvar name=2><code>wpReason</code></tvar>; this string is recorded in the deletion log (the <tvar name=3><code>log_comment_id</code></tvar> field of the <tvar name=1>{{ll|Manual:logging table|logging}}</tvar> table)</translate>

<translate><!--T:36--> Deletion is also performed when deleting a single version of an image; this requires the version id to be passed in the parameter <tvar name=1><code>oldimage</code></tvar> and a valid edit token in <tvar name=2><code>wpEditToken</code></tvar>; in this case, the request can also be passed via GET</translate>
</ref>
|<span class="plainlinks">[{{SERVER}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=Project:Sandbox&action=delete {{SERVERNAME}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=Project:Sandbox&action='''delete''']</span>
|- valign="top"
|{{visible anchor|revert}}
| <translate><!--T:37--> Reverts to a previous version of an '''image'''. The following two other parameters are required:</translate>
:* <translate><!--T:38--> <tvar name=1><code>oldimage</code></tvar>, the id of the version to revert to</translate>;
:* <translate><!--T:39--> <tvar name=1><code>wpEditToken</code></tvar>, a valid edit token</translate>;
|
|- valign="top"
|{{visible anchor|rollback}}
| <translate><!--T:40--> Rollbacks the last edits made by the last editor of the page; in other words, it restores the last version of the article whose editor is not the last one. The edit is marked as minor and a default edit summary is used.</translate><ref name="rollback>
:* <translate><!--T:41--> if the optional <tvar name=1><code>summary</code></tvar> argument is passed, its value is used as the edit summary in place of the default one</translate>
:* <translate><!--T:42--> if the optional <code>bot</code> argument is passed, the edit will be marked as a bot one (the edit is marked <code>rc_bot=1</code> in the <tvar name=1>{{ll|Manual:Recentchanges table|recentchanges}}</tvar> table)</translate>
:* <translate><!--T:43--> the <tvar name=1><code>bot</code></tvar> argument can also be used on any page a <tvar name=2>[rollback]</tvar> link will appear on, to cascade <tvar name=3><code>&bot=1</code></tvar> to all rollback links generated</translate>
:* <translate><!--T:44--> if the optional <tvar name=1><code>hidediff</code></tvar> argument is passed, the success message is shown instead of a diff of the change (this can be forced via user preferences)</translate></ref>
<translate><!--T:45--> The following two other parameters are required:</translate>
:* <translate><!--T:46--> <tvar name=1><code>from</code></tvar> is the username whose edits are to be reverted</translate>
:* <translate><!--T:47--> <tvar name=1><code>token</code></tvar> is a rollback token; used to prevent users from being tricked into performing an unwanted rollback by following a link or clicking a button in an external website.</translate>
|<span class="plainlinks">[{{SERVER}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=Project:Sandbox&action=rollback&from=John&token=d7aaa6c\ {{SERVERNAME}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=Project:Sandbox&action='''rollback'''&'''from'''=John&'''token'''=d7aaa6c\]</span>
|- valign="top"
|{{visible anchor|protect}}
| <translate><!--T:48--> Shows or changes the protection levels of a page:</translate>
:*<translate><!--T:49--> By default, this script returns a form showing the current protection levels of the page, allowing the user to change the protection levels of the page.</translate><ref name="protect"><translate><!--T:50--> These levels are changed to the values of <tvar name=1><code>mwProtect-level-edit</code></tvar> and <tvar name=2><code>mwProtect-level-move</code></tvar> if the request is a POST one and a valid edit token is passed as <tvar name=3><code>wpEditToken</code></tvar>; parameter <tvar name=4><code>mwProtect-reason</code></tvar> gives the reason for protection or unprotection which will be recorded in the page log; if <tvar name=5><code>mwProtect-cascade</code></tvar> is also passed, cascading protection is applied (all transcluded pages are set to the same protection levels)</translate>
:* <translate><!--T:51--> more generally, the actions that can be limited are those listed in the <tvar name=1>{{ll|Manual:$wgRestrictionTypes|$wgRestrictionTypes}}</tvar> array; this array is initialized to <tvar name=3><code>array('edit','move')</code></tvar> and can be changed in <tvar name=2>{{ll|Manual:LocalSettings.php|LocalSettings.php}}</tvar>; the protection action then accept a parameter <tvar name=4><code>mwProtect-level-$action</code></tvar> for each action in that array</translate></ref>
|<span class="plainlinks">[{{SERVER}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=Project:Sandbox&action=protect {{SERVERNAME}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=Project:Sandbox&action='''protect''']</span>
|- valign="top"
|{{visible anchor|unprotect}}
| <translate><!--T:235--> Same page as protect (unprotect and protect are the same page, and do the same thing).</translate>
|<span class="plainlinks">[{{SERVER}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=Project:Sandbox&action=unprotect {{SERVERNAME}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=Project:Sandbox&action='''unprotect''']</span>
|- valign="top"
|{{visible anchor|markpatrolled}}
| <translate><!--T:52--> Marks an edit as patrolled; see <tvar name=1>{{ll|Help:Patrolled edit}}</tvar>.</translate>

<translate><!--T:53--> <tvar name=2><code>rcid</code></tvar> is the id of an edit in the <tvar name=1>{{ll|Manual:Recentchanges table|recentchanges}}</tvar> table</translate>
|
|- valign="top"
|{{visible anchor|render}}
| <translate><!--T:54--> Outputs the HTML rendering of the entire page content; similar to the <tvar name=1><code>view</code></tvar> action, but only the unstyled article text is output, not any part of the user interface (additional toolboxes, search box, stylesheets, etc.).</translate> {{note|1=<translate><!--T:55--> For more stable programmatic access or to retrieve the HTML of only a piece of page content, you should use the <tvar name=1><code>{{ll|API:Parsing wikitext#parse|parse}}</code></tvar> API with <tvar name=2><code>page</code></tvar> or <tvar name=3><code>pageid</code></tvar> parameters.</translate>}}
|<span class="plainlinks">[{{SERVER}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=Project:Sandbox&action=render {{SERVERNAME}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=Project:Sandbox&action='''render''']</span>
|- valign="top"
|{{ll|Manual:Purge|purge}} {{Anchor|purge}}
| <translate><!--T:59--> Clears the page's cache, forcing the page to be redisplayed from its source.</translate>
* <translate><!--T:60--> This action is performed only if requested via a POST request; otherwise, a form to confirm purging is shown (pressing the OK button posts the purge request, which is then executed).</translate>
|
<span class="plainlinks">[{{SERVER}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=Project:Sandbox&action=purge {{SERVERNAME}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=Project:Sandbox&action='''purge''']</span>
|- valign="top"
|{{visible anchor|edit}}
| <translate><!--T:68--> Shows the editor for the page.</translate>

<translate><!--T:261--> The editor shown depends on the user preferences.</translate> See [[Editor]].
|<span class="plainlinks">[{{SERVER}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=Project:Sandbox&action=edit {{SERVERNAME}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=Project:Sandbox&action='''edit''']</span>
|- valign="top"
|{{visible anchor|submit}}
| <translate><!--T:262--> When viewed directly (HTTP GET), shows the editor, like "edit".</translate>

* <translate><!--T:256--> If the default editor is set to <tvar name=1>{{ll|VisualEditor}}</tvar>, <tvar name=2><code>action=submit</code></tvar> will force showing the [[<tvar name=3>editor</tvar>|source code editor]].</translate> <translate><!--T:250--> VisualEditor can be selected with <tvar name=1><code>veaction=edit</code></tvar> URL parameter.</translate> <translate><!--T:264--> The <tvar name=1>{{ll|2017 wikitext editor}}</tvar> can be selected with <tvar name=2><code>veaction=editsource</code></tvar>.</translate>
* <translate><!--T:254--> The <tvar name=1><code>#/editor/…</code></tvar> overlay of <tvar name=2>{{ll|Extension:MobileFrontend}}</tvar> on <tvar name=3>{{ll|Skin:Minerva}}</tvar> does not appear with <tvar name=4><code>action=submit</code></tvar>.</translate> <translate><!--T:251--> Instead, the default submission form is shown, which allows marking edits as "minor".</translate>

When viewing by submitting a form (HTTP POST), performs various actions related to changing the page (see [[#What to do]] below for more details):

* <translate><!--T:65--> Change a page,</translate>
* <translate><!--T:66--> preview a new version of the page, or</translate>
* <translate><!--T:67--> show the difference with a new version.</translate>
|<span class="plainlinks">[{{SERVER}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=Project:Sandbox&action=submit {{SERVERNAME}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=Project:Sandbox&action='''submit''']</span>
|- valign="top"
|{{visible anchor|editredlink}}
| <translate><!--T:69--> Same as <tvar name=edit>[[#edit|edit]]</tvar>.</translate><ref name="redlink"><translate><!--T:70--> Before <tvar name=2>[[rev:r31291]]</tvar>, Editredlink did the same thing that is now achieved by  <tvar name=1><code>action=edit&redlink=1</code></tvar> (see below for an explanation of the redlink parameter)</translate></ref>
|<span class="plainlinks">[{{SERVER}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=Project:Sandbox&action=editredlink {{SERVERNAME}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=Project:Sandbox&action='''editredlink''']</span>
|- valign="top"
|{{visible anchor|history}}{{Anchor|history2}}
| <translate><!--T:71--> Shows the history of the page. ([[<tvar name=history>#History</tvar>|See history, below]])</translate>
|<span class="plainlinks">[{{SERVER}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=Project:Sandbox&action=history {{SERVERNAME}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=Project:Sandbox&action='''history''']</span>
|- valign="top"
|{{visible anchor|historysubmit}}
| <translate><!--T:72--> When viewing the difference between revisions, after clicking "compare selected revisions" on the history page. This requires a "diff" and/or "oldid" parameter, otherwise it just shows the page itself.</translate>
|<span class="plainlinks">[{{SERVER}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=Project:Sandbox&action=historysubmit&diff=456290&oldid=456270 {{SERVERNAME}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=Project:Sandbox&action='''historysubmit'''&diff=456290&oldid=456270]</span>
|- valign="top"
|raw {{Anchor|raw2}}
| <translate><!--T:73--> Shows the raw content of the page. ([[<tvar name=raw>#Raw</tvar>|See Raw, below]]) A pop up window will open up, asking whether you would like to save the page in index.php.</translate><ref name="raw"><translate><!--T:74--> For security reasons, in some versions of MediaWiki Raw is only allowed when using the "primary script access point", that is, when using the "ugly" URL form with <tvar name=1><code>index.php?title=...</code></tvar></translate></ref>
|<span class="plainlinks">[{{SERVER}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=Project:Sandbox&action=raw {{SERVERNAME}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=Project:Sandbox&action='''raw''']</span>
|- valign="top"
|{{visible anchor|ajax}} 
|{{deprecated-inline|1.27}}; {{removed-inline|1.38}} <translate><!--T:75--> If enabled, calls a php function registered via <tvar name=1>{{ll|Manual:$wgAjaxExportList|$wgAjaxExportList}}</tvar>; see <tvar name=2>{{ll|Manual:Ajax}}</tvar>.</translate><ref name="ajax">
* <translate><!--T:76--> requires <tvar name=1>{{ll|Manual:$wgUseAjax|$wgUseAjax}}</tvar> to be true; the only callable functions are those in the array <tvar name=2>{{ll|Manual:$wgAjaxExportList|$wgAjaxExportList}}</tvar></translate>
* <translate><!--T:77--> additional parameters: <code>rs</code> is the function name (e.g., <code>rs=wfSajaxSearch</code>); the <code>rsargs[]</code> array is the list of arguments of this function (e.g., <code>rsargs[]=abcd</code> passes the <code>abcd</code> string to the function).</translate>
* <translate><!--T:78--> the JavaScript function <tvar name=1><code>sajax_do_call</code></tvar> for calling Ajax functions is defined in <tvar name=2>{{ll|Manual:ajax.js|ajax.js}}</tvar>.</translate></ref>
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|- valign="top"
|{{visible anchor|credits}}
| <translate><!--T:80--> Shows a list of people who contributed to the page in question using the real name specified in the user's preferences. Currently disabled on Wikimedia wikis, but is enabled by default on vanilla MediaWiki.</translate>
|<span class="plainlinks">[//translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Translating:MediaWiki&action=credits translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Translating:MediaWiki&action='''credits''']</span>
|- valign="top"
| {{visible anchor|info}}
| <translate><!--T:82--> Shows information about the page, such as the number of users having it in their watchlist, the number of edits, the number of authors. See the [[<tvar name=rfc>Special:MyLanguage/Requests for comment/Reimplement info action</tvar>|Reimplement info action RfC]] for context.</translate>
|<span class="plainlinks">[//{{SERVERNAME}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=Project:Sandbox&action=info {{SERVERNAME}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=Project:Sandbox&action='''info''']</span>
|- valign="top"
| {{ll|Manual:Revisiondelete|revisiondelete}} {{Anchor|revisiondelete}}
| <translate><!--T:83--> Set visibility restrictions on revision text, edit summary, and editor's username/IP address (requires deleterevision user right)</translate>
|
|}

<translate>

==User preference overriding== <!--T:84-->
</translate>
<translate><!--T:118--> The following parameters override some of the user's [[<tvar name=1>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Preferences</tvar>|preferences]].</translate>
<translate><!--T:263--> Other parameters explained in other sections are "diffonly", "internaledit", and "externaledit". The below parameters affect all actions but "render" and "raw".</translate>

{|class="wikitable sortable" align=center
!width=5%|<translate><!--T:119--> Name</translate>
!!width=50% class="unsortable"|<translate><!--T:120--> Function</translate>
!!width=25% class="unsortable"|<translate><!--T:121--> Example</translate>
|-valign=top
|{{visible anchor|useskin}} 
| <translate><!--T:122--> Specify a [[<tvar name=man-skins>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Skins</tvar>|skin]]</translate>
|[{{SERVER}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?useskin=modern {{SERVERNAME}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?'''useskin'''=modern]
|-valign=top
|{{visible anchor|uselang}}
| <translate><!--T:123--> Specify a language for the UI elements (such as the "my talk" link, etc.), i.e. the [[<tvar name=uil>Special:MyLanguage/user interface language</tvar>|user interface language]]; this is especially useful for creating an account, because at that stage no preference settings apply.</translate>

<translate><!--T:124--> The special language code "<tvar name=1><code>{{ll|Help:Qqx|qqx}}</code></tvar>" can be used to display the ids of all [[<tvar name=sysmsg>Special:MyLanguage/Help:System message</tvar>|system messages]] used on a page.</translate>
|[{{SERVER}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&type=signup&uselang=de {{SERVERNAME}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&type=signup&'''uselang'''=de]
|-valign=top
|{{visible anchor|variant}}
| <translate><!--T:125--> Specify a language variant for the UI elements (this is used for example in the Chinese Wikipedia, as the Chinese language has variants);</translate>
|
|-valign=top
|{{visible anchor|printable}} 
| {{deprecated-inline|1.35}} <translate><!--T:126--> When set to <tvar name=1><code>yes</code></tvar>, the page is shown in a form that is suitable for printing.</translate>
|
|-valign=top
|{{visible anchor|debug}}
| <translate><!--T:127--> When set to <tvar name=1>{{phpi|true}}</tvar> (e.g. <tvar name=2><code>1</code></tvar> or <tvar name=1>{{phpi|true}}</tvar>), the [[<tvar name=resloader>Special:MyLanguage/ResourceLoader</tvar>|ResourceLoader]] serves non-[[w:Minification (programming)|minified]] JavaScript and CSS.</translate> <translate><!--T:248--> ''See [[<tvar name=1>Special:MyLanguage/ResourceLoader/Features#Debug mode</tvar>|ResourceLoader/Features#Debug mode]].''</translate>
| [{{SERVER}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=Project:Sandbox&debug=true {{SERVERNAME}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=Project:Sandbox&'''debug=true''']

|-valign=top
|{{visible anchor|safemode}}
| <translate><!--T:226--> When enabled (e.g. set to <tvar name=1><code>1</code></tvar> or <tvar name=2>{{phpi|true}}</tvar>), user-provided CSS and JS will not be loaded.</translate> This disables personal scripts and styles (e.g. "User:" common.js and css), and site-wide scripts and styles (e.g. "MediaWiki:Common.js" and "MediaWiki:Common.css"), and all gadgets.<ref>[[Project:Tech News/2017#Tech News: 2017-16]]</ref> It is possible to mark site-wide styles ("MediaWiki:Common.css") as safe via  {{Wg|AllowSiteCSSOnRestrictedPages}}, which permits them in safemode.
| [{{SERVER}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=MediaWiki&safemode=1 {{SERVERNAME}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=MediaWiki&'''safemode=1''']
|-valign=top
|{{visible anchor|useskinversion}}
| <translate><!--T:240--> Specify a skin version</translate><ref>{{ll|Reading/Web/Desktop Improvements#May 2020: First deployment - officewiki and testwiki|2=<translate><!--T:241--> Reading/Web/Desktop Improvements#May 2020: First deployment - officewiki and testwiki</translate>}}</ref>
| [{{SERVER}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=MediaWiki&useskinversion=2 {{SERVERNAME}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=MediaWiki&'''useskinversion=2''']
|}

<translate>
== View and render == <!--T:128-->

<!--T:129-->
View is the default action. If no other action is added to the URL, <tvar name=1><code>action=view</code></tvar> is used. This action shows a page, a revision, or the difference between two revisions of the same or two different pages. Below is a (partial) list.
</translate>

; diff
: <translate><!--T:130--> the value of this parameter identifies a revision; the difference between another revision and this one is returned:</translate>
;* <translate><!--T:131--> if <tvar name=1><code>oldid</code></tvar> is not passed, the difference between this revision and the previous one on the same article is shown;</translate>
;* <translate><!--T:132--> otherwise, the difference between the revision given by <tvar name=1><code>oldid/direction</code></tvar> and this one is shown; the value of this parameter can be a revision id, the values <tvar name=2><code>prev</code></tvar> or <tvar name=3><code>next</code></tvar> to identify a revision relative to the one given by <tvar name=4><code>oldid/direction</code></tvar>, and the value <tvar name=5><code>cur</code></tvar> to identify the latest revision of the page;</translate>
: <translate><!--T:133--> Note that <tvar name=1><code>oldid</code></tvar> and <tvar name=2><code>diff</code></tvar> need not be two revisions of the same article, allowing two revisions of two different pages to be compared</translate>
; redirect
: <translate><!--T:134--> if the value of this parameter is 'no' and the page is a redirect, the page itself is shown and not the target of the redirect; this parameter has effect only on <tvar name=1><code>action=view</code></tvar> and <tvar name=2><code>action=render</code></tvar> and only if neither <tvar name=3><code>oldid</code></tvar> nor <tvar name=4><code>diff</code></tvar> is given, as this is the only case where the target article is shown instead of the redirect;</translate>
; rdfrom
: <translate><!--T:135--> when the page is the result of following a redirect from an external wiki, this parameter tells which wiki that was, so that the "Redirected from ..." line can be shown</translate>
; diffonly
: <translate><!--T:136--> override the user's preference on whether to render the page when a diff is requested, eg. <tvar name=1><code>diffonly=yes</code></tvar></translate>
; search
: <translate><!--T:137--> if non-blank (and if searches are enabled), override all other parameters and perform a search</translate>

<translate>
<!--T:138-->
The following parameters apply only to categories.
</translate>

; from
: <translate><!--T:139--> if the page is a category, only list entries whose sortkey are equal or follows the value of this parameter;</translate>
::<translate><!--T:140--> Example:</translate> [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=upload&from=20070814233520&until=20070814233625 <nowiki>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=upload</nowiki>&<span style="color: red;">from</span>=20070814233520&until=20070814233625]
::<translate><!--T:141--> Links to a log of all the images uploaded on August 14, 2007 from 23:35:20 until 23:36:25</translate>
; until
: <translate><!--T:142--> if the page is a category, only list entries whose sortkey precedes the value of this parameter; only used if <tvar name=1><code>from</code></tvar> is not passed;</translate>

<translate>
<!--T:143-->
The following parameter apply only to images.</translate>

; page
: <translate><!--T:144--> a page number in a multi-page media; it currently only applies to DjVu and PDF files; first page is numbered 1;</translate>

<translate>
== History == <!--T:145-->
</translate>

; limit
: <translate><!--T:146--> The number of page edits to list, the maximum is 5000 edits.</translate>
::''<translate><!--T:147--> Example:</translate> [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&limit=13&contribs=user&target=Atlgirl052005 <nowiki>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions</nowiki><span style="color: red;">&limit=13</span>&contribs=user&target=Atlgirl052005]'' - <translate><!--T:223--> lists 13 edits per page.</translate>
; dir
: <translate><!--T:148--> the relative order of edit history pages.</translate>
:<translate><!--T:149--> page edits are sorted in decreasing timestamp.</translate>
; offset
: <translate><!--T:150--> uses a timestamp to specify which part of the history is displayed;</translate>
:<translate><!--T:151--> Returns the edits which occurred '''before''' the timestamp;</translate>
::''<translate><!--T:152--> Example:</translate>'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&offset=20090815195334&contribs=user&target=Atlgirl052005 <nowiki>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions</nowiki><span style="color: red;">&offset=20090815195334</span>&contribs=user&target=Atlgirl052005]
:::<translate><!--T:153--> Shows the edits which occurred immediately '''before''' the timestamp 20090815195334 (20090815195334 is not shown).</translate>
:::<translate><!--T:154--> Parameter format is yyyymmddhhmmss.</translate> <translate><!--T:255--> So 20090815195334 was created on August 15, 2009 [20090815] at 19:53 (UTC) and 34 seconds [195334].</translate>
:::<translate><!--T:155--> See [[w:Wikipedia:Complete_diff_and_link_guide|Wikipedia:Complete diff and link guide]].</translate>
:<translate><!--T:156--> if <tvar name=1><code>dir=prev</code></tvar> is added, it works the other way around, listing all edits '''after''' the timestamp</translate><ref name="per"><translate><!--T:157--> For performance reasons, the value of this field is not actually an offset (the index of the first entry to show)</translate></ref>
::''<translate><!--T:158--> Example:</translate> [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&offset=20090815195334&dir=prev&contribs=user&target=Atlgirl052005 <nowiki>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&offset=20090815195334</nowiki><span style="color: red;">&dir=prev</span>&contribs=user&target=Atlgirl052005]''
:::<translate><!--T:159--> Shows the edits which occurred immediately '''after''' the timestamp 20090815195334 (20090815195334 is not shown).</translate>
::''<translate><!--T:160--> Example to show only the very first edit on a page:</translate> [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)&action=history&dir=prev&limit=1 <nowiki>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)&action=history&</nowiki><span style="color: red;">dir=prev</span>&limit=1]''
; feed
: <translate><!--T:161--> a feed for the changes in the history is returned; allowed values are <tvar name=1><code>atom</code></tvar> and <tvar name=2><code>rss</code></tvar>.</translate> <translate><!--T:224--> Can be disabled with <tvar name=Feed>{{ll|Manual:$wgFeed|$wgFeed}}</tvar>.</translate>
; go
: <translate><!--T:162--> ([[w:Deprecation|deprecated]] - should be avoided, because it has been superseded) <code>go=first</code> the first (earliest) page of history is shown</translate>

<translate>
== Raw == <!--T:87-->
</translate>
<translate><!--T:88--> Passing <tvar name=1><code>action=raw</code></tvar> returns the source code of a page or revision. For caching and security reasons, this should generally only be used via the [[<tvar name=vsurl>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgScriptPath</tvar>|script path]], that is, <tvar name=2><code>index.php?title=...</code></tvar>.</translate>
<translate><!--T:258--> While "short urls" like <tvar name=1><code>/wiki/</code></tvar> are only meant for <tvar name=2>action=view</tvar>, they unofficially tend to work for other actions as well.</translate>
<translate><!--T:259--> This is expressly discouraged for <tvar name=1>action=raw</tvar> as it leads to less effective caching and bypasses automatic purging after edits.</translate>

; templates
: <translate><!--T:163--> if passed with value <tvar name=1><code>expand</code></tvar>, templates within the page are expanded;</translate>
; ctype
: <translate><!--T:164--> the content-type value to be used in the HTTP header when returning the raw content, instead of the default <tvar name=1><code>text/x-wiki</code></tvar>; this can only be one of the allowed types, which currently are <tvar name=2><code>text/x-wiki</code></tvar>, <tvar name=3><code>text/javascript</code></tvar>, <tvar name=4><code>text/css</code></tvar>, and <tvar name=5><code>application/x-zope-edit</code></tvar></translate>
; oldid
: <translate><!--T:168--> the id of a specific revision to return</translate>
; direction
: <translate><!--T:169--> either <tvar name=1><code>next</code></tvar>, <tvar name=2><code>prev</code></tvar>, or <tvar name=3><code>cur</code></tvar>; instead of the revision specified by oldid, returns the one following it, the one preceding it, or the current (last) one;</translate>
; section
: <translate><!--T:171--> Limits output to a particular section or subsections of the document. Sections are specified with non-negative integers : section 0 being the section before any named sections, section one being the first named section or subsection and so on. The numbering scheme treats sections and subsections as identical. A list of the sections and subsections can be obtained via [[<tvar name=api>Special:MyLanguage/API</tvar>|API]] with <tvar name=url>'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=parse&text={{((}}:Radiohead{{))}}&#95;&#95;TOC&#95;&#95;&prop=sections api.php?action=parse&text={{((}}:My_page{{))}}&#95;&#95;TOC&#95;&#95;&prop=sections]'''</tvar>.</translate>
;; [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Radiohead&action=raw&section=2 <translate><!--T:225--> example</translate>]

<translate>
== Edit and submit == <!--T:90-->

<!--T:91-->
The edit and submit actions perform almost the same action. By default, they return an "edit page" form for the page. Different results can be obtained by passing other arguments; some results (such as saving the new version of a page) can only be obtained using POST. This action takes the standard arguments for specifying a page or a page revision.

===Options affecting the edit form=== <!--T:92-->
</translate>
<translate><!--T:93--> The following options produce an effect on the edit form.</translate>
<translate><!--T:247--> (Note: 'section' also affects how the page is saved. Additionally, 'preload' and 'preloadparams' only work on wikitext contentmodel)</translate>

; section
: <translate><!--T:173--> specifies the index of a section within a document to preload and edit; sections are numbered sequentially from 0 on; section 0 is the part of the article before the first section header; value <tvar name=1><code>new</code></tvar> is used to append a new section to the document;</translate>
; preload
: <translate><!--T:174--> specifies a page, of which the wikitext is used as the initial value of the textarea in the edit form if the page or section to be edited does not exist; if it exists the preload command is ignored; also see <tvar name=1>{{ll|Manual:Creating pages with preloaded text}}</tvar>;</translate>
::<translate><!--T:175--> Example: <tvar name=foo>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page?action=edit&section=new&preload=Project:Sandbox</tvar></translate>
; <translate><!--T:176--> <tvar name=1>preloadparams[]</tvar> (or <tvar name=2>preloadparams%5B%5D</tvar>):</translate> <translate><!--T:238--> Replace <tvar name=1><code>$1</code></tvar> style parameters in preload text.</translate> <translate><!--T:239--> For example <tvar name=preload2>https://mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Sandbox?action=edit&section=new&preload=Manual:Creating_pages_with_preloaded_text/param_demo&preloadparams%5b%5d=first%20value&preloadparams%5b%5d=second%20value</tvar> would cause [[<tvar name=param>Manual:Creating pages with_preloaded text/param demo</tvar>|Manual:Creating pages with_preloaded text/param demo]] to be preloaded into the edit form, but with <tvar name=1><code>$1</code></tvar> replaced by ''first value'' and <tvar name=2><code>$2</code></tvar> replaced by ''second value''.</translate> {{introduced-inline|1.23}}
; editintro
: <translate><!--T:178--> title of an existing article or template to be rendered above the edit form;</translate>
; preloadtitle
: <translate><!--T:179--> in the case of <tvar name=1>section=new</tvar>, provides initial content of the "Subject/headline" box; it can be edited before saving;</translate>
:: <translate><!--T:180--> Example:</translate> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:5dsddddd&action=edit&section=new&preloadtitle=The+%5B%5BWP%3AARS%7CArticle+Rescue+Squadron%5D%5D
:: <translate><!--T:181--> Example with both preloadtitle and preload:</translate> <nowiki>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Talk:Ikip?action=edit&section=new&preload=Template:Article_Rescue_Squadron_ invite&preloadtitle=Invitation</nowiki>
; nosummary
: <translate><!--T:182--> Do not show the "headline" box when doing <tvar name=1>section=new</tvar>.</translate>
; summary
: <translate><!--T:183--> its value is used as the edit summary in place of the default one.</translate>
; preview
: <translate><!--T:184--> if set to <tvar name=yes><code>yes</code></tvar> or <tvar name=no><code>no</code></tvar>, overrides user preference "<tvar name=1>{{int|tog-previewonfirst}}</tvar>" (<tvar name=2>{{phab|T11936}}</tvar>);</translate>
; internaledit/externaledit {{Removed-inline|[[gerrit:30173|1.22]]}} : <translate><!--T:185--> overrides user preference on [[<tvar name=1>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:External editors</tvar>|external editors]];</translate>
; mode {{Removed-inline|[[gerrit:30173|1.22]]}}
: <translate><!--T:186--> this parameter affects the result page if passed with value <tvar name=1><code>file</code></tvar> and using an external editor;</translate>
; undo, undoafter
: <translate><!--T:187--> attempts to undo a sequence of edits, from the <tvar name=1><code>undoafter</code></tvar> revision up to the <tvar name=2><code>undo</code></tvar> revision; technically, this is done by trying to merge the inverse of these edits with the sequence of all subsequent edits; the values of these parameters are ids of old revisions of a page; if merge is not possible, a regular edit form for that revision is returned</translate>

<translate>
===What to do=== <!--T:95-->

<!--T:96-->
The following options tell the software what to do when submitting: saving, showing a preview, or showing the difference with the current version.
</translate>

; wpSave
: <translate><!--T:190--> this argument is generated when saving the content of an edit form returned by the server, but is not actually used nor required when submitting (see below for required arguments to save);</translate>
; wpPreview
: <translate><!--T:191--> set in a POST request to request a preview of the page or section as if the value of wpTextbox1 were saved;</translate>
* '''<translate><!--T:192--> by default, returns an edit form with a preview of the value of wpTextbox1;</translate>'''
* '''<translate><!--T:193--> if the additional <tvar name=1><code>live</code></tvar> argument is passed, only the rendering of the value of <tvar name=2>wpTextbox1</tvar> is shown, not the form and the other GUI element; this is similar to the result of saving and then viewing with <tvar name=3><code>action=render</code></tvar>; see  <tvar name=4>{{ll|Manual:Live preview}}</tvar> for more info;</translate>'''
* '''<translate><!--T:194--> the argument <tvar name=1><code>wpLivePreview</code></tvar> is identical to wpPreview; therefore, a regular preview is returned if <tvar name=2><code>live</code></tvar> is not passed;</translate>'''
; wpDiff
: <translate><!--T:195--> set in a POST request to request a table showing the changes between the current version of the page or section and the version as if value of wpTextbox1 were saved;</translate>

<translate>
===Parameters that are needed to save=== <!--T:98-->

<!--T:99-->
The following parameters are required when a user saves a page. The edit summary field may also be required if so configured (see below).</translate>

; wpTextbox1 
: <translate><!--T:196--> the new page/section content;</translate>
; wpStarttime
: <translate><!--T:197--> the timestamp of when the user started editing the page; used to check whether the page has been deleted between this moment and the submission time (in this case, the user is asked to confirm saving);</translate>
; wpRecreate
: <translate><!--T:198--> in case the page was deleted after wpStarttime, this field confirms that the page is to be saved;</translate>
; wpEdittime
: <translate><!--T:199--> for new pages, it is equal to wpStarttime; otherwise, it is the timestamp of the last revision of the page; used to check edit conflicts;</translate>
; wpEditToken
: <translate><!--T:200--> an [[<tvar name=2>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Edit token</tvar>|edit token]]; this is used to avoid users from being tricked into saving a page by following a link or pressing a button in an external site. For non-logged-in users, wpEditToken is required since <tvar name=1>[[phab:rSVN18112]]</tvar>; it currently contains only the characters <tvar name=3><code>+\</code></tvar> rather than a random string (see [[<tvar name=suffix>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Edit token#The edit token suffix</tvar>|edit token suffix]]).</translate>

<translate><!--T:101--> For the page to be saved, <tvar name=1><code>wpStarttime</code></tvar>, <tvar name=2><code>wpEdittime</code></tvar>, <tvar name=3><code>wpTextbox1</code></tvar> and <tvar name=4><code>wpEditToken</code></tvar> are required in a POST request, and neither <tvar name=5><code>wpPreview</code></tvar> nor <tvar name=6><code>wpDiff</code></tvar> are passed.</translate>
<translate><!--T:257--> If the page was deleted after <tvar name=1><code>wpStarttime</code></tvar>, the boolean option <tvar name=2><code>wpRecreate</code></tvar> is also required.</translate>

<translate>
===Optional additional data=== <!--T:102-->

<!--T:103-->
The edit summary or the "ignore blank" parameter may be mandatory if "warn on blank summaries" is configured.
</translate>

; wpSummary
: <translate><!--T:201--> the edit summary;</translate>
; wpMinoredit
: <translate><!--T:202--> if set in a save request, the edit is marked as minor; for preview and diff, it is the initial value of "this is a minor edit" checkbox in the edit form;</translate>
; wpWatchthis
: <translate><!--T:203--> if passed on a save request, the page is added to the user's watchlist; if it is not passed in a save request, the page is removed from the user's watchlist; for preview or diff, this is the initial value of the "watch this page" checkbox of the edit form;</translate>
; wpSection
: <translate><!--T:204--> specify the index of a section within a document to submit to; sections are numbered sequentially from 0 on; section 0 is the part of the article before the first section header; value <tvar name=1><code>new</code></tvar> is used to append a new section to the document;</translate>
; wpChangeTags
: <translate><!--T:218--> an optional comma-separated list of [[<tvar name=tags>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Tags</tvar>|tags]] to be added to the edit.</translate> <translate><!--T:219--> If any of the provided tags are not activated for manual use, the edit will be rejected.</translate>
; wpAutoSummary
: <translate><!--T:205--> contains the MD5-hashing of the edit summary field as initially presented to the user in the edit form; this field is used to check if the user has modified that field before submitting: if the MD5 hashing of the value of <tvar name=1><code>wpEditSummary</code></tvar> is the same as this field, the edit summary has not been modified;</translate>
; wpIgnoreBlankSummary
: <translate><!--T:206--> save page even if user has not modified the edit summary, while they were supposed to;</translate>
; wpTextbox2 
: <translate><!--T:207--> in case of an edit conflict, it contains the value of wpTextbox1 of the save request that generated the conflict;</translate>

; wpScrolltop
: <translate><!--T:209--> used to preserve the scrollbar position in the edit textbox when loading a preview.</translate>
; redlink
: <translate><!--T:210--> if the user does not have permission to edit the page, redirect to the empty article page (e.g., "Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name") instead of showing the permission error notice.</translate> <translate><!--T:252--> If the target page exists, ignore the <tvar name=1><code>edit</code></tvar> parameter and display the (now-)existing page instead.</translate> <translate><!--T:253--> This parameter is used on red links.</translate>
; wpExtraQueryRedirect
: <translate><!--T:222--> hidden input to modify after save URL and is not used by actual edit form. Intended to be used by gadgets and such.</translate>

<translate>
==Special pages== <!--T:105-->

<!--T:106-->
Most special pages have additional parameters, specific to the function they perform. As an example, the parameters for <tvar name=1>[[Special:Export]]</tvar> are outlined in <tvar name=2>{{ll|Manual:Parameters to Special:Export}}</tvar>

<!--T:107-->
The following URL parameters provide initial values for some input fields; they can be edited before submitting the form.
</translate>

===[[Special:MovePage]]===
;wpNewTitle
: <translate><!--T:228--> text field with new title.</translate>
;wpReasonList
: <translate><!--T:260--> reason to pre-select in the dropdown.</translate>
;wpReason
: <translate><!--T:211--> text field with reason.</translate>
;wpLeaveRedirect
: <translate><!--T:229--> whether to select the "Leave a redirect behind" checkbox.</translate>

===[[Special:BlockIP]]===
;wpDisableEmail
: <translate><!--T:230--> whether to select the "<tvar name=1>{{int|ipbemailban}}</tvar>" checkbox.</translate>
;wpDisableUTEdit
: <translate><!--T:231--> whether to select the "<tvar name=1>{{int|ipb-disableusertalk}}</tvar>" checkbox.</translate>
;wpReason
: <translate><!--T:213--> initially selected item in the drop-down box, value should match a row in the <tvar name=1>[[MediaWiki:Ipbreason-dropdown]]</tvar>.</translate>
;wpReason-other
: <translate><!--T:232--> text field with custom reason; require <tvar name=1><code>wpReason=other</code></tvar></translate>
;wpAutoBlock
: <translate><!--T:233--> whether to select the "<tvar name=1>{{int|ipbenableautoblock}}</tvar>" checkbox.</translate>
;wpWatch
: <translate><!--T:234--> whether to select the "<tvar name=1>{{int|ipbwatchuser}}</tvar>" checkbox.</translate>

===[[Special:UserRights]]===
;user-reason
: <translate><!--T:237--> text field with reason.</translate>

<translate>
==Maxlag parameter== <!--T:112-->
</translate>
{{MW version|version=1.10|version2=1.27}}
<translate>
<!--T:113-->
The '''{{ll|Manual:maxlag parameter|maxlag parameter}}''' is used only if the software is running on a replicated database cluster.

<!--T:114-->
The maxlag parameter makes it so a request is not served if there is high server traffic. maxlag parameter applies to all actions.  maxlag parameter value is a number; the lower this value, the lower the traffic that causes the request not to be served. Zero is not allowed.

==Notes== <!--T:115-->
</translate>
<references />

<translate>
==See also== <!--T:116-->
</translate>
* {{ll|Markup spec|Markup spec}}
* {{ll|API:Main module}}
* {{ll|Help:URL}}
* [[w:Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Inline Templates/Archive 2#MediaWiki URL templates|<translate><!--T:221--> Listing of functions</translate>]]
* [[Snippets/Load JS and CSS by URL]] (<translate><!--T:236--> adds withJS and withCSS parameters which are processed on the client side</translate>)

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[[Category:MediaWiki development{{#translation:}}]]