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Getting help
AcornWiki is sparse on general documentation, editing help, and how-tos. With so much excellent, detailed documentation readily available at Wikipedia, MediaWiki, and MetaWiki, there is little need to duplicate their efforts.
Most of the following links take you directly to a help or informational page on one those sites. Where AcornWiki differs from the way the other wikis do things, you may find one of our own pages noting the differences.
NOTE: Only authorized staff members are able to edit this wiki. The general public cannot create a registered account nor edit the articles in this wiki. Some areas (like talk pages) may permit comments and questions from the public, but most do not. To tell if a particular article or page is editable, look at the tabs along the top of the page. If you see one saying "Edit", then you should be able to edit it. If it says "View source", then you cannot. The article and discussion ("talk") pages each have separate rights, so if you wish to leave a comment, be sure to check the talk page to see if it is editable even if the article is not.
Linking help
- Help:Intersite linking: Linking to other Web sites and wikis
Programming help
Parser Functions
- m:Help:Parser function: Overview to parser functions
- mw:Extension:Parser function extensions: List of parser functions
- m:Help:Calculation: Numerical calculations (installed)
- m:DynamicFunctions: Dynamic functions (can be installed if needed)
- mw:Extension:LoopFunctions: Loop functions (can be installed if needed)
- m:ParserFunctions: Logic functions (installed)
- mw:Extension:ParserFunctions (extended): An extended version of the preceding (can be installed if needed)
- m:StringFunctions: String functions (installed)
Templates
- Special:ExpandTemplates: Parses all templates and functions and returns the final output
Variables and Magic Words
- m:Help:Magic words: Constants and special functions
- m:Help:Variable: Standard variables
- m:VariablesExtension: Define and use page variables

