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WikimediaMessages Release status: stable
Implementation	User interface
Description	Adds Wikimedia specific messages and grammar, as well as Wikimedia specific overrides for license or legal related messages
Author(s)	Tim Starling Siebrand Mazeland James D. Forrrester Multichill
MediaWiki	1.25+
Database changes	No
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
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Parameters $wgWikimediaMessagesLicensing
Hooks used CampaignEventsGetPolicyMessageForRegistration CampaignEventsGetPolicyMessageForRegistrationForm ChangesListSpecialPageStructuredFilters CheckUserSubtitleLinks DiscussionToolsTermsOfUseMessages EditPageCopyrightWarning FlowTermsOfUseMessages GetPreferences GlobalBlockingBlockedIpMsg GlobalBlockingBlockedIpRangeMsg GlobalBlockingBlockedIpXffMsg LocalUserCreated MessageCacheFetchOverrides ResourceLoaderRegisterModules SkinAddFooterLinks SkinCopyrightFooter SpecialPageBeforeExecute TorBlockBlockedMsg UploadForm:initial
Quarterly downloads	9 (Ranked 161st)
Public wikis using	933 (Ranked 263rd)
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The WikimediaMessages adds Wikimedia specific messages and grammar, as well as Wikimedia specific overrides for license or legal related messages.

Installation

• Download and place the file(s) in a directory called WikimediaMessages in your extensions/ folder.
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'WikimediaMessages' );
  

•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

This extension is being used on one or more Wikimedia projects. This probably means that the extension is stable and works well enough to be used by such high-traffic websites. Look for this extension's name in Wikimedia's CommonSettings.php and InitialiseSettings.php configuration files to see where it's installed. A full list of the extensions installed on a particular wiki can be seen on the wiki's Special:Version page.