Skip to content

Glossary

Gregory Varnum [he/him] edited this page Feb 3, 2023 · 3 revisions

This is a glossary of terms and acronyms used in Wikimedia Foundation organization websites work:

Terminology

Block

Design elements/modules available within the WordPress block editor (aka Guttenberg) for use in designing pages and displaying content on WordPress pages.

Bug

An error or problem related to the technical functionality or code of a website.

Code

Text used to make the website work and invisible (mostly) to end-users.

Content

Text and media which appears on website pages for end-users.

Feature

A specific function of a website created with code.

Maintenance

Ongoing work to keep the website functional as technology and software evolves.

Strings

Content that appears outside of sentences, sometimes based in code vs. managed by the content database.

NOTE: Click the "Pages" link above to see the side navigation and click the "Show X more pages..." link to see the full navigation.

Clone this wiki locally