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{{For|the wiki containing public documentation used by the site admins running the Wikimedia Foundation's (WMF) servers|Wikimedia Wikitech}}

'''wikitech-l''' is a {{tag|Communication|mailing}} list for the {{tag|MediaWiki developer|MediaWiki development community}} from [[Wikimedia Lists]].  The discussion threads tend to get rather lengthy, as [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation people|people]] debate implementation options; often the conversations devolve into bike-shedding over insignificant details.  Most of the lengthy discussions concerning the most fundamental aspects of {{tag|MediaWiki}} development take place on wikitech-l, rather than places like [[MediaZilla]], although the final {{tag|debate}}s leading to the ultimate decisions on [software] architecture issues are usually made at synchronous communication facilities; such as [[Internet Relay Chat]] (IRC) or [[:Category:FaceToFace|in-person]] meetings.  Occasionally, someone breaches [[WikiIndex:Editing etiquette|etiquette]], usually by wording a criticism harshly; and dozens of posts follow, debating how bad the etiquette breach was, and whether people are overreacting!