How to create a new page in MediaWiki

By default, there is no explicit button or form to create new Wiki pages in a plain MediaWiki installation.

There are however two ways to create a new page:
 * 1) reference the desired new page from within an existing article (therefore, it is always ensured that new pages are linked from other pages within the wiki!)
 * 2) modify the URL in your browser from e.g. http://www.hjhappel.de/w/index.php/How_to_create_a_new_page_in_MediaWiki to http://www.hjhappel.de/w/index.php/Desired_new_page - once you try to open this page in your browser, MediaWiki will tell you: "There is currently no text in this page, you can search for this page title in other pages or edit this page. " If you click "edit this page" then, you can fill the new page.

However, what many end users would expect, is something like an input field with a button "create page". This can be e.g. realized by installing the InputBox extension.