MediaWiki Hacks

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New Start Page with $wgUseDatabaseMessages = true
Go to MediaWiki:Mainpage and enter your new star page.

New Start Page with $wgUseDatabaseMessages = false
Add the follwing code to your LocalSettings.php file:

if (empty($_GET['title'])) $_REQUEST['title'] = 'NewStartPage';

Multi-Language Extension for MediaWiki
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Multilang

Change Sidebar with $wgUseDatabaseMessages = true
Go to MediaWiki:Sidebar and enter your changes.

Change Sidebar with $wgUseDatabaseMessages = false
Add your changes in Messages.php and all MessagesXX.php you use.