MediaWiki.org


 * ''Note: this page is about the wiki site specifically for help, administration and development of the MediaWiki 'wiki engine' software.

(As of: 2023-06-12)

MediaWiki.org is the official wiki site for the 'MediaWiki' wiki engine  and associated add-ons, called '' — and nothing else related to  or the  (WMF).

The MediaWiki.org wiki now provides all , technical support,, and surrounding  for the MediaWiki software. Historically, before the MediaWiki.org wiki site was created, most of the development and user support information was to be found at Wikimedia Meta-Wiki; an older site, which deals with meta subjects relating to all and wikis. The slightly newer MediaWiki.org wiki site became the sole place for development, support and  of the MediaWiki software, and much of the earlier software-specific content originally created on the Wikimedia Meta-Wiki has now been moved across to the MediaWiki.org wiki.

Both sites are run by the 'not-for-profit' Wikimedia Foundation (WMF); who oversee  development, and who also own and run the  empire, and all its. MediaWiki.org wiki is an extremely active and dedicated community; its members include software developers (for both the core MediaWiki software, and the many add-on ), editors of other WMF wikis, and owners / sysops of other independent wiki sites which also use the MediaWiki software. Major portions of the MediaWiki.org wiki are, but the primary working language is.

Textual content of the MediaWiki.org wiki site is released under a : the (CC BY-SA 3.0) and the earlier  (GNU FDL or GFDL), as detailed in the Wikimedia Foundation. However, the actual MediaWiki software is released for free under version 2 of the GNU General Public License (GPL v2), whereas the many related add-on extensions may be released under the GPL, or any other license which their original developer deemed fit.

The MediaWiki.org wiki site has very few written policies and guidelines, and sysop actions are rarely discussed in any centralized forums. Deletion decisions, for example, are usually made unilaterally by sysops, rather than being processed through 'x for deletion' pages. Therefore, MediaWiki.org has been compared to Hollywood depictions of the 'old west' in which, after sheriffs (i.e. sysops) have been selected, there is little oversight of what they do.
 * ''Culture


 * ''See also
 * Category: MediaWiki developer


 * ''External links
 * — at Wikimedia Meta-Wiki


 * Directory of all MediaWiki releases — Releases.Wikimedia.org at Wikimedia Software Releases


 * MediaWiki Interactive Statistics — from Wikistatistics.net – archived snapshot from 2013-05-06 at archive.is
 * MediaWiki.org site info — from Alexa.com