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{{Wiki | {{Wiki engine <!--see 'Template:Wiki engine' for full detail and hidden help advice--> | ||
|name = <big>MediaWiki</big> | |name = <big>MediaWiki</big> | ||
|URL = https://www.MediaWiki.org/wiki/Download | |URL = https://www.MediaWiki.org/wiki/Download | ||
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|documentation URL= https://www.MediaWiki.org/wiki/Documentation | |documentation URL= https://www.MediaWiki.org/wiki/Documentation | ||
|source code URL = https://GitHub.com/wikimedia/mediawiki | |source code URL = https://GitHub.com/wikimedia/mediawiki | ||
|maintopic = Wiki | |maintopic = Wiki engine<!--leave this as is, it can not be over-ridden--> | ||
|founder = [[Magnus Manske]] <small>('pre-version')</small><br>[[Lee Daniel Crocker]] <small>(1st official version)</small> | |founder = [[Magnus Manske]] <small>('pre-version')</small><br>[[Lee Daniel Crocker]] <small>(1st official version)</small> | ||
|CEO = {{tag|Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.}} <small>(owner)</small> | |CEO = {{tag|Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.}} <small>(owner)</small> | ||
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}}{{For|the home 'meta' wiki used for discussion, help, development, and advice regarding use of the actual MediaWiki (MW) software and extensions, <u>and</u> MW software downloads|MediaWiki.org}} | }}{{For|the home 'meta' wiki used for discussion, help, development, and advice regarding use of the actual MediaWiki (MW) software and extensions, <u>and</u> MW software downloads|MediaWiki.org}} | ||
[[File:MediaWiki, powered by 176x62.png|frame|'Powered by MediaWiki' identification button, original version|alt=]] | [[File:MediaWiki, powered by 176x62.png|frame|'Powered by MediaWiki' identification button, original version|alt=]] | ||
'''MediaWiki''' ('''MW''') software is the {{tag|Wiki | '''MediaWiki''' ('''MW''') software is the {{tag|Wiki engine|wiki engine}} software package that runs this [[WikiIndex]] wiki site. Originally created, designed, and developed for the then fledgling [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] in {{tag|Founded in 2002|2002}} (though <u>not</u> the [[Nostalgia Wikipedia|original Wikipedia]] wiki engine from [[:Category:Founded in 2001|2001]], that was the [[:Category:Perl|Perl]]-based [[:Category:UseMod Wiki|UseMod Wiki]] software); MediaWiki is now used by the most active and [[Wikis with the most pages|largest wikis]], it is also used extensively, ''and'' exclusively by other {{tag|Wikimedia Foundation}} (WMF) {{WMF-Meta|Wikimedia projects|projects}}; along with many, many other [[:Category:Independent|independently]]-hosted [[:Category:All|wiki sites]]. MediaWiki is also the software of first choice to power many different [[:Category:Free MediaWiki wiki farm|free]] and commercial [[:Category:MediaWiki wiki farm|wiki farms]]. | ||
;''History and features | ;''History and features | ||