Category:MediaWiki: Difference between revisions

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|logo            = [[File:MediaWiki.png|Logo of MediaWiki]]

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|changes URL      = https://www.MediaWiki.org/wiki/Release_notes

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|documentation URL= https://www.MediaWiki.org/wiki/Documentation

|maintopic        = Wiki Engine

|founder          = [[Magnus Manske]]<br><small>('pre-version')</small><br>[[Lee Daniel Crocker]]<br><small>(1st official version)</small>

|language        = Multilingual

|prog language    = PHP

|status          = Vibrant

}}{{For|the home wiki used for discussion, help, development, and advice for use on the specific MediaWiki software and extensions, ''and'' software downloads|MediaWiki.org}}

'''MediaWiki''' ('''MW''') software is the {{tag|Wiki Engine|wiki engine}} software package that runs this [[WikiIndex]] wiki site.  Originally designed and developed for [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] in {{tag|FoundedIn2002|2002}} (though <u>not</u> the [[Nostalgia Wikipedia|original Wikipedia]] wiki engine from 2001 – that was the [[:Category:Perl|Perl]]-based [[:Category:UseMod Wiki|UseMod Wiki]]); MediaWiki is now used by the most active and [[WikisWithTheMostPages|largest wikis]], it is also used extensively, and exclusively by other {{tag|Wikimedia Foundation}} (WMF) projects; along with many, many other independent [[:Category:All|wikis]], and commercial [[:Category:WikiFarm|wiki farms]].

The initial 'pre-version' (known as 'Phase II software' in Wikipedia circles) was created by [[Magnus Manske]], and used on all available Wikipedia versions from 25 January 2002.  A 'Phase III software' became the first official MediaWiki, and was a substantial re-write by [[Lee Daniel Crocker]]; this was first used on the [[English Wikipedia]] on 20 July 2002.  MediaWiki is compiled and written in {{tag|PHP}}, and is probably the most widely deployed wiki engine {{tag|software}}.  Some would argue that a [[WhatIsWiki|wiki]] should be more simplistic, with fewer features; but MediaWikis' design <!--avoids many of the clutter / feature–creep problems that can appear in other mature wiki engines-->, and its success speaks for itself.  MediaWiki has spawned many clones, or '[[:Category:Fork|forks]]', the most notable being [[:Category:Wikia|Wikia]].  MediaWiki is a highly developed, feature-rich software that is released for {{tag|free software|free}} under version 2 of the {{tag|GNU General Public License}} (GNU GPL v2), and requires either [[:Category:MySQL|MySQL 5.0.2+]], [[:Category:PostgreSQL|PostgreSQL]], or [[:Category:SQLite|SQLite]] for data storage.

In December 2008, this fellow found [[Archive.org:20130121165457/http://cs.brown.edu/~pavlo/mediawiki|all open installs]] ([[Archive.org]] link) of the MediaWiki code.  And until mid 2013, there used to be the [[Archive.org:20130508132829/http://MWusers.com/forums/forum.php|MediaWiki Users forums]] (Archive.org link).

:add <tt>/Special:Statistics</tt> at the end of the URL – eg. <code><nowiki>http://YourWikiURL.org/Special:Statistics</nowiki></code> (non-English [[:Category:Wiki Language|language]] versions will automatically convert this to actual language).  Dependent on MW software version, there is a number called 'Content pages' or sometimes 'pages that are probably legitimate content pages' – use <u>that</u> lower number.  Ignore the (often much larger) 'all pages in the wiki, including redirects' number.  We can also [https://wiki.s23.org/wiki/Wikistats/Add_private_wiki add MediaWiki site] listings to the [https://S23.org/wikistats/mediawikis_html.php?sort=good_desc,total_desc&th=0&lines=1500 https://S23.org/wikistats/mediawikis_html.php]{{DeadEL}} system which tracks various wiki statistics.

;''MediaWiki [[wikiFactor]] information

:go to the <tt>/Special:PopularPages</tt> page of the wiki – <code><nowiki>http://YourWikiURL.org/Special:PopularPages</nowiki></code>.

Note: from around MediaWiki version 1.24, the included standard internal tool which provided the 'page views' output was globally disabled (removed) from all future releases of MediaWiki.  It is still possible to use the 'Special:PopularPages' link, but <u>only</u> if the wiki site owner or system administrator subsequently added {{Mw|Extension:HitCounters}}, available from MediaWiki.org.

*[[:Category: MediaWiki wiki farms]]

*[https://Lists.Wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki-announce – MediaWiki update and security announcements list] — Lists.Wikimedia.org at [[Wikimedia Lists]]

*[https://Lists.Wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l MediaWiki-l – MediaWiki announcements and site admin list] — Lists.Wikimedia.org at Wikimedia Lists

*[https://Releases.Wikimedia.org/mediawiki/ Directory of all MediaWiki releases] — Releases.Wikimedia.org at [[Wikimedia Releases]]

*[https://Twitter.com/MediaWikiOrg MediaWikiOrg Twitter feed] — (rather dormant and inactive!)

*[https://Facebook.com/MediaWikiOrg MediaWikiOrg Facebook page]

*[https://Facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=2205099323 MediaWiki Developers Facebook group]

*[https://S23.org/wikistats/mediawikis_html.php?sort=good_desc,total_desc&th=0&lines=1500 List of 1308 private MediaWikis] — sortable list from WikiStats by [[S23-Wiki|S23.org]] (last updated 27 March 2011, but still useful information)

*[https://wiki.s23.org/wiki/Wikistats Wikistats] — wiki.s23.org, the new host of [[S23-Wiki|s23]]

The [[wiki]] sites and / or other [[article]]s listed below in this [[Special:Categories|category]] and sub-[[categories]] are powered by, or refer to the '''MediaWiki''' wiki engine software.