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'''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]].

The initial 'pre-version' software (known as 'Phase II software' in Wikipedia circles) was created by [[Magnus Manske]], and was used on all available Wikipedia versions from 25 January 2002.  A 'Phase III software' became the first 'official' <u>'''MediaWiki'''</u> software, and was a substantial re-write of Phase II by [[Lee Daniel Crocker]]; this new 'MediaWiki' software 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}} in the global [[wikisphere]].  Some would argue that a [[WhatIsWiki|wiki]] should be more simplistic, with fewer features; however, 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]], along with [[:Category:GetWiki|GetWiki]] (created for [[Wikinfo|Wikinfo.org]]).  MediaWiki is extremely highly (and constantly) developed, it is feature-rich, and is now very complex {{tag|free software}}, that is released under version 2 of the {{tag|GNU General Public License}} (GNU GPL v2).  MediaWiki requires either [[:Category:MySQL|MySQL 5.0.2+]], [[:Category:PostgreSQL|PostgreSQL]], or [[:Category:SQLite|SQLite]] for data storage; it can not use 'flat-file' data storage.

In December [[:Category:Founded in 2008|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 [[:Category:Founded in 2013|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>https://YourWikiURL.org/wiki/Special:Statistics</nowiki></code> (non-English [[:Category:Wiki Language|language]] interface versions will automatically convert this to their actual language).  Dependent on MW software version, there is a number called 'Content pages', or on earlier MW versions '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.  It is also possible to [https://wiki.S23.org/wiki/Wikistats/Add_private_wiki add a private MediaWiki site] entry to the WikiStats by S23 [[Archive.org:20200205103323/http://S23.org/wikistats/mediawikis_html.php?sort=good_desc,total_desc&th=0&lines=1500|list of MediaWiki sites]] system, which tracks various statistics of MediaWiki powered wiki sites.

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

:Note: from around {{Mw|MediaWiki 1.24|MediaWiki version 1.24}}, the then included standard internal tool which provided the 'page views' output and [[popular pages]] list rankings 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 server-side system administrator subsequently added {{Mw|Extension: HitCounters}}, available from MediaWiki.org.  If popular pages is no longer available, it is acceptable to use an archived value of wikiFactor, supported by an appropriate archived URL.

*[[:Category: MediaWiki wiki farm]] — hosting services for wiki sites which use MediaWiki

*[https://Lists.Wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/mediawiki-announce.lists.wikimedia.org/ MediaWiki-announce – MediaWiki update and security announcements list] — from [[Wikimedia Lists]] at Lists.Wikimedia.org

*[https://Lists.Wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/mediawiki-l.lists.wikimedia.org/ MediaWiki-l – MediaWiki announcements and site admin list] — from Wikimedia Lists at Lists.Wikimedia.org

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

*[https://Gerrit.Wikimedia.org/g/mediawiki/core MediaWiki / core] — at Gerrit.Wikimedia.org

*[[WikiStats-WMCloud:mw|WikiStats – List of MediaWikis (independent)]] — sortable list table of over 12,120 independent MediaWiki-powered wiki sites from [[Wikistats 2.2]] at WikiStats.WMCloud.org; MediaWiki statistics, hosted by [[:Category:Wikimedia Cloud Services|Wikimedia Cloud Services]] (WMCS)

*[[Archive.org:20200205103323/http://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 30 December 2014, but still useful information)

*[https://wiki.s23.org/wiki/Wikistats Wikistats] — wiki.s23.org, the new site of [[S23-Wiki|s23]], now hosted by Miraheze

*[https://trends.BuiltWith.com/cms/MediaWiki MediaWiki usage statistics] — at trends.BuiltWith.com

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

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

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

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.

[[Category:Wiki English]]

[[Category:Wiki Bulgarian]]

[[Category:Wiki Bengali]]

[[Category:Wiki Tibetan]]

[[Category:Wiki German]]

[[Category:Wiki Basque]]

[[Category:Wiki Persian]]

[[Category:Wiki Armenian]]

[[Category:Wiki Icelandic]]

[[Category:Wiki Georgian]]

[[Category:Wiki Kannada]]

[[Category:Wiki Latvian]]

[[Category:Wiki Macedonian]]

[[Category:Wiki Malayalam]]

[[Category:Wiki Oriya]]

[[Category:Wiki Punjabi]]

[[Category:Wiki Brazilian Portuguese]]

[[Category:Wiki Kinyarwanda]]

[[Category:Wiki Albanian]]

[[Category:Wiki Sesotho]]

[[Category:Wiki Swahili]]

[[Category:Wiki Tsonga]]

[[Category:Wiki Tatar]]