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:''Note: this page is about a [[wiki]] specifically for help and administration of the MediaWiki '[[:Category:Wiki Engine|wiki engine]]' software.
:''Note: this page is about the [[wiki]] site specifically for help, administration and [[:Category:Software development|development]] of the MediaWiki '[[:Category:Wiki engine|wiki engine]]' software.
{{for|a comprehensive list here on [[WikiIndex]] of the diverse array [[WhatIsWiki|wikis]] powered by the MediaWiki software|Category:MediaWiki}}
{{For|a comprehensive list here on WikiIndex of the diverse array [[WhatIsWiki|wikis]] powered by the MediaWiki software|category:MediaWiki}}
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'''MediaWiki.org''' is the official [[wiki]] site for the 'MediaWiki' {{tag|Wiki Engine|wiki engine}} {{tag|software}}.
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|pages= 60630<!--plain numeric value for number of CONTENT pages (or Files on a commons wiki); NO thousands separators-->
|statistics URL= https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Statistics
|wikiFactor= <!--preferred, if unknown leave void, see: Category:wikiFactor-->
|wikiFactor URL= https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:PopularPages
}}(As of: 2023-06-12)<!--YYYY-MM-DD; manually add/amend ISO 8601 date when stats are verified and/or updated-->


MediaWiki.org provides some {{tag|documentation}}, and surrounding {{tag|information}}, but in fact this [[WhatIsWiki|wiki]] is relatively new, and most of the development and user support information can be found at [[Wikimedia Meta-Wiki]] (a much older site).  This is a slightly confusing situation which hopefully will be tidied up a bit at some point.  Both sites are run by the 'not-for-profit' {{tag|Wikimedia Foundation}} who oversee {{tag|MediaWiki}} development, and who also own and run the {{tag|Wikipedia}} empire and all its sister projects.


Text content of the MediaWiki.org wiki is released under the {{tag|Wiki Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike|Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License}}; whereas the actual MediaWiki software is released for {{tag|free}} under version 2 of the {{tag|GNU General Public License}}.
'''MediaWiki.org''' is the official [[wiki]] site for the 'MediaWiki' [[:Category:Wiki engine|wiki engine]] {{tag|software}} and associated add-ons, called '{{Mw|Category:Extensions|Extensions}}' — and nothing else related to {{tag|MediaWiki}} or the {{tag|Wikimedia Foundation}} (WMF).
{{Size
|pages = 9650
|statistics URL = http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Statistics
|wikiFactor = <!--Optional. If unknown leave void. See Proposal:wikiFactor.-->
|wikiFactor URL = http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:PopularPages
}}(As of: 08 October 2012)<!--manually add date when stats are verified and/or updated-->
*[http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikispecial/EN/TablesWikipediaMEDIAWIKI.htm MediaWiki Statistics], from stats.Wikimedia.org
*[http://www.wikistatistics.net/specials/mediawiki MediaWiki Interactive Statistics], from Wikistatistics.net


{{Wikimedia}}
The '''MediaWiki.org wiki''' now provides all {{tag|documentation}}, technical support, {{tag|Software development|development}}, and surrounding {{tag|information}} for the MediaWiki software.  Historically, before the MediaWiki.org [[WhatIsWiki|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 [[:Category:Meta|meta]] subjects relating to <u>all</u> {{WMF.org|Our projects|WMF projects}} and wikis.  The slightly newer MediaWiki.org wiki site became the sole place for development, support and {{tag|documentation}} 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 '[[:Category:Non-profit|not-for-profit]]' Wikimedia Foundation (WMF); who oversee {{tag|MediaWiki}} development, and who also own and run the {{tag|Wikipedia}} empire, and all its {{WMF-Meta|Wikimedia projects|sister projects}}.  MediaWiki.org wiki is an extremely active and dedicated community; its members include software [[developer]]s (for both the core MediaWiki software, and the many add-on {{Mw|Category:All extensions|Extensions}}), [[editor]]s of other WMF wikis, and [[owner]]s / [[sysop]]s of other independent wiki sites which also use the MediaWiki software.  Major portions of the MediaWiki.org wiki are {{tag|Wiki Multilingual|multilingual}}, but the primary working language is {{tag|Wiki English|English}}.
 
Textual content of the MediaWiki.org <u>wiki site</u> is released under a {{tag|Wiki Multi-license|dual license}}: the {{tag|Wiki Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike|Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 Unported License}} (CC BY-SA 3.0) ''and'' the earlier {{tag|Wiki GNU Free Documentation License|GNU Free Documentation License}} (GNU FDL or GFDL), as detailed in the Wikimedia Foundation {{WMF.org|Terms of Use}}.  However, the actual MediaWiki <u>software</u> is released for [[:Category:Free software|free]] under version 2 of the [[:Category:GNU General Public License|GNU General Public License]] (GPL v2), whereas the many related add-on extensions may be released under the GPL, or any other [[:Category:License|license]] which their original developer deemed fit.
 
;''Culture
The MediaWiki.org wiki site has very few written [[:Category:Policy|policies]] and [[:Category:Guidelines|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.
 
;''See also
*[[:Category: MediaWiki developer]]
 
;''External links
*{{WMF-Meta|MediaWiki.org}} — at [[Wikimedia Meta-Wiki]]
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*[https://Releases.Wikimedia.org/mediawiki/ Directory of all MediaWiki releases] — Releases.Wikimedia.org at [[Wikimedia Software Releases]]
{{XTools AdminStats|mediawiki.org|MediaWiki.org}}
*[https://archive.is/xG4Ha MediaWiki Interactive Statistics] — from [[Wikistatistics.net]] – archived snapshot from 2013-05-06 at [[archive.is]]<!--https://www.Wikistatistics.net/specials/mediawiki-->
*[https://www.Alexa.com/siteinfo/mediawiki.org MediaWiki.org site info] — from Alexa.com
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