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-[http://www.mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki.org] is the homepage of the [[MediaWiki]] software, the software that runs this site.  The most prominent example might be [[Wikipedia]], one of the most active and [[WikisWithTheMostPages|largest wikis]].
+{{Wiki Engine
+|wiki_name              = MediaWiki
+|wiki_logo              = [[Image:MediaWiki.png]]
+|wiki_URL               = http://www.mediawiki.org
+|wiki_recentchanges_URL = http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges
+|wiki_wikinode_URL      = No <!--http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/WikiNode--><!--If none, use No-->
+|wiki_status            = Vibrant
+|wiki_language          = Multilingual
+|wiki_editmode          = OpenEdit
+|wiki_maintopic         = Wiki Engine
+}}
+[http://www.mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki.org] is the homepage of the [[MediaWiki]] software, the {{tag|Wiki Engine|wiki engine}} software that runs this [[WikiIndex]] site.  Originally designed for [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], now one of the most active and [[WikisWithTheMostPages|largest wikis]], it is now also used extensively by other [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] projects.
-MediaWiki is probably the most widely deployed [[:Category:Wiki Engine|wiki software]].  Some would argue that a [[wiki]] should be more simplistic, with fewer features, but the design avoids many of the clutter/feature-creep problems appearing in other mature wiki engines, and its success speaks for itself.
+MediaWiki, written in {{tag|PHP}}, is probably the most widely deployed wiki engine software.  Some would argue that a [[wiki]] should be more simplistic, with fewer features; but the design avoids many of the clutter/feature-creep problems appearing in other mature wiki engines, and its success speaks for itself.  MediaWiki has spawned many clones, the most notable being [[:Category:Wikia|Wikia]].
-Here are the MediaWiki user [http://www.mwusers.com/forums/ forums]
+Here are the [http://www.mwusers.com/forums/ MediaWiki user forums].  And this fellow found [http://www.cs.brown.edu/~pavlo/mediawiki/ all installs] of the code.
-This fellow found [http://www.cs.brown.edu/~pavlo/mediawiki/ all installs] of the code.
 The wikis in this [[Special:Categories|category]] listed below are powered by the '''MediaWiki''' wiki engine.
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-[[Category:Wiki Engine]]
+;MediaWiki size information: add ''/Special:Statistics'' at the end of the URL – <code><nowiki>http://YourWikiURL.org/Special:Statistics</nowiki></code> – there is a number called "Content pages" or sometimes "pages that are probably legitimate content pages" -- use <u>that</u> number.  Ignore the (often much larger) "all pages in the wiki, including redirects" number.  We can also [http://s23.org/wikistats/addwiki/ add] MediaWiki listings to the http://s23.org/wikistats/mediawikis_html.php system which tracks various wiki stats.