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}}{{For|the home 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 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}} | ||
'''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| | '''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 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 independent [[:Category:All|wiki sites]], and also [[: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 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 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}} 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 an extremely highly developed, feature-rich, and now very complex {{tag|free software}} that is released 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. | The initial 'pre-version' software (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' <u>MediaWiki</u> software, 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}} 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 an extremely highly developed, feature-rich, and now very complex {{tag|free software}} that is released 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. | ||