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'''MediaWiki''' 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|FoundedIn2003|2003}} (though <u>not</u> the original Wikipedia wiki engine – that was the [[:Category:Perl|Perl]]-based [[:Category:UseModWiki|UseModWiki]]); 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:Wiki|wikis]]. | |||
MediaWiki, written in {{tag|PHP}}, 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, 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. | |||
Here are the [http://www.mwusers.com/forums/forum.php MediaWiki Users forums]. And this fellow found [http://www.cs.brown.edu/~pavlo/mediawiki/ all installs] of the code. | Here are the [http://www.mwusers.com/forums/forum.php MediaWiki Users forums]. And this fellow found [http://www.cs.brown.edu/~pavlo/mediawiki/ all installs] of the code. | ||
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;MediaWiki [[:Category:Wiki Size|size]] information: 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 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 [http://s23.org/wikistats/addwiki/ add] MediaWiki listings to the http://s23.org/wikistats/mediawikis_html.php system which tracks various wiki statistics. | ;MediaWiki [[:Category:Wiki Size|size]] information: 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 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 [http://s23.org/wikistats/addwiki/ add] MediaWiki listings to the http://s23.org/wikistats/mediawikis_html.php 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> | <s>;MediaWiki [[wikiFactor]] information: go to the <tt>/Special:PopularPages</tt> page of the wiki – <code><nowiki>http://YourWikiURL.org/Special:PopularPages</nowiki></code></s> | ||
;See also | ;See also | ||
*[[MediaWiki.org]] — home wiki for discussion, help, development, and advice for use on the specific MediaWiki software | |||
*[[:Category:MediaWiki wiki farms]] | *[[:Category:MediaWiki wiki farms]] | ||
*[https://Twitter.com/MediaWikiOrg MediaWikiOrg Twitter feed] — (rather dormant and inactive!) | *[https://Twitter.com/MediaWikiOrg MediaWikiOrg Twitter feed] — (rather dormant and inactive!) | ||