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 {{Wiki Engine <!--see 'Template:Wiki Engine' for full detail-->
-|name             = MediaWiki
+|name             = <big>MediaWiki</big>
 |URL              = https://www.MediaWiki.org/wiki/Download
 |logo             = [[File:MediaWiki.png|Logo of MediaWiki]]
+|wide logo        = y
 |changes URL      = https://www.MediaWiki.org/wiki/Release_notes
 |wikinode URL     = https://web.Archive.org/web/20161017183534/https://www.MediaWiki.org/wiki/Wiki_Node/de
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 |maintopic        = Wiki Engine
 |founder          = [[Magnus Manske]]<br><small>('pre-version')</small><br>[[Lee Daniel Crocker]]<br><small>(1st official version)</small>
-|CEO              = {{tag|Wikimedia Foundation}}<br><small>(owner)</small>
+|CEO              = {{tag|Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia&nbsp;Foundation,&nbsp;Inc.}} <small>(owner)</small>
 |language         = Multilingual
 |prog language    = PHP
 |s/w license      = GNU General Public License
 |status           = Vibrant
-}}
+}}{{For|the home wiki used for discussion, help, development, and advice for use on the specific MediaWiki software and extensions, ''and'' software downloads|MediaWiki.org}}
 '''MediaWiki''' ('''MW''') 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|FoundedIn2002|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]]); 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:All|wikis]], and commercial [[:Category:WikiFarm|wiki farms]].
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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 MW 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 site] listings to the [https://S23.org/wikistats/mediawikis_html.php?sort=good_desc,total_desc&th=0&lines=1500 https://S23.org/wikistats/mediawikis_html.php] system which tracks various wiki statistics.
+: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 MW 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 [https://wiki.s23.org/wiki/Wikistats/Add_private_wiki add MediaWiki site] listings to the [https://S23.org/wikistats/mediawikis_html.php?sort=good_desc,total_desc&th=0&lines=1500 https://S23.org/wikistats/mediawikis_html.php]{{DeadEL}} system which tracks various wiki statistics.
 ;''MediaWiki [[wikiFactor]] information
-:<s>go to the <tt>/Special:PopularPages</tt> page of the wiki – <code><nowiki>http://YourWikiURL.org/Special:PopularPages</nowiki></code>.</s>
+:go to the <tt>/Special:PopularPages</tt> page of the wiki – <code><nowiki>http://YourWikiURL.org/Special:PopularPages</nowiki></code>.
+Note: from around MediaWiki version 1.24, the included standard internal tool which provided the 'page views' output 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 system administrator subsequently added {{Mw|Extension:HitCounters}}, available from MediaWiki.org.
 ;''See also
-*[[MediaWiki.org]] — home wiki for discussion, help, development, and advice for use on the specific MediaWiki software and extensions
+*[[MediaWiki.org]] — home wiki site for discussion, help, development, and advice for use on the specific MediaWiki software and extensions
-*[https://Lists.Wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki-announce – MediaWiki update and security announcements list] — at Lists.Wikimedia.org
+*[[:Category: MediaWiki wiki farms]]
-*[https://Lists.Wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l MediaWiki-l – MediaWiki announcements and site admin list] — at Lists.Wikimedia.org
-*[https://Releases.Wikimedia.org/mediawiki/ Directory of all MediaWiki releases] — at Releases.Wikimedia.org
+;''External links
-*[[mw:Sites using MediaWiki|Sites using MediaWiki]] — at [[MediaWiki.org]]
+*[https://Lists.Wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki-announce – MediaWiki update and security announcements list] — Lists.Wikimedia.org at [[Wikimedia Lists]]
-*[[:Category:MediaWiki wiki farms]]
+*[https://Lists.Wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l MediaWiki-l – MediaWiki announcements and site admin list] — Lists.Wikimedia.org at Wikimedia Lists
+*[https://Releases.Wikimedia.org/mediawiki/ Directory of all MediaWiki releases] — Releases.Wikimedia.org at [[Wikimedia Releases]]
+*{{Mw|Sites using MediaWiki}} — at [[MediaWiki.org]]
+*{{Mw|Help: Contents}} — at MediaWiki.org
 *[https://Twitter.com/MediaWikiOrg MediaWikiOrg Twitter feed] — (rather dormant and inactive!)
 *[https://Facebook.com/MediaWikiOrg MediaWikiOrg Facebook page]
 *[https://Facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=2205099323 MediaWiki Developers Facebook group]
 *[https://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 27 March 2011, but still useful information)
-*[[mw:Help:Contents|Help:Contents]] — from [[MediaWiki.org]]
+*[https://wiki.s23.org/wiki/Wikistats Wikistats] — wiki.s23.org, the new host of [[S23-Wiki|s23]]
 *[[UseMod:Comparison Of Usemod With Mediawiki|Comparison of UseMod with MediaWiki]] — at [[:Category:UseMod Wiki|UseMod Wiki]]
+*[[Archive.org:20170111064332/http://KnowledgeLab.org.uk/Importing_pbwiki_to_mediawiki|Importing pbwiki to mediawiki]] — KnowledgeLab.org.uk at [[KnowledgeLab]], via Archive.org
+*[[Archive.org:20100106081844/http://WikiAngela.com/wiki/Importing_pbwiki_to_mediawiki|Importing pbwiki to mediawiki]] — WikiAngela.com at [[WikiAngela]], via Archive.org (mirror of above KnowledgeLab article)
 {{Wikimedia Foundation}}
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-The [[wiki]]s and / or other articles listed below in this [[Special:Categories|category]] and sub-categories are powered by, or refer to the '''MediaWiki''' wiki engine.
+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.
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