MediaWiki

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MediaWiki is wiki software, released under the GPL, that is used by Wikimedia projects as well as other sites. It is an implementation of a wiki, a content pool that anyone can freely edit. It is developed using Gerrit.

## Contents

* 1 Subpages
* 2 About
* 2.1 Miscellaneous
* 2.2 Technical
* 3 Installing
* 4 Discussion questions and essay ideas
* 5 See also
* 6 Not to be confused with

## Subpages[edit | edit source]

* Codebase
* Engine
* Engine/index.php
* Engine/wiki.php
* Introduction
* Templates

## About[edit | edit source]

### Miscellaneous[edit | edit source]

* MediaWiki features
* Installation and configuration
* MediaWiki Tutorial with screenshots: how to install and configure Mediawiki, how to change skins; how to add extensions

### Technical[edit | edit source]

* MediaWiki architecture
* MediaWiki history
* MediaWiki roadmap

## Installing[edit | edit source]

* mw:Manual:Installation
* mw:Manual:Configuration settings

## Discussion questions and essay ideas[edit | edit source]

* Will MediaWiki ever become easier to upgrade and maintain for less technical users?

## See also[edit | edit source]

* Wikipedia: MediaWiki
* Wikibooks: MediaWiki
* MediaWiki
* Phabricator

## Not to be confused with[edit | edit source]

* Wikimedia \- a host of hosts of sites running on MediaWiki with educational missions; to which Wikiversity belongs