MediaWiki

MediaWiki logo

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.

## Subpages

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

## About

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### Miscellaneous

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

### Technical

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* MediaWiki architecture
* MediaWiki history
* MediaWiki roadmap

## Installing

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

## Discussion questions and essay ideas

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

## See also

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

## Not to be confused with

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