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MediaWiki: History, Art & Measurement

MediaWiki is wiki software written in PHP, initially released in 2002 for its use by Wikipedia. It powers several wiki hosting websites across the Internet, as well as most websites hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, including Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikimedia Commons, Wikiquote, Wikivoyage, Meta-Wiki and Wikidata, which define a large part of the set…

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MediaWiki topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Art and Measurement as prominent areas in the source structure around MediaWiki.

Related topics
218
Source areas
12
Connected nodes
230
Extracted relationships
289
Concept neighborhoods
33
Bridge connections
230

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Key features · 61 topics
Overview · 37 topics
Extensions · 31 topics
Sites using MediaWiki · 18 topics
History · 17 topics
Development · 13 topics
Comparison to other online collaboration software · 10 topics
Database · 9 topics
Performance and storage · 8 topics
Security · 6 topics
License · 4 topics
Limitations · 4 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Available in
459 languages
Developer
Wikimedia Foundation
License
GPLv2+
Operating system
Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris
Original authors
Magnus Manske · Lee Daniel Crocker
Release
January 25, 2002; 24 years ago (2002-01-25)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Key features

Extensions

Database

Performance and storage

Limitations

Security

License

Development

History

Sites using MediaWiki

Comparison to other online collaboration software

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How MediaWiki connects Entity context

The extracted context around MediaWiki shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, MediaWiki → Although, Another, API, Compared, Confluence, Google Docs, Hong Kong, InfoWorld, MediaWiki's, Report, Students, The, TWiki, University, Users, When, Wikipedia Another extracted example is MediaWiki → An, API, AutoWikiBrowser, Client, HTTP, In, JavaScript, JSON, One, PHP, Python, Pywikibot, The API, URLs, Wikipedia, XML. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

MediaWiki

Top relations

related to Comparison to other online collaboration software · 17
MediaWiki → Although, Another, API, Compared, Confluence, Google Docs, Hong Kong, InfoWorld, MediaWiki's, Report, Students, The, TWiki, University, Users, When, Wikipedia
related to Application programming interface · 16
MediaWiki → An, API, AutoWikiBrowser, Client, HTTP, In, JavaScript, JSON, One, PHP, Python, Pywikibot, The API, URLs, Wikipedia, XML
related to Development · 15
MediaWiki → Anyone, Code, During, Europe, Face-to-face, Git/Gerrit, Google Summer, Major MediaWiki, November, Phabricator, The, There, United States, Wikimedia, Wikimedia Foundation
related to Sites using MediaWiki · 15
MediaWiki → Citizendium, Conservapedia, Fandom, Intel, MediaWiki's, MediaWiki-based, Metapedia, Novell, Other, Scholarpedia, SNPedia, Wikia, WikiLeaks, Wikimedia Foundation's, Wikipedia
related to Database · 12
MediaWiki → In, IP, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL/MariaDB, Oracle Database, Possibly, PostgreSQL, Some, SQLite, Support, When, Wikipedia
related to Extensibility · 12
MediaWiki → Amazon S3, Five, For, Hooks, Installing, New, Parser, PHP, Skins, The MediaWiki, These, This
related to Groups and restriction of access · 12
MediaWiki → As, Bureaucrats, Confluence, For, Foswiki, Here, It, MediaWiki's, MoinMoin, Some, Special, Sysops
related to Installation and configuration · 12
MediaWiki → An, Cloud, Installation, It, JavaScript, PHP, Rails, Ruby, Some, SQL, The MediaWiki, Zope
related to Markup · 12
MediaWiki → CamelCase, Efforts, HTML, One, The, This, Tools, UseModWiki, When MediaWiki, Wikicode, World Wide Web, WorldWideWeb
related to Performance and storage · 11
MediaWiki → August, Because, GUI, However, MediaWiki's, Metadata, Squid, The, Web, Wikimedia, Wikipedia

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

wikipedia wiki page software content pages user extensions wikimedia users use also citation needed new used extension php database using

MediaWiki relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 289 structured relationships around MediaWiki. Examples in this analysis include MediaWiki → Available in → 459 languages and MediaWiki → Developer → Wikimedia Foundation. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
MediaWikiAvailable in459 languages1.00infobox
MediaWikiDeveloperWikimedia Foundation1.00infobox
MediaWikiLicenseGPLv2+1.00infobox
MediaWikiOperating systemWindows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris1.00infobox
MediaWikiOriginal authorsMagnus Manske1.00infobox
MediaWikiOriginal authorsLee Daniel Crocker1.00infobox
MediaWikiReleaseJanuary 25, 2002; 24 years ago (2002-01-25)1.00infobox
MediaWikiRepositorygerrit.wikimedia.org/g/mediawiki/core/1.00infobox
MediaWikiSize79.05 MiB (compressed)1.00infobox
MediaWikiStable release1.46.01.00infobox
MediaWikiTypeWiki software1.00infobox
MediaWikiWebsitewww.mediawiki.org1.00infobox
MediaWikiWritten inPHP1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around MediaWiki bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Wiki, Content and Wikipedia. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • MediaWiki
    • Wiki
    • Content
    • Wikipedia
    • Database
    • Extensions
    • Needed
    • Use
    • Features
    • Extension
    • Software
    • Citation
    • Page
  • mediawiki
    • Wiki
    • Content
    • Wikipedia
    • Database
    • Extensions
    • Needed
    • Use
    • Features
    • Extension
    • Software
    • Citation
    • Page
  • wiki software
    • Wikipedia
    • Wiki
    • Php
    • Text
    • Wikimedia
    • Users
    • Use
    • Content
    • Citation
    • Needed
    • Pages
    • Interface
  • php
    • Language
    • Database
    • Software
    • Extensions
    • Interface
    • Use
    • Text
    • Content
    • Using
    • Extension
    • Wikipedia
    • Also
  • wikipedia
    • Software
    • Use
    • Wikimedia
    • Used
    • Wiki
    • Site
    • Mediawiki
    • Mediawiki's
    • Development
    • Templates
    • Php
    • Content
  • wikimedia commons
    • Wikipedia
    • Development
    • Used
    • Also
    • Interface
    • Content
    • Editing
    • Namespaces
    • Templates
    • Changes
    • Database
    • Developers
  • content management system
    • Pages
    • Mediawiki
    • Using
    • Namespaces
    • Citation
    • Needed
    • Page
    • Also
    • Features
    • Text
    • Wiki
    • Used
  • programming language
    • Php
    • Database
    • Extension
    • Text
    • Wiki
    • Software
    • Citation
    • Extensions
    • Needed
    • Mediawiki
    • Interface
    • Pages

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For MediaWiki, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects MediaWiki with Key features. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
MediaWiki — Key features · splits 169 ⟂ 62
MediaWiki — Overview · splits 193 ⟂ 38
MediaWiki — Extensions · splits 199 ⟂ 32
MediaWiki — Sites using MediaWiki · splits 212 ⟂ 19
MediaWiki — History · splits 213 ⟂ 18
MediaWiki — Development · splits 217 ⟂ 14
MediaWiki — Comparison to other online collaboration software · splits 220 ⟂ 11
MediaWiki — Database · splits 221 ⟂ 10
MediaWiki — Performance and storage · splits 222 ⟂ 9
MediaWiki — Security · splits 224 ⟂ 7
MediaWiki — Limitations · splits 226 ⟂ 5
MediaWiki — License · splits 226 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

MediaWiki

Nodes231
Edges230
Triples289
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008658
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around MediaWiki to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Art & Measurement, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — MediaWiki · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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