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MediaWiki

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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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)

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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

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Map overview Semantic statistics

MediaWiki

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

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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

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Important terminology

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

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

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

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