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[...]... updates Meta -Wiki http://meta.wikimedia.org is devoted to all the projects of the Wikimedia Foundation, including MediaWiki and Wikipedia It also includes extensive documentation on MediaWiki’s features, though much of it is being migrated to MediaWiki.org mediawiki-l mailing list Wiki features are discussed in several mailing lists described at http://www mediawiki.org /wiki/ Mailing_lists You can subscribe... wikitext and covers many interesting policies and procedures These procedures are tailored to Wikipedia’s needs, but might be applicable to other wikis as well MediaWiki.org The official site http://www.mediawiki.org documents the MediaWiki software, third-party extensions, wiki configuration, system administration, and much more This is also where you download MediaWiki software and updates Meta -Wiki. .. of Wikipedia articles Wikipedia was not the first wiki, * but it’s clearly the most successful, largely due to its powerful software, MediaWiki This book is about making MediaWiki work for you, whether you plan to read wikis, write and edit articles, or install and run your own MediaWiki site Who Should Read This Book? This book serves four audiences: Wiki readers Anyone who reads Wikipedia or other wikis... Wikipedia or other wikis running MediaWiki software Wiki authors Anyone who writes or edits wiki articles Wiki sysops Authors with special privileges for maintaining the wiki Wiki administrators System administrators and programmers who install, configure, and run MediaWiki on a server Roadmap Part I of this book is dedicated to wiki readers, explaining how to navigate a MediaWiki site effectively Part II... rolling out a MediaWiki site to users in Chapter 10 Additional Resources MediaWiki is extensively documented online Most of the material is scattered throughout three sites: Wikipedia, MediaWiki.org, and Meta -Wiki, each organized in its own way There are also a number of useful mailing lists Here’s a quick reference guide: Wikipedia Wikipedia’s extensive help system, http://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/ Help:Con... read the archives The most important list for our purposes is mediawiki-l, which discusses installing and configuring MediaWiki software; its archives are at http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/ * WYSIWYG = What You See Is What You Get Additional Resources | 7 CHAPTER 2 Basic Use Wikipedia and thousands of other websites run MediaWiki, and this chapter will teach you how to get started using... so on Wikis are often devoted to a particular topic or theme Wikipedia (http://www wikipedia.org) is an encyclopedia, videoville (http://www.videoville.org) is devoted to music videos, The Aquarium Wiki (http://www.theaquariumwiki com) covers aquatic topics, and so on Within corporate intranets, wikis serve as documentation systems and help employees share knowledge 3 What’s MediaWiki? MediaWiki is... world’s most popular wiki software, and with good reason It’s pretty easy to use, has powerful features, is highly configurable, scales up to millions of users, and best of all, it just plain works More than 2,000 wikis are powered by MediaWiki worldwide, including Wikipedia.* Thanks to the generosity of its creators, MediaWiki is freely available, so anyone can create wikis with it Wikipedia has some... really is an extension like this: Nuke, by Brion Vibber, http://www.mediawiki.org /wiki/ Nuke When to Use MediaWiki | 5 Quick turnaround MediaWiki is easy and rapid to use Not all features are easy to learn, but once you know them, you can search, modify, and maintain the content very efficiently Communities of like-minded people MediaWiki is fantastic for rapid, informal sharing of knowledge among company... standard in MediaWiki We’ll point them out as they come up MediaWiki is freely distributable,† so you can download, install, run, and share it without cost It’s also open source, so any competent programmer can modify its internal behavior (its source code) if desired A Typical Day on a MediaWiki Site To give you an idea of the workings of a wiki, here’s a short story about a nonexistent wiki and its . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 What’s MediaWiki? 4 A Typical Day on a MediaWiki Site 4 When to Use MediaWiki 5 When Not to Use MediaWiki 6 Additional Resources 7 2. Basic Use . requests that propelled me up the MediaWiki learning curve. In the MediaWiki com- munity, I thank the MediaWiki development team for creating a world-changing tool, readers of mediawiki- l who answered. its powerful software, MediaWiki. This book is about making MediaWiki work for you, whether you plan to read wikis, write and edit articles, or install and run your own MediaWiki site. Who Should