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Page is for organizing the development of the MediaWiki software that runs Wikipedia and most other Wikimedia projects.

Contents

[edit] General

MediaWiki
Development policy -- General policy for Wikipedia script development
meta:Development tasks
Manual:MediaWiki architecture
meta:MediaWiki testing
How to become a MediaWiki hacker
Write your own MediaWiki extension

[edit] Third party use

Manual:Running MediaWiki on Linux
Manual:Running MediaWiki on Windows
Manual:Running MediaWiki on Mac OS X
Manual:Running MediaWiki on FreeBSD
meta:Database queries on MediaWiki
Sites using MediaWiki
Help:Contents
Manual:Contents

[edit] Features

Links to ideas for features can be added in the "proposed" section below. It's also possible to create an RFE ("Request for Enhancement") on the SourceForge project for MediaWiki. Lastly, new feature ideas can be discussed on the wikitech-l or wikipedia-l mailing list (NOT ON THE ENGLISH LIST), although the transitory nature of the mailing list medium makes it less likely such features will be remembered or implemented. See also: MediaWiki roadmap.

[edit] Implemented

Wiki markup syntax
Dynamic dates (went missing in v1.3)
MediaWiki math markup
Wiki markup tables
Range blocks

[edit] New in v1.3

Categorization -- Categorizing MediaWiki articles (especially Wikipedia)
Message substitution enhancement
Edits as patches

[edit] Proposed

WYSIWYG Paint or Sound -- Some kind of Java applet or Flash program so we are capable of adding drawings and melodies quickly
Database abstraction -- let mediawiki run on many other RDMBS than just mysql, e.g. PostgreSQL
Move to ADOdb Database Abstraction Library for PHP (and Python): http://adodb.sourceforge.net/
Field-value pairs -- for metadata and other uses
Deletion management redesign
User details special page: Making it easier to create sysops
Wikipedia client - offline reader and editor (proposed) important for increasing Wikipedia presence in countries with low broadband penetration and high dial-up internet costs
RDF spool
SVG image support
SVG whiteboard
Empty page page
Recent Changes redesign
Wikipedia DTD
Installer ideas
DocBook XML export
WYSIWYM editor -- In-browser WYSIWYG editing (actually not Get but Mean - WYSIWYM)
Edit throttling -- Reduce problems from unruly bots
Anti-vandalism ideas -- more fine-grained options between 'open' and 'protected'
Reverse diff version control -- Storing diffs in the "old" table
Sorting lists and tables -- Extended WikiSyntax with a meta tag for sorting lists and tables.
Post-parse link colouring
E-mail notification (under construction) on page changes (watch-listed pages, user_talk pages)
ACL for pages
Extended template syntax -- for more flexible templates
CURRENTUSER variable - which would contain the name of the current user.

[edit] Technical

Cache strategy: on speeding up the server
Main causes of lag: To deal with a problem, we need to know its cause!
Cross language interface issues
Standards issues
Regarding URLs and change of URL for English pedia
Browser issues with Wikipedia
Title length
History compression
Disk usage
Profiling
Table prefix for db tables: to help admins with only one database
MediaWiki extensions -- hows and wherefores

[edit] Discussion

Server outage message
What is a user?
Thoughts on language integration

[edit] Archaic pages

Wikipedia4 (just questions, for now, what should this include?)
Text in MediaWiki
Personal tools