User:The Transhumanist/Outline of MediaWiki

The following outline is presented as an overview of and topical guide to MediaWiki:

MediaWiki (MediaWiki) – free software open source wiki package written in PHP, originally for use on Wikipedia. It is now also used by several other projects of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation and by many other wikis, including www.mediawiki.org, the official website of MediaWiki.

What is MediaWiki?

 * Wiki software – computer program that runs a wiki, i.e., a website that allows users to create and collaboratively edit web pages via a web browser
 * Collaborative software
 * Free software
 * Open-source software

MediaWiki system requirements

 * Template:DownloadMediaWiki/en – MediaWiki requires PHP + and either + or one of the other three possible stores.

How to install MediaWiki

 * Manual:FAQ

History of MediaWiki
MediaWiki
 * MediaWiki version history

Wikis that are run on MediaWiki
Sites using MediaWiki

Wikimedia wikies

 * Sites using MediaWiki/Wikimedia
 * wmf:Special:SiteMatrix (Table of Mediawiki wikis)

Wikimedia projects

 * wikimedia.org (Lists the projects, in a matrix)
 * Wikimedia projects: