MediaWiki development

Any discussion about new features, such as "Who's watching this page?" should be discussed on the wikipedia mailing list. NOT ON THE ENGLISH LIST

General

 * MediaWiki
 * Development policy -- General policy for Wikipedia script development
 * Development tasks
 * Development status
 * MediaWiki architecture
 * MediaWiki testing
 * How to become a MediaWiki hacker

Third party use

 * Running MediaWiki on Linux
 * Running MediaWiki on Mac OS X
 * Running MediaWiki on Windows
 * Database queries on MediaWiki
 * en:Wikipedia:Sites using MediaWiki
 * MediaWiki User's Guide

Implemented

 * Wiki markup syntax
 * Dynamic dates
 * MediaWiki math markup
 * Wiki markup tables

Proposed

 * Field-value pairs -- for metadata and other uses
 * Categorization -- Categorizing MediaWiki articles (especially Wikipedia)
 * 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
 * Message substitution enhancement
 * Edits as patches

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
 * Usability phase I or II
 * Browser issues with Wikipedia

Discussion

 * What is a user?
 * Thoughts on language integration
 * Frequency of search engine cache updates

Archaic pages

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