User:RohitAgarwal

MediaWiki is one of the many websites started by Wikimedia Organization. WikiMedia Organization was started to share knowledge. "Wikimedia is a global movement whose mission is to bring free educational content to the world." says the webpage of WikiMedia. The most famous information website 'Wikipedia' is also a part of this. MediaWiki is and open source software. It is written in PHP. This proves that his organization was never started for personal benefit or for filling one's piggy bank but only for sharing knowledge as I said before. I always wanted to know who was the creator of Wikipedia. Ifound it and saw MediaWiki on the website but never considered to open it but I joined the Google-Melange's Code In competition and saw Wikimedia's task which also included MediaWiki. I finally found this website and now I regret of not opening it before. This website is very useful for people who look out for such things. One of the easiest things to do is to sign up for an account. You will be asked for a Username, Password, a security check and an optional e-mail address. Talking about the Ui of the page I wasn't impressed at start. The UI is simple and sober. But thats not too bad. Everybody knows that complex UI and even unnecessary decoration ‌‌‌‌‌‌‌looks awkward. The UI can be improved without bearing the loss of of the basic layout of the page. My suggestions for the page will be :- 1. Look out for a better logo. The current one is good but it's not matching with the logos of the other websites by WikiMedia Organization. 2. A better UI can be made organizing the contents in different groups and enhancing the unique features and important data. 3. A small manual can be made regarding the content, signing up and a little information about the organization. 4. MediaWiki as a website is not much famous. Steps should be taken to make it popular. Advertising doesn't look like a good idea as it will be costly for a non-earning organizations. Little things can be done like organizing a online competition. WikiMedia can also add a "Try Other Websites By WikiMedia Organization", "Other WikiMedia Projects" or "Search For (topic) On" section at the bottom of the webpages on all WikiMedia websites and give the names and logos of other websites started by WikiMedia. 5. Extend the contents of the page. 6. Don't not advertise on your page as the organization will not be independent anymore and will also the 'standard' of the organization will be lost. 7. Provide Chat feature among users. 8. Can also provide a Paid-premium membership which will include great features.