Wikitext

Wikitext is a document written in a wiki markup language, such as the current one explained in  (see also ). It is a mixture of content, markup, and metadata. The current and old versions of all pages of a wiki are stored in the database in the txttable>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Text table|text table, in the form of wikitext.

User documentation

 * m:Help:Wikitext examples
 * m:Help:Downloading pages, w:Wikipedia:Glossary,

Developer documentation

 * Specs/wikitext/1.0.0 - as of August 2016, the URI used by Parsoid to identify the version of Wikitext it is assuming

Alternatives to MediaWiki Wikitext

 * Wikitax - 2002 proposal
 * Lightweight markup language - Wikipedia article describing markup languages for cases "where it may be necessary to read the raw document as well as the final rendered output"

Implementation

 * PHP Parser - Generated documentation from comments embedded in the source code. A summary of what the PHP parser is as described on that page: "Processes wiki markup (which uses a more user-friendly syntax, such as " link " for making links), and provides a one-way transformation of that wiki markup it into (X)HTML output / markup (which in turn the browser understands, and can display)."
 * Parsoid - translation tool for MediaWiki which translates between HTML5 DOM with RDFa and MediaWiki Wikitext. As of August 2016, the Parsoid/test cases provide important compatibility information about Wikitext.

Discussions from 2015 and later

 * Architecture focus 2015 - 2015 discussion at Lyon Hackathon about the future of MediaWiki, including content representation and transclusion
 * Parsing/Notes/A Spec For Wikitext - Wikimedia Parsing team's discussion structure doc for 2016-08-10 ArchCom office hour (E259)

Discussions prior to 2015

 * Markup spec - early attempt to use a standard metasyntax (such as Backus–Naur Form) to define MediaWiki Wikitext.
 * Parser 2011 early Parsoid documentation, including a 2011 plan for rolling out a new version.
 * Wikitext standard - Page that was active in 2003-2005
 * Wikitext syntax - Quoting the page: I'm just tipping some links onto this page for -- I will clean it up to some sort of coherence later -- Tarquin 16:45, 30 Aug 2003 (UTC)
 * Wikitext.next - Brion VIBBER's thoughts from 2011