Differences between Wikipedia, Wikimedia, MediaWiki, and wiki/yo


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Wiki
The word "wiki", pronounced /ˈwɪki/ or WIK-ee, is a Hawaiian word meaning "quick".

A wiki is a type of website whose contents can be edited from the web browser, and which keeps a version history for each editable page. Wikis are often, but not always, editable by any visitor to the site.


 * wiki (as an adjective), "the wiki way", and the antonym un-wiki are also used to describe the community-oriented philosophy that goes with such a system (e.g. "that's not a very wiki way of doing things").
 * Wiki (with a capital 'W') is an incorrect term, although it has sometimes been used to refer to either Wikipedia or the Portland Pattern Repository (also known as WikiWikiWeb), which was the first wiki to be created.
 * wiki software and wiki engine are terms referring to pieces of software that power wiki websites. There are many types of wiki software; some very simple, others with advanced features.

See also: Wikipedia's entry on "wiki software".

For a more complete description, see Wikipedia's entry on "wiki".

Wikimedia
Wikimedia is the collective name for the Wikimedia movement, revolving around a group of inter-related projects, including Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikiquote and others, which aim to use the collaborative power of the Internet, and the wiki concept, to create and share free knowledge of all kinds.


 * The term Wikimedia servers is often used, referring to the computer hardware on which all Wikimedia projects are hosted.
 * Wikimedia Foundation jẹ ajọ ti ko ni ere ti o wa ni ilu San Francisco ti o nṣiṣẹ awọn iṣẹ akanṣe Wikimedia ati sọfitiwia MediaWiki. Wikimedia Deutschland, Wikimedia Russia etc. are the names of dozens of local chapters of enthusiasts of Wikimedia projects. They are independent of the Wikimedia Foundation and the Wikimedia projects. Wikimedia, depending on the context and locale, is often incorrectly used as a short name for the Wikimedia projects, or a chapter, or the Wikimedia Foundation (the latter can happen also on this wiki).
 * The Wikimedia Meta-Wiki, commonly referred to as Meta, is the wiki used to discuss issues which affect all Wikimedia projects. See also: Meta:About.

Wikipedia
Wikipedia jẹ iṣẹ akanṣe Wikimedia kan ti o jẹ agbaye, ọfẹ ati ìmọ ọfẹ intanẹẹti pupọ. O jẹ iṣẹ akanṣe Wikimedia atijọ ati ti o tobi julọ, ti a da ni ọdun 2001 ti o ṣaju Wikimedia Foundation funrararẹ, eyiti o da ni ọdun 2003. Wiki ni igbagbogbo ṣe apejuwe bi wiki, ṣugbọn ni otitọ o jẹ akojọpọ awọn wiki to ju 200 lọ, ọkan fun ede kọọkan, gbogbo wọn nṣiṣẹ lori sọfitiwia MediaWiki.

MediaWiki
MediaWiki is a particular wiki engine software developed for and used by Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects. MediaWiki is freely available for others to use (and improve), and it is in use by all sorts of projects and organizations around the world.

This site, mediawiki.org, is intended for information about MediaWiki and related software.

Video

 * [//www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXD1TRGafQ0 "The State of Wikipedia"] (2011 animation, narrated by Jimmy Wales) on YouTube