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


 * ''Se även: Manual:FAQ#How do I install an existing wiki, like Wikipedia or Wiktionary?

Osäker på skillnaden mellan MediaWiki, Wikimedia, Wikipedia och wiki?

Wiki
Ordet wiki, uttalas /vɪkɪ/, är ett hawaiiskt ord som betyder "snabb".

En wiki är en sorts hemsida vars innehåll kan redigeras från webbläsaren, och som sparar en sidhistorik för varje redigerbar sida. Wikier kan ofta, men inte alltid, redigeras av alla besökare.


 * 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 different 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 is a non-profit organization headquartered in San Francisco that runs the Wikimedia projects. Wikimedia Deutschland, Wikimedia Russia etc. are the names of dozens of local chapters of enthusiasts of Wikimedia projects. They are independent from the Wikimedia Foundation and the Wikimedia projects. Wikimedia, depending on the context and locale, is often incorrectly used as 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.
 * Meta should not be confused with MetaWiki, a search engine that is not part of the Wikimedia group of projects.

Wikipedia
Wikipedia är ett Wikimediaprojekt som är en global, fri, och flerspråkig internetbaserad encyklopedi. Den är Wikimedias äldsta och största projekt, den föregår till och med Wikimedia Foundation själv. Wikipedia beskrivs ofta som en wiki, men är i själva verket en samling på över 200 wikier, en för varje språk, som alla drivs av MediaWikis programvara.

MediaWiki
MediaWiki is a particular wiki engine 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.

Se även

 * Webbplatser som använder MediaWiki
 * Hur man blir en MediaWiki-hackare
 * Grants:Learning patterns/Wikimedia lexicon: wiki, wikipedia, wikimedia, wikimania and the confusing wikiblabla
 * Grants:Learning patterns/Wikimedia lexicon: wiki, wikipedia, wikimedia, wikimania and the confusing wikiblabla
 * Grants:Learning patterns/Wikimedia lexicon: wiki, wikipedia, wikimedia, wikimania and the confusing wikiblabla

Video

 * [//www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXD1TRGafQ0 The State of Wikipedia] på YouTube (på engelska)