User:The Transhumanist/Outline of MediaWiki

The following outline is presented as an overview of and topical guide to MediaWiki:

MediaWiki (MediaWiki) – free software open source wiki package written in PHP, originally for use on Wikipedia. It is now also used by several other projects of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation and by many other wikis, including www.mediawiki.org, the official website of MediaWiki.

What type of thing is MediaWiki?

 * Wiki software – computer program that runs a wiki, i.e., a website that allows users to create and collaboratively edit web pages via a web browser
 * Collaborative software
 * Free software
 * Open-source software

MediaWiki system requirements

 * Template:DownloadMediaWiki/en – MediaWiki requires PHP + and either + or one of the other three possible stores.

How to install MediaWiki

 * Manual:FAQ

MediaWiki community

 * Professional development and consulting – list of self-declared professionals for hire
 * MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group – (defunct?) user group consisting of MediaWiki developers, system administrators, consultants, and hosting providers who cooperate in order to improve the software and advocate the needs of MediaWiki users outside the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) and its projects.
 * MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group/Mission – nexus of support for MediaWiki users outside the Wikimedia sites.
 * MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group Communications
 * https://riot.im/app/#/room/#mwstake-general:matrix.org – appears to be active
 * Hosting services – list
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History of MediaWiki
MediaWiki
 * MediaWiki version history

Wikis that are run on MediaWiki
Sites using MediaWiki

Wikimedia wikis

 * Sites using MediaWiki/Wikimedia
 * wmf:Special:SiteMatrix (Table of Mediawiki wikis)

Wikimedia projects

 * wikimedia.org (Lists the projects, in a matrix)
 * Wikimedia projects: