Thread:Project:Support desk/Starter questions about MediaWiki

Hello,

Before I even consider using MediaWiki to create a project, I'd like to know a few things that I couldn't find easily and would love cleared up.

Firstly and most importantly: how are MediaWiki wikis edited? I've never been able to work this out. It doesn't say if it uses WYSIWYG, PHP, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, or what.

Also, I'd like to know if MediaWiki... -Has the option to create a favicon -Has the option to have a custom domain -Costs to use -Includes discussion forums for a project -Is ad-free, or if it charges to remove adverts

I hope someone can help :).