Books about MediaWiki
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Various books about MediaWiki software have been published, emphasizing the technical aspects of MediaWiki. (There are many other books about Wikipedia specifically; they are not included in this list.)
| Title | Author | Publisher | Year | Language | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working With MediaWiki | Yaron Koren | WikiWorks Press | 2012, 2014, 2017, 2020 | English | ISBN 978-0615720302 (1st edition), ISBN 978-1540761149 (2nd edition). Wikitext, installation, templates, parser functions, extensions, controlling spam, improving search administration, best practices. Readable online. |
| MediaWiki | Daniel J. Barrett | O'Reilly Media | 2008 | English | ISBN 0-596-51979-6. Wikitext, installation, templates, parser functions, DPL, extension programming, administration, best practices, tips for corporate wikis |
| MediaWiki 1.1 Beginner's Guide | Jeff Orloff, Mizanur Rahman | Packt Publishing | 2010 | English | ISBN 978-1-847196-04-0. Installing and administering MediaWiki to build a successful wiki, focus on beginners, up-to-date with MediaWiki version 1.15. |
| MediaWiki Administrators' Tutorial Guide | Mizanur Rahman | Packt Publishing | 2007 | English | ISBN 978-1-904811-59-6. MediaWiki Administrators’ tutorial guide to install, manage, and customize your MediaWiki installation. |
| MediaWiki efficace | Daniel J. Barrett | Eyrolles | 2009 | French | ISBN 2-212-12466-X, A translation of O'Reilly's MediaWiki. |
| MediaWiki Skins Design | Richard Carter | Packt Publishing | 2008 | English | ISBN 1-847-19520-2. Skinning MediaWiki |
| Professional Wikis | Mark S. Choate | Wrox | 2007 | English | (Google Books preview) Installation, wikitext, images, magic words, templates, skins, extensions, API, performance (memcached etc). |
| Wikis und Blogs | Christoph Lange (Ed.) | Computer- und Literaturverlag | 2007 | German | ISBN 3-936546-44-4, Includes a comparison with other wiki implementations (UseModWiki, PmWiki, FlexWiki) |