MediaWiki is the an wiki software used by Wikipedia and many other sites (including Mahalo). The software was created to handle the content needs of Wikipedia and released as open source software. The software saves previous versions of a page, allowing users to see a page's history and correct a page if an error is made.
MediaWiki Extensions
Extensions allow for the addition of advanced features to MediaWiki. The features include embedding Flash content, adding ratings and including RSS feeds.
MediaWiki Logo
The flower-based MediaWiki logo was originally part of a contest to pick the logo for Wikipedia. It came in 3rd place for the contest and was chosen for use with MediaWiki instead. The flower photo in the logo was photographed by Florence Nibart-Devouard. The double brackets in the logo symbolize a common usage of the MediaWiki markup language.
MediaWiki Tips, Support and Code
MediaWiki: Help | Code Documentation
World Wind Central: Wikification Guide
Wikipedia: Cheatsheet
.Stuff: MediaWiki Tips and Tricks
Blog: MediaWiki Tips
Noel O'Blog: Preventing Spam on MediaWiki (November 7, 2007)
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References
Fast Facts
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Created in 2003
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User of MediaWiki does not need experience with HTML to use the software
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Current version is 1.13
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Originally written by Lee Daniel Crocker
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Flower logo taken from a photograph by Florence Nibart-Devouard
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First wiki ever written by Ward Cunningham in 1994
