MediaWiki

thumb|MediaWiki logo MediaWiki is a free web-based wiki software application. Developed by the Wikimedia Foundation and others, it is used to run all of the Foundation’s projects, including Wikipedia, Wiktionary and Wikinews. Numerous other wikis around the world also use it to power their websites. It is written in the PHP programming language and uses a backend database. The software's code is structured functionally. Quotes thumb|300px|A screenshot of a wiki using MediaWiki with a customized skin MediaWiki is a useful tool for supporting group collaboration but when we apply it to the academic setting, we need to consider and adapt some features to match the needs of the classroom environment, which requires mandatory collaborative writing. 61 Eli B. Cohen Growing Information Part I 2009 1932886168 Journal of Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology; Volume 6 While there are many different wiki content-management systems available for free or fee, MediaWiki is one of the most robust and well-maintained systems available to wiki publishers. 223 Search and Social: The Definitive Guide to Real-Time Content Marketing Rob Garner Wiley Publishing 1118287215 2012 MediaWiki makes it very easy both to track changes to the pages of their sites, and to revert to older copies of the pages. William Hagen, Brian Jones Linux Server Hacks, Volume Two 146 O'Reilly Media 2005 0596100825 thumb|300px|Images can be arranged in galleries, a feature that is used extensively for Wikimedia's media archive, Wikimedia Commons. MediaWiki is the most well-known wiki software because it is what runs WikiPedia. MediaWiki is simple to use and an excellent way to start collaborating on documentation or articles. Tim Jowers 2006 1430301015 The Business Guide to Free Information Technology 59 LuLu Press A notable irony of Wikipedia's popularity is that the editing process of its supporting technology, MediaWiki, is complex to learn. Editing Wikipedia pages requires significant investment to learn MediaWiki's unique and powerful code structure. Wired for Learning: An Educator's Guide to Web 2.0 187 1607520966 2009 Terry T. Kidd, Irene Chen Information Age Publishing, Inc. The main downside of publishing a site using MediaWiki is that it won't give you a great opportunity to use or improve your HTML skills. Laura Lemay, Rafe Colburn Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML and CSS in One Hour a Day Sams Publishing 2011 9780672330964 Clear your mind and build your collective offline memory using MediaWiki (http://mediawiki.org), the same software that powers Wikipedia. Lifehacker: The Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, and Better Adam Pash, Gina Trapani Wiley 2011 Hack 73 MediaWiki is not as easy to use as web-based services, but it does have quite good functionality. Using Social Media in the Classroom: A Best Practice Guide 63 Megan Poore 2012 1446268845 Sage MediaWiki is the most popular opensource software used for creating wiki sites. Mizanur Rahman MediaWiki Administrators' Tutorial Guide 2007 Packt Publishing 1904811590 First released in 2002, MediaWiki is one of the top wiki engines and runs most of the wiki hosting sites. The name was a play on “Wikimedia,” and many people find it to be annoyingly confusing. The Everything Guide to Social Media 166 1440506310 John K. Waters, John Lester 2010 F+W Media Inc. MediaWiki (www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki) is one of the best publishing wiki engines in existence. Dan Woods, Peter Thoeny Wikis for Dummies 2007 Wiley Publishing 0470043997 In Germany, we have a famous children's TV show called "Löwenzahn". It starts with a time lapse sequence of a dandelion flower breaking its way through the asphalt. This is what I've always associated with the MediaWiki logo, technology (brackets) being merely the basis for the growth of something wild and beautiful which transcends it. http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/wikitech/61362?do=post_view_threaded#61362 Re: MediaWiki logo experiments Möller, Erik wikitech-l 16 June 2006 Some wiki engines try to represent functionality that's more CMS-like (e.g. complex workflows and access controls), while MediaWiki's functionality tends to be driven by the needs of open communities with minimal barriers to entry. https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AEloquence&diff=4307399&oldid=4303318 User talk:Eloquence Meta-Wiki Möller, Erik 22 October 2012 See also Computers Computer science Internet Programming languages Technology Wikipedia External links MediaWiki Manual:What is MediaWiki? MediaWiki MediaWiki MediaWiki MediaWiki homepage, with Hubs for users, system administrators and developers. MediaWiki on the Meta-Wiki, Wikimedia's meta website. MediaWiki history at MediaWiki #mediawiki on freenode MediaWiki version lifecycle MediaWiki news MediaWiki download page Category:Computer science Category:Programming languages Category:Wikimedia Foundation Category:Internet