MediaWiki
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MediaWiki is wiki software released under the GPL which is used by Wikipedia, other Wikimedia projects and others.
The name "MediaWiki" is often confused with several other, similar, terms; please see Names for an explanation of these.
During the period 21-29 May 2004, all Wikimedia sites have been upgraded to the MediaWiki 1.3 software.
is the latest stable version. Special:Version shows what version a site is running. Wikimedia occasionally runs a beta version. http://test.wikipedia.org is the testing site. You can play around in the local Sandbox to see this version in action.
About
- MediaWiki User's Guide
- Project page at http://www.mediawiki.org/
- Mailing lists, especially wikitech.
- IRC channel
- http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net/mwdoc/ (source code documentation)
See also
- http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net/
- MediaWiki features
- MediaWiki architecture
- MediaWiki history
- MediaWiki roadmap
Obtaining code
See MediaWiki from CVS or get the latest stable version from the sourceforge 'project files' page.
Versions
Future version
MediaWiki roadmap is the established location to talk about new software
The next version of the software is 1.4.
See also w:en:Wikipedia:MediaWiki future directions for speculation on the nature of the next phase in development, and also the w:en:wikitech-l mailing list.
Database dump
For downloadable dumps of Wikipedia's article database, see Wikipedia:Database download. For a description of the database format and fields, see schema.doc.