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MediaWiki is a web-based wiki software application used by all projects of the Wikimedia Foundation, all wikis hosted by Wikia, and many other wikis, including some of the largest and most popular ones. Originally developed to serve the needs of the free content Wikipedia encyclopedia, today it has also been deployed by companies as an internal knowledge management solution, and as a content management system. Notably, Novell uses it to operate several of its high traffic websites.MediaWiki is written in the PHP programming language, and can use either the MySQL or PostgreSQL relational database management system. Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, MediaWiki is free and open source software.
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- AUDIENCE: system administrator
- LICENSE: gnu general public license (gpl)
- OPERATING SYSTEM: unix
- PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE: php
- USER INTERFACE: web-based
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Truly Revolutionary!
Mediawiki=Wikipedia. Need I say more??!
This is an application that has truly revolutionized the internet and we're going to see this play an important role in the lives of both, businesses and individuals.
Disruptive technological innovation as its best!! Wikinvest is a great example of innovation around Mediawiki.
By ajaxer on February 25th 2008 at 10:44 PM
Game Changer!
MediaWiki is great, it's open source, stable, powerful and extremely useful. It has has a ton of features and still easy to customize. You still need a good deal of technical acumen to get this up and running. Plus, the updates are fast and furious - watch the functionality and power skyrocket thanks to the tremendous community supporting this project.
By 4obama on February 25th 2008 at 10:47 PM
The mother of all wikis!
I think that's an accurate title! Have tried a bunch of wiki implementations and once we went with MediWiki we never have had to look back...
By jerryc on February 27th 2008 at 07:22 PM
The Standard
MediaWiki has essentially defined the concept of wikis and is the defacto standard for wikis across the web. It is the single most recognizable wiki application out there.
The downside is that it is more prone to WikiSPAM than other wiki apps out there. There is AntiSpam extensions, although they could be easier to install...
By donchase on February 27th 2008 at 07:28 PM
Still #1
MediaWiki is the leading wiki engine in the world, and many other wiki engines are written under the influence of standards initiatted by MediaWiki.
WYSWYG editing is a little sketchy and there is little support for FCKedit and TinyMCE.
Still, it towers above all other wikis out there. It is also the only wiki out there that is scale tested to allow for traffic second only to the Googles and Facebooks of the world...
By an anonymous user on March 10th 2008 at 12:15 PM
Powerful but...
...wiki-markup takes a little getting used to..
By kblane on March 25th 2008 at 06:48 AM
Can't get enough
This is probably the single most influential project for the internet (outside of the internet itself!). Wikipedia and all kinds of other "pedias" are powered by this, and Wikipedia's unparalleled impact on ALL internet users just shows the power of the internet and citizen media. Very cool!
By abhinavbakshi@odesk.com on April 23rd 2008 at 08:02 PM
Simply Hot!
The Best php based App. i have ever seen/tested.
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