MediaWiki

MediaWiki is the 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.

Fast Facts

1. Created in 2003
2. License: GPL
3. Written in: PHP
4. Database: MySQL
5. Current stable version is 1.12
6. Originally written by Lee Daniel Crocker
7. Flower logo taken from photograph by Florence Nibart-Devouard

MediaWiki Extensions

Extensions allow for the addition of advanced features to MediaWiki. These include features such as, embedding Flash content, adding ratings and RSS feed inclusion.

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.

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