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DESCRIPTION
MediaWiki is the collaborative editing software that runs Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, and other projects. It's designed to handle a large number of users and pages without imposing too rigid a structure or workflow. It is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
WHAT'S NEW
Version 1.13:
  • 59,000 new localised text messages have been added, taking the total to 266,000, spread across 281 languages
  • New special pages: FileDuplicateSearch, ListGroupRights
  • Special:UserRights and Special:SpecialPages have been redesigned
  • More options on Special:Recentchangeslinked and Special:WhatLinksHere
  • New parser functions: PAGESINCATEGORY, PAGESIZE
  • Can hide categories with __HIDDENCAT__
  • Friendlier behaviour for users who click a red link but can't edit
  • Image redirects are now enabled by default
  • Drop-down AJAX search suggestions ($wgEnableMWSuggest)
  • Search results show image thumbnails
  • The search box in the MonoBook sidebar can be moved up by editing [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]]
  • Double redirects created by a page move can be fixed automatically
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X, Apache, MySQL


Developer:mediawiki.org
Downloads:15,160
  - Version d/l:109
Internet:Reference
License:Free
Date:21 Aug 2008
Platform:PPC/Intel
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MediaWiki User Reviews (4 posts)Write A Review
Jul 20 2007

BEBDABHRHBRWEFG 3R§5Y5H4WTEDSFB  it's good stuff - if a bit overengineered for most peoples' needs - and of course it's free, but is glaringly let down by the software's insistence you use 'CamelCase' for all pages you create. a problem which exists with Wikipedia itself.

in other words don't expect to be able to create articles about 'iPods' or 'iPhones', MediaWiki will insist you use 'Ipod' or 'Iphone' - it may be a minor niggle, but becomes more significant if you're intending to use MediaWiki for some kind of mac-related wiki site.  (Version 1.10.1)

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Jan 19 2006
*****

BURRO  Oh come on! No one else is reviewing??

It's free! It's amazing! It's fast, stable, incredibly useful, and easy to learn!!

If I could add just 2 features, they would be (1) more of a WYSIWYG editor, and (2) the ability to assign moderators to pages so that edits are held until approved.

(1) would make this tool much easy to use for non-techies -- I've run into this several times... trying to use a wiki for collaborative document development but having to give up because non-techies were too intimidated or found it too difficult.

(2) Would make it a much more useful tool for collaborative document development and in smaller communities where there is are not enough people in the pool to monitor collectively for mistakes, whackos, etc.

But this is still an awesome tool!  (Version 1.5.6)

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