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-- To edit what appears on this page, |
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<p>Current versions:</p> |
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<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">1.4.7</span><br /> |
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<span style="font-weight:none;">1.5 beta4</span> |
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[[Image:Marguerite 1.JPG|200px|left|Flower power]] |
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'''<span style="color:#f00;">M</span>edia<span style="color:#f00;">W</span>iki''' is a [[:en:free software|free]] Wiki software package licensed under the [[:en:GNU General Public License|GNU General Public License]]. It is used to run [[:en:Wikipedia|<span style="color:#f00;">W</span>iki<span style="color:#f00;">p</span>edia]] and other [[:en:Wikimedia Foundation|<span style="color:#f00;">W</span>iki<span style="color:#f00;">m</span>edia Foundation]] [[wikimedia:Our projects|projects]], as well as [[m:Sites using MediaWiki|many other wikis]]. In case you don't already know, a [[:en:Wiki|wiki]] is a publicly editable website which allows its visitors to collaborate by editing its pages. |
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Thanks to Jeff Carr for some main updates! TESTING |
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However, regarding the confusion between MW, WM, WP, etc, |
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I really think red color is needed. |
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Not all visitors know the subtle differences... |
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So, I reverse... |
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== What is a wiki? == |
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'''''À vaincre sans péril, on triomphe sans gloire.''''' ([[:fr:Pierre_Corneille|Pierre Corneille 1606-1684]]) {{fr}} [[Image:Corneille.jpg|right|120px|Pierre Corneille (1606-1684)]] <br>''To overcome without danger, one triumphs without glory.'' ([[:en:Pierre_Corneille|Pierre Corneille]]) {{en}} |
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Welcome to visitors who are new to the '''[[:en:Wiki|Wiki]]''' concept |
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and probably went here because they clicked on a '''Powered by MediaWiki''' icon. |
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You are entering in a world of respect and trust. |
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'''Yes''' : <u>you can</u> modify this page and <u>you can</u> even (temporarily) publish dummy sentences, |
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and <u>you can</u> even (temporarily) completely destroy the page. |
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You don't need to be a [[:en:Hacker|hacker]] to do this. |
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We suggest you rather exercise yourself within another page ([[Sandbox|just click here to reach such a page]]) |
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as to avoid to other visitors the need to clean this main page after you. |
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== How does MediaWiki work? == |
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MediaWiki uses [[:en:PHP|PHP]] to process and display data stored in its [[:en:MySQL|MySQL]] database. Pages use MediaWiki's wikitext format, so that users without knowledge of XHTML or CSS can edit them easily. When a user submits an edit to a page, MediaWiki writes it to the database, but without deleting the previous versions of the page, thus allowing easy reverts in case of vandalism or spamming. MediaWiki can manage image and multimedia files, too, which are stored in the filesystem. For large wikis with lots of users, MediaWiki supports caching and can be easily coupled with Squid. [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Wikimedia-servers-2005-04-12.png here] you can see an example of a large server farm using MediaWiki. |
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To use MediaWiki, you will need a web server with ''any'' operating system ([[:en:Linux|GNU/Linux]] is suggested), ''any'' |
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HTTP server ([[:en:apache|apache2]] is suggested), PHP >= 4.3 (PHP 4.3.11 is suggested) and MySQL 3.23 (MySQL 4.0.23 is suggested). MediaWiki ships with an installation utility which will enable you to install it using your Web browser. If you do not operate your own server and have only access to one database, mind that MediaWiki is able to share its database with other applications. |
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== MediaWiki Versions == |
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[[Image:Poweredby mediawiki 88x31.png|right]] |
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[[:en:Wiki|Wiki]] sites using the MediaWiki software are generally displaying |
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this icon near the bottom right corner of their pages. |
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* current ''stable'' version is '''1.4.7''' ('''July 16, 2005''') |
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* current ''test'' version is 1.5beta4 (July 30, 2005) |
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[[#Current Releases|Current releases]] and [[#Download|download links]] are listed below. |
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Click on the links below to know which versions and extensions are currently used by : |
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* [[Special:Version|this wiki]] |
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* [[:en:Special:Version|the english wikipedia]] |
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== Documentation == |
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[[Image:Phpdoc-logo-trans.png|right|150px|MediaWiki API documentation uses the phpDocumentor]] |
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* [[m:Help:Contents|MediaWiki User's Guide]] and [[m:Help:MediaWiki architecture|MediaWiki architecture]] on Meta |
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* [[m:Help:Installation|Installation Guide]] |
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* [[m:MediaWiki FAQ|The FAQ]] - please read this before asking questions |
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* [http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/wikipedia/phase3/README?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup README] file. |
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* The [http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/wikipedia/phase3/docs/ docs] directory in the source |
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== Download == |
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[[Image:Sourceforge.net logo.png|right|SourceForge logo image]] |
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Download of <font color="#f00">M</font>edia<font color="#f00">W</font>iki software is available on |
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[[:en:Sourceforge|SourceForge]] and its mirrors. |
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* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikipedia http://sourceforge.net/projects/<font color="#f00">w</font>iki<font color="#f00">p</font>edia] |
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** current stable version is 1.4.7 (July 16, 2005) ([{{download|mediawiki-1.4.7.tar.gz}} mediawiki-1.4.7.tar.gz]) |
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** last version is 1.5beta4 (July 30, 2005) ([{{download|mediawiki-1.5beta4.tar.gz}} mediawiki-1.5beta4.tar.gz]) |
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** read the releases descriptions [[#Current Releases|below]] |
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** read the [[m:Help:Installation|installation guide]] |
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== Communication == |
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[[Image:Metawiki.png|right|100px|Metawiki logo]] |
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* [http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l mediawiki-l] is the mailing list to ask for support. Please check the archives first! |
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* [http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l wikitech-l] is the mailing list where script development is coordinated. |
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* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/ Wikimedia's Meta wiki] is where documents are managed and proposals are discussed. |
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* [irc://irc.freenode.net/mediawiki #MediaWiki on irc.freenode.net] is the IRC channel for realtime communication |
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* [http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/ "MediaZilla"] is where wishes and bugs may be reported or browsed. |
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== Skins == |
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[[Image:Tournesol.png|right|100px|yellow flower image]] |
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Information and links to for how to customize MediaWiki |
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* [[m:Skins|Skins Main Page]] |
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* [[m:Gallery of user styles|Gallery of user styles]] |
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* [[m:MediaWiki look and feel|MediaWiki look and feel]] |
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== Wikimedia Sites == |
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[[Image:Wikimedia-button1.png|right|WikiMedia Foundation Inc. logo image]] |
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Wikimedia sites are generally displaying this icon |
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near the bottom left corner of their pages.<br /> |
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Avoid a possible confusion between the words: |
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* '''<font color="#f00">M</font>edia<font color="#f00">W</font>iki''' (the software, this site) |
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* '''<font color="#f00">W</font>iki<font color="#f00">M</font>edia''' (the foundation, the miscellaneous projects listed below) |
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* '''<font color="#f00">W</font>iki<font color="#f00">P</font>edia''' (the encyclo<font color="#f00">p</font>edia) |
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[[Image:Wikisource.jpg|right|100px|Wikisource logo image]] |
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* [http://www.wikimedia.org Wikimedia projects] |
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** [http://wikimediafoundation.org/ Wikimedia Foundation] |
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*** http://www.wikipedia.org/ |
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*** http://wiktionary.org |
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*** http://quote.wikipedia.org |
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*** http://wikibooks.org |
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*** http://www.wikisource.org |
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*** http://www.wikinews.org |
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*** http://commons.wikimedia.org |
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*** http://species.wikipedia.org/ |
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* [http://download.wikimedia.org Download area] |
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== Development and Usage == |
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[[Image:Bug.png|right|110px|All your bug are belong to me!]] |
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* [[m:MediaWiki feature list|MediaWiki feature list]] |
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** Browse and [http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/ report wishes and bugs] on <span style="color:#f00;">M</span>edia<span style="color:#f00;">Z</font>illa (based on [[:en:Bugzilla|Bugzilla]]) |
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** Browse old list of [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=411195&group_id=34373&func=browse feature requests] (on [[:en:Sourceforge|SourceForge]]) |
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** Browse ''old'' list of ''fixed'' [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=411192&group_id=34373&func=browse bugs] (those ''not fixed'' before the switch to bugzilla were migrated to <span style="color:#f00;">M</span>edia<span style="color:#f00;">Z</span>illa) |
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* [[m:Development policy|Development policy]] |
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* [[m:Sites using MediaWiki|Sites using MediaWiki]] (add yours!) |
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==Important Release Notes== |
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===Stable releases series 1.4.x=== |
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<span style="color:red;">1.4.7 released 2005-07-16</span>: Stable series bugfix release |
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[{{download|mediawiki-1.4.7.tar.gz}} mediawiki-1.4.7.tar.gz] |
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:'''MediaWiki 1.4.7''' is a bug fix release. Those affected by the following problems in 1.4.6 should upgrade: |
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:* Watchlist breakage on MySQL 3.23.x and with table prefix enabled |
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:* Possible breakage in watchlist, some image resizing modes on PHP 4.1.2 |
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:<span style="color:red;">1.4.6 included a fix for a cross-site scripting vulnerability, so anyone running older 1.4 releases is very strongly encouraged to upgrade as well.</span> |
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:Note to upgraders: current versions of MediaWiki are known to produce a large number of notice-level warnings under the newly released PHP 4.4.0. These appear however to be harmless; if you encounter them add this to your LocalSettings.php to suppress the notices: |
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::<code>error_reporting( E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE );</code> |
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:PHP 5.1.0beta3 is known to be incompatible at this time. |
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:'''Changes since last release''': ([http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=342530 full release notes]) |
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:* ([[MediaZilla:2755]], [[MediaZilla:2747]]) MySQL 3.23.x and table prefix compatibility fix: restore old watchlist code |
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:* PHP 4.1.2 compatibility fix: define floatval() equivalent if missing |
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<span style="color:red;">1.4.6 released 2005-07-07</span>: Stable series security and bugfix release. For details of this and all earlier releases, please see [http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net/index.php.old the old main page at wikipedia.sourceforge.net]. |
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===<span style="color:blue">Beta preview releases 1.5</span>=== |
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<span style="color:red;">1.5beta4 released 2005-07-30</span>: '''Beta of next major release''' |
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[{{download|mediawiki-1.5beta4.tar.gz}} mediawiki-1.5beta4.tar.gz] |
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:MediaWiki 1.5 beta 4 is a preview release of the new 1.5 release series, with a number of bug fixes. |
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:'''Changes since last release''': ([http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=345894 full release notes]) |
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<span style="color:red;">1.5beta3 released 2005-07-07</span>: '''Beta of next major release''' |
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[{{download|mediawiki-1.5beta3.tar.gz}} mediawiki-1.5beta3.tar.gz] |
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:MediaWiki 1.5 beta 3 is a preview release of the new 1.5 release series, with a security update over beta 2. Third-party users should probably not use this beta release to run a public site unless paying close attention to development and ongoing releases. |
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:A number of significant changes have been made since the alpha releases, including database changes and a reworking of the user permissions settings. See the file [http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/*checkout*/wikipedia/phase3/UPGRADE?rev=1.11 UPGRADE] for details of upgrading and changing your prior configuration settings for the new system. |
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:'''Changes since last release''': ([http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=340291 full release notes]) |
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Latest revision as of 18:14, 29 December 2023
MediaWiki is a collaboration and documentation platform brought to you by a vibrant community.
The MediaWiki software is used by tens of thousands of websites and thousands of companies and organisations. It powers Wikipedia and also this website. MediaWiki helps you collect and organise knowledge and make it available to people. It's powerful, multilingual, free and open, extensible, customisable, reliable, and free of charge. Find out more and if MediaWiki is right for you.
Set up and run MediaWiki
- Download, install and configure MediaWiki
- Add functionality by installing extensions
- Problems? See errors and symptoms and FAQ
- Don't own a server? Find hosting services
- Get professional development and consulting
- Join MediaWiki Stakeholders user group
Edit and use MediaWiki
Develop and extend code
- Read the MediaWiki developer documentation
- Visit the Wikimedia Developer Portal
Get help and contribute
- Cannot find the answer to a problem with MediaWiki? Ask the support desk!
- Get involved as a translator, designer, documentation writer, tester, tech ambassador, or developer
- Report wrong software behaviour or a feature proposal
News
- 2024-05-03 to 2024-05-05
Wikimedia Hackathon 2024 in Tallinn, Estonia.- 2024-04-17 to 2024-04-19
- MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference Spring 2024 in Portland, OR (USA). (View livestream)
- 2024-03-28
MediaWiki 1.39.7, 1.40.3 and 1.41.1 security releases are now available.- 2023-12-21
MediaWiki 1.41.0 is now available.- MediaWiki 1.35.x versions are now end of life.
- MediaWiki 1.35.14, 1.39.6 and 1.40.2 security releases are now available.
