MediaWiki

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The MediaWiki logo. The brackets around the sunflower symbolise the way internal links are created when editing pages.

MediaWiki is the name of the software that runs most of the Wikipedias and its sister Wikimedia projects. The Simple English Wikipedia has been running on MediaWiki since 18 December, having previously been on UseMod. MediaWiki was previously called "Phase III".

The software is licensed under the GPL. This means it is free content, or open source.

Phase II was when Wikipedia first moved from the Usemod software to something written in PHP. The software uses an underlying MySQL relational database. Other programmers are strongly urged to get involved.

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Information and discussion about this software can be found on the following pages:

• www.mediawiki.org
• Wikitech-L mailing list (technical discussions regarding the development)
• Sites using MediaWiki
• m:MediaWiki
• m:MediaWiki User's Guide
• Sourceforge: MediaWiki Project page
• Sourceforge: MediaWiki Bug reports
• Sourceforge: MediaWiki Feature requests
• PHP script FAQ
• PHP script automatic wikification (former feature)
• m:How to become a Wikipedia hacker (installation advice)