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Was the first media wiki software based on usemod? The markup here is more or less the same as what cliff wrote and is still using. I know the language is different, but shouldn't the article mention the history if it's true? [[User:Tedernst|Tedernst]] 21:59, 7 October 2005 (UTC) |
Was the first media wiki software based on usemod? The markup here is more or less the same as what cliff wrote and is still using. I know the language is different, but shouldn't the article mention the history if it's true? [[User:Tedernst|Tedernst]] 21:59, 7 October 2005 (UTC) |
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Of course, [[Magnus Manske]]'s MediaWiki is derived from [[Clifford Adams]]'s [[UseModWiki]] (for his 1991-1999 Usenet Moderation Project), which in turn is derived from [[AtisWiki]], which is derived from the WikiEngine of the [[WikiWikiWeb]]. It should be mentioned. |
Revision as of 01:09, 8 October 2005
See also Wikipedia:MediaWiki namespace.
Name
Since when Wikipedia's engine is named MediaWiki? The article is confusing, saying that MediaWiki was written, and then it was renamed to MediaWiki...--Chealer 08:43, 2004 Nov 17 (UTC)
I read the article and still don't get a clear definition of what is MediaWiki and how it is related to the Wiki project. What is it? Is it the software behind Wikipedia and other Wikis? Is it a special type of program for special types of Wikis? I think the article lacks a clear summary definition on its first paragraph. Evallejr
- Yes, MediaWiki is the software the is behind all of the Wikimedia Organization's projects. This includes Wikipedia, Wikisource, Commons, everything. It is also available to anyone who wishes to use it for their own personal website. Jediarchives11 03:02, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
100% speedup?!
So something that took a finite amount of time before is now done instantly?
WikianJim 00:00, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- 100% speedup means that it runs twice as fast. Speed is increased by 100%. -- Cyrius|✎ 00:37, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- Mathematics. Where x is the original speed, and P is the speedup in decimals (99% = .99, 23% = .23, 100% = 1, 500% = 5), x + Px = the current speed. Ambush Commander 23:43, May 26, 2005 (UTC)
Section editing: MediaWiki or Wikipedia?
A feature of Wikipedia is the ability to edit a section of an article, without having to open the entire article for editing.
Is this a feature of MediaWiki, or is it specific for Wikipedia?
- Its a feature of MediaWiki. 83.100.168.41 13:14, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
links
why are all the links to users and wikipedia: space external links? something about avoiding self-references? i was going to change them, but maybe not... - Omegatron 18:41, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)
- They are external links so they will still link to the actual pages when people reuse the content. Your user page is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Omegatron. Your user page is not at http://lamemirror.example.com/encyclopedia/User:Omegatron. The content may be there, but it is only a copy and not your Wikipedia user page. Likewise, our policy pages are on en.wikipedia.org, not whatever random mirror hasn't bothered to remove the project namespace. -- Cyrius|✎ 28 June 2005 12:24 (UTC)
Ramifications of English Wikipedia switching to UTF-8?
Now that Wikipedia has upgraded to MediaWiki 1.5 β1 and the English site's character encoding has switched from ISO-8859-1 to UTF-8, do numeric character references have a place in English Wikipedia articles anymore? What is or will be the policy on this? —Tokek 28 June 2005 06:09 (UTC)
- Use them if you like, don't if you don't. The software doesn't enforce "policies" like this. :)
- Note that the vast majority of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia sites have been running on UTF-8 for years, this one was one of the few laggards. --Brion July 5, 2005 05:10 (UTC)
MonoBook
Should this article say something about when the MonoBook skin was introduced? Or is that unrelated?
Acegikmo1 22:50, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
ETA?
Does anyone know how close we are to a stable version of MediaWiki 1.5 and when it will be released for public use? A week? Less? I bought a website to start a wiki and I thought that 1.5 was close enough that it wouldn't be worth it to start with 1.4 then upgrade. So if someone could give me an estimated date when 1.5 stable is released I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks. Jediarchives11 02:50, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
- Article now says it was released 5 Oct 05 Tedernst 21:59, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
History?
Was the first media wiki software based on usemod? The markup here is more or less the same as what cliff wrote and is still using. I know the language is different, but shouldn't the article mention the history if it's true? Tedernst 21:59, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
Of course, Magnus Manske's MediaWiki is derived from Clifford Adams's UseModWiki (for his 1991-1999 Usenet Moderation Project), which in turn is derived from AtisWiki, which is derived from the WikiEngine of the WikiWikiWeb. It should be mentioned.