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What's a Wiki? Wiki is the Hawaiian word for quick, and Ward Cunningham - the inventor of the wiki - named his project after the wiki wiki shuttle. A backcronym that is probably equally apropos is WIKI stands for "What I Know Is..." MediaWiki is the free software (GPL) that runs Wikipedia under the auspices of == Meet the speaker ==[[httpImage://wwwThomas Jefferson rev.wikimediajpg|thumb|right|He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.org/ Wikimedia Foundation].]
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== Preface ==
This article is the basis for a presentation on MediaWiki that will be given at the January 14th 2009 meeting of the BostonPHP group. [http://www.bostonphp.org/component/option,com_gigcal/task,details/gigcal_gigs_id,65/Itemid,42/ Please RSVP to the calendar item at the BostonPHP website] if you plan to attend.
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== Intro ==
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== What's a Wiki? ==
Wiki is the Hawaiian word for quick, and Ward Cunningham - the inventor of the wiki - named his project after the wiki wiki shuttle. A backcronym that is probably equally apropos is WIKI stands for "What I Know Is..." MediaWiki is the free software (GPL) that runs Wikipedia under the auspices of the [http://www.wikimedia.org/ Wikimedia Foundation].
I'm Greg Rundlett [http://iic.harvard.edu/people] [http://freephile.com] [http://rundlett.com], a free software advocate who lives in Newburyport, MA with my wife and two sons.
Plus our organizer Mark Withington has arranged through the BostonPHP association with O'Reilly Media for some free books to be given away as well.
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== Using it - Why? ==
Wikis are immensely popular and come in many flavors. It was late 2006 to early 2007 when 'wiki' reached it's zenith as a buzzword in the news.<ref>[http://www.google.com/trends?q=wiki Google Trends for keyword wiki]</ref> But wikis have not faded into the sunset like last years fashion. I'll point out a few reasons why you should choose MediaWiki as your wiki platform.
=== Creating Slideshows ===
[[MediaWiki/Slideshow]]
<pre><slide>flowerpixel</slide></pre> will create a nice slideshow<slide>flowerpixel</slide>
from http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:BR/S5_slide_for_mediawiki_documentation/en
