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There is video, but so far I haven't been ablt to slice it and keep the audio track intact.
There is video, but so far I haven't been ablt to slice it and keep the audio track intact.
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Audio of the presentation is at http://freephile.com/mediawiki.mp3 (154 MB and 2 hours long)
These screenshots of [[Category:MediaWiki_Sites|sites running MediaWiki]] illustrate the breadth of usage in the software world, and also some compelling theming examples.
 
Audio of my presentation is at http://freephile.com/mediawiki-greg.mp3 (45 minutes long)
 
== What's a Wiki? ==
== 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].
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].

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