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== Nice Examples ==
== Nice Examples ==
The skin used on this site is based on [http://paulgu.com/wiki/Mediawiki_Skins the excellent work of Paul Gu]  Developers should check out [[Wiki developers]] for more sites of people like Paul who develop wikis.
I've previously created a custom skin based on [http://paulgu.com/wiki/Mediawiki_Skins the excellent work of Paul Gu]  Developers should check out [[Wiki developers]] for more sites of people like Paul who develop wikis.


There are countless examples of mediawiki installations across the Internet.  Some of the ones that have actually bothered to customize the "look and feel" include
There are countless examples of MediaWiki installations across the Internet.  We've started indexing all the wikis we can find, and you can see a list of the top wikis at {{WikiReportUrl}}. Some of the ones that have actually customized the "look and feel" include
# the [http://linuxfoundation.org/ Linux Foundation] site is powered by Mediawiki, but rumor is that they are moving more content to drupal.
* the [http://techbase.kde.org/ KDE Techbase] is Mediawiki.  The http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Software_Engineering_Framework article explains all their tech platform tools.
* the [http://techbase.kde.org/ KDE Techbase] is Mediawiki.  The http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Software_Engineering_Framework article explains all their tech platform tools.
* The [http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Desktop_Project Tango] project (see "icons" above) runs their website on a customized MediaWiki.
* The [http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Desktop_Project Tango] project (see "icons" above) runs their website on a customized MediaWiki.
* The [http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Main_Page Blender] project has a nice custom skin
* The [http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Main_Page Blender] project has a nice custom skin
* The [http://wiki.eclipse.org/Main_Page Eclipse project] uses MediaWiki for their wiki site
* The [http://wiki.eclipse.org/Main_Page Eclipse project] uses MediaWiki for their wiki site
* [http://amarok.kde.org/wiki/Main_Page Amarok] rocks with MediaWiki
* [https://community.kde.org/Amarok Amarok] rocks with MediaWiki
* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Main_Page Creative Commons]
* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Main_Page Creative Commons]
* [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Special:Version Fedora Project wiki]
* [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Special:Version Fedora Project wiki]
* [http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Main_Page Ubuntu Guide]
* [http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Main_Page Ubuntu Guide]
* [http://kubuntuguide.org/Intrepid Kubuntu Guide]
* http://en.opensuse.org/Welcome_to_openSUSE.org
* http://beagle-project.org/Main_Page
* The [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Main_Page Mozilla Project wiki] runs MediaWiki


I've seen some other projects that have nice Mediawiki skins, but I never bothered to write them down.  A quick search reveals several projects by Suse:
# http://en.opensuse.org/Welcome_to_openSUSE.org
# http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page
# http://beagle-project.org/Main_Page
# http://en.opensuse.org/Welcome_to_openSUSE.org
I hesitate to call it a 'nice example' because it doesn't seem all that compelling, but there is the mozilla project wiki https://wiki.mozilla.org/Main_Page  http://developer.mozilla.org used to run Mediawiki, with a very nice theme and lots of custom templates and graphics.  Now they are running a commercial opensource wiki product called "deki" which is apparently trying to compete in the "enterprise wiki" market.


== Resources ==
== Resources ==