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== Preface ==
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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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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences
 
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# DONE Do slides on s5 so I can play and distribute the slides
 
# DONE Do slides on s5 so I can play and distribute the slides
 
# DONE write an extension that creates an s5 slideshow from mw article(s)
 
# DONE write an extension that creates an s5 slideshow from mw article(s)
# DONE Ask Andy Oram for the O'Reilly MediaWiki book
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# DONE Contact Andy Oram about getting a copy of the O'Reilly MediaWiki book; invite
# 80% Write outline for Mark
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# 50% Complete presentation
 
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MediaWiki is the free software (GPL) that runs Wikipedia under the auspices of the Wikimedia Foundation.
 
MediaWiki is the free software (GPL) that runs Wikipedia under the auspices of the Wikimedia Foundation.
  
I'm Greg Rundlett, a free software advocate who lives in Newburyport, MA with my wife and two sons.  I'm here to show you a lot of things about the wiki system called MediaWiki and hope that you'll take away a lot from this presentation.  The great thing about sharing knowledge; like sharing free software; is that you can take away as much as you possibly can and I may take away an even greater knowledge than I started with just from our sharing.
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I'm Greg Rundlett, a free software advocate who lives in Newburyport, MA with my wife and two sons.  I'm here to show you a lot of things about the wiki system called MediaWiki and hope that you'll take away a lot from this presentation.  The great thing about sharing knowledge; like sharing free software; is that you can take away as much as you possibly can and I may take away an even greater knowledge than I started with just from our sharing.  Nobody has less, everybody has more.
  
 
Oh, and I do have some tangible free and cool stuff too. Freebies (books, commons)
 
Oh, and I do have some tangible free and cool stuff too. Freebies (books, commons)
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=== Creating Slideshows ===
 
=== Creating Slideshows ===
 
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