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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 | + | These screenshots of [[Category:MediaWiki_Sites|sites running MediaWiki]] illustrate the breadth of usage in the software world, and also some compelling theming examples. |
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| + | Audio of my presentation is at http://freephile.com/mediawiki-greg.mp3 (45 minutes long) | ||
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== 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]. | ||
