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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://www.archive.org/details/collaboration.at.wiki.speed-audio-part1 <!-- and locally at http://freephile.com/mediawiki-greg.mp3 (45 minutes long) -->
== What's a Wiki? ==
The growth curve of MediaWiki is exponential. The quality of the software is excellent.
Does your wiki have [http://wikimania2006.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page conferences]?
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WikiPedia now has over ten million articles across 250 languages!
; WYSIWYG editor :Weird Yucky Sucky Interference With Your Goodness
# <ol><li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Cacycle/wikEd WikEd] is a full wysiwyg editor with special features for MediaWiki. You can install it for yourself in a single browser as a user script http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/12529 or you can install it into your mediawiki MediaWiki installation. {{Messagebox ||type=normal|text=wikEd is enabled sitewide on this wiki. Turn it on in your [[Special:Preferences|Preferences]] settings}}# <li> FCK Editor is a full wysiwyg editor that includes page link searching as you type# <li> Java project called Textile-J is now an Eclipse plugin called the "Mylyn WikiText component" that does wiki markup http://www.eclipseplugincentral.com/Web_Links-index-req-viewlink-cid-1098.html# <li> Kaltura does a collaborative video editing solution http://corp.kaltura.com/wiki/index.php/MediaWiki_Extension</ol>
==== WikEd ====
==== FCK Editor ====
* http://www.mediawikiMediaWiki.org/wiki/Extension:FCKeditor_(by_FCKeditor_and_Wikia)
In 2007 it was announced that a WYSIWYG editor would be built for MediaWiki. Wikia (Jimmy Wales' for-profit venture) started work on it. It still isn't ready for prime time. Note that I had to patch a minor bug to get it to work and even then, it did funny things with my article (wanted to collapse a line-break between template tag and next line resulting in a space being inserted prior to the next line, resulting in preformatted text rendering for that line.
Other points about using MediaWiki
* Style sheets and
* Use this http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/6372 Greasemonkey script to show any mediawiki MediaWiki page as a presentation
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# Subpages
# [[Templates ]] "[[transclusion]]"
## <pre><noinclude> </noinclude> <includeonly></includeonly></pre> [[Template:Messagebox]] example.
## arguments
## Templates used on this page
## copying from mediawiki MediaWiki [[Special:ExpandTemplates]]
# Categories
# Navigation (talk about in Administration)
== Administering it ==
=== Extensions ===
# [http://www.mediawikiMediaWiki.org/wiki/Manual:Extensions The Manual]# [http://www.mediawikiMediaWiki.org/wiki/Extension_Matrix An incomplete list of extensions]
So many examples, which ones to highlight?
==== Timelines ====
# http://www.mediawikiMediaWiki.org/wiki/Extension:EasyTimeline
# http://www.ehartwell.com/InfoDabble/MediaWiki_extension:_Timeline
MIT's SIMILE project Timeline is integrated into Semantic MediaWiki
== Getting it, Installing it ==
MediaWiki is developed using a Continuous Integration approach meaning that their trunk is tested and running in production http://www.mediawikiMediaWiki.org/wiki/Version_lifecycle
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[http://www.mediawikiMediaWiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN use svn] to get it, and that way updating your installation is as simple as <code>svn up</code>
=== Integration with Software Development ===
# CodeReview http://www.mediawikiMediaWiki.org/wiki/Extension:CodeReview e.g. http://www.mediawikiMediaWiki.org/wiki/Special:Code/MediaWiki/44245#c829# [http://www.mediawikiMediaWiki.org/wiki/Extension:ExtensionDistributor ExtensionDistributor] ([https://wikitech.leuksman.com/view/ExtensionDistributor info]) is a tool that automatically packages code from subversion and sends the user a tarball. There is a lot of interesting information at wikitech that describes how the WikiMedia Foundation is operated technically
=== Setup for an intranet and/or KB ===
* http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:UploadForm.js/Documentation
* http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Redesigning_the_upload_form
* http://www.mediawikiMediaWiki.org/wiki/User:Pfctdayelise/Manual:Uselang_hack
== Resources ==
