MediaWiki is the wiki softwareW that powers Appropedia, as well as Wikipedia, other Wikimedia FoundationW projects, and many other wikis across the internet.
Extensions
MediaWiki is written primarily in the PHPW scripting language. A large number of extensions are available, which add more functions to a MediaWiki wiki. See Special:Version for the list of extensions currently installed on Appropedia.
MediaWiki namespace
MediaWiki is also a standard namespaceW prefix on all MediaWiki wikis by default, including Appropedia. The MediaWiki namespace contains pages that define many user interface elements. For example, MediaWiki:Common.css contains CSSW style classes that control the appearance of many templates on Appropedia.
Only users who are administrators can edit pages in the MediaWiki namespace.
External links
- Official site
- mw:Manual:Contents - extensive documentation on MediaWiki
- wikipedia:WP:EIW#MediaWiki - Links to pages about MediaWiki in the Editor's index to Wikipedia