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@@ -1,122 +1,33 @@ -For system requirements, installation and upgrade details, see the files -RELEASE-NOTES, INSTALL, and UPGRADE. - == MediaWiki == -MediaWiki is the software used for Wikipedia [http://www.wikipedia.org/] and the -other Wikimedia Foundation websites. Compared to other wikis, it has an -excellent range of features and support for high-traffic websites using -multiple servers (Wikimedia sites peak in the 100K+ requests per second range -as of January 2012). - -While quite usable on smaller sites, you may find you have to "roll your own" -local documentation, and some aspects of configuration may seem overcomplicated -because MediaWiki is primarily targeted as an in-house tool. - -The MediaWiki software was written by: -* Lee Daniel Crocker -* Magnus Manske -* Jan Hidders -* Brion Vibber -* Axel Boldt -* Geoffrey T. Dairiki -* Tomasz Wegrzanowski -* Erik Moeller -* Tim Starling -* Gabriel Wicke -* Antoine Musso -* Evan Prodromou -* Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason -* Niklas Laxström -* Domas Mituzas -* Rob Church -* Jens Frank -* Yuri Astrakhan -* Aryeh Gregor -* Aaron Schulz -* Andrew Garrett -* Raimond Spekking -* Alexandre Emsenhuber -* Siebrand Mazeland -* Chad Horohoe -* Roan Kattouw -* Trevor Pascal -* Bryan Tong Minh -* Sam Reed -* Victor Vasiliev -* Rotem Liss -* Platonides -* Many others (view CREDITS for a more complete list) - -The contributors hold the copyright to this work, and it is licensed under the -terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later (see -http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.html). Derivative works and later -versions of the code must be free software licensed under the same or a -compatible license. This includes "extensions" that use MediaWiki functions or -variables; see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLAndPlugins for -details. - -The Wikimedia Foundation currently has no legal rights to the software. - -Sections of code written exclusively by Lee Crocker or Erik Moeller are also -released into the public domain, which does not impair the obligations of users -under the GPL for use of the whole code or other sections thereof. - -MediaWiki makes use of the Sajax Toolkit by modernmethod, -http://www.modernmethod.com/sajax/ which has the following license: - - 'This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution - License. To view a copy of this license, visit - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ or send a letter - to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, - Stanford, California 94305, USA.' - -MediaWiki use Creative Commons license marks to points to their online -licenses. This content is trademarked and used under a specific license -available at http://creativecommons.org/policies#trademark -The restricted content is: - -* skins/common/images/cc-by-nc-sa.png -* skins/common/images/cc-by-sa.png - -Many thanks to the Wikimedia regulars for testing and suggestions. - -The official website for MediaWiki is located at: +MediaWiki is a popular and free, open-source wiki software package written in +PHP. It serves as the platform for Wikipedia and the other projects of the Wikimedia +Foundation, which deliver content in over 280 languages to more than half a billion +people each month. MediaWiki's reliability and robust feature set have earned it a +large and vibrant community of third-party users and developers. - http://www.mediawiki.org/ +MediaWiki is: -The code is currently maintained in a Git repository at -gerrit.wikimedia.org. See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Git for details. +* feature-rich and extensible, both on-wiki and with over 2,000 extensions; +* scalable and suitable for both small and large sites; +* available in your language; and +* simple to install, working on most hardware/software combinations. -Please report bugs and make feature requests in our Bugzilla system: - -* https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/ - -Documentation and discussion on new features may be found at: - -* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ -* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation -* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Development - -Extensions are listed at: - -* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Extensions - -If you are setting up your own wiki based on this software, it is highly -recommended that you subscribe to mediawiki-announce: - -* https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce - -The mailing list is very low volume, and is intended primarily for announcements -of new versions, bug fixes, and security issues. - -A higher volume support mailing list can be found at: - -* https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l - -Developer discussion takes place at: - -* https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l +For system requirements, installation, and upgrade details, see the files +RELEASE-NOTES, INSTALL, and UPGRADE. -There is also a development and support channel #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net, -and an unoffical support forum at www.mwusers.com. +* Ready to get started? +** https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download +* Looking for the technical manual? +** https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Contents +* Seeking help from a person? +** https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Communication +* Looking to file a bug report or a feature request? +** https://bugs.mediawiki.org/ +* Interested in helping out? +** https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/How_to_contribute + +MediaWiki is the result of global collaboration and cooperation. The CREDITS +file lists technical contributors to the project. The COPYING file explains +MediaWiki's copyright and license (GNU General Public License, version 2 or +later). Many thanks to the Wikimedia community for testing and suggestions. |