3 For system requirements, installation and upgrade details, see the files RELEASE-NOTES,
8 MediaWiki is the software used for Wikipedia [http://www.wikipedia.org/] and the
9 other Wikimedia Foundation websites. Compared to other wikis, it has an
10 excellent range of features and support for high-traffic websites using
11 multiple servers (Wikimedia sites peak in the 5000+ requests per second range
14 While quite usable on smaller sites, you may find you have to "roll your own"
15 local documentation, and some aspects of configuration may seem overcomplicated
16 because MediaWiki is primarily targeted as an in-house tool.
18 The MediaWiki software was written by:
31 * Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
35 The contributors hold the copyright to this work, and it is licensed
36 under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later[1]
37 (see http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.html). Derivative works and later
38 versions of the code must be free software licensed under the same
39 terms. This includes "extensions" that use MediaWiki functions or
40 variables; see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLAndPlugins
43 The Wikimedia Foundation currently has no legal rights to the software.
45 [1] Sections of code written exclusively by Lee Crocker or Erik Moeller are
46 also released into the public domain, which does not impair the obligations of
47 users under the GPL for use of the whole code or other sections thereof.
49 [2] MediaWiki makes use of the Sajax Toolkit by modernmethod,
50 http://www.modernmethod.com/sajax/
51 which has the following license:
53 'This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution
54 License. To view a copy of this license, visit
55 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ or send a letter
56 to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way,
57 Stanford, California 94305, USA.'
59 Many thanks to the Wikimedia regulars for testing and suggestions.
61 The official website for mediawiki is located at:
63 http://www.mediawiki.org/
65 The code is currently maintained in a Subversion repository
66 at svn.wikimedia.org. See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Subversion
69 Please report bugs and make feature requests in our Bugzilla system:
71 http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/
73 Documentation and discussion on new features may be found at:
75 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_FAQ
76 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide
77 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_development
79 Extensions are listed at:
81 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mediawiki_Extensions
83 If you are setting up your own wiki based on this software, it is highly
84 recommended that you subscribe to mediawiki-announce:
86 http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
88 The mailing list is very low volume, and is intended primarily for
89 announcements of new versions, bug fixes, and security issues.
91 A higher volume support mailing list can be found at:
93 http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
95 Developer discussion takes place at:
97 http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
99 There is also a development and support channel #mediawiki on
100 irc.freenode.net, and an unoffical support forum at www.mwusers.com.