3 For system requirements, installation and upgrade details, see the files
4 RELEASE-NOTES, INSTALL, and UPGRADE.
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 60000+ 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
39 * Several others (view CREDITS for a more complete list)
41 The contributors hold the copyright to this work, and it is licensed under the
42 terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later[1] (see
43 http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.html). Derivative works and later
44 versions of the code must be free software licensed under the same or a
45 compatible license. This includes "extensions" that use MediaWiki functions or
46 variables; see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLAndPlugins for
49 The Wikimedia Foundation currently has no legal rights to the software.
51 [1] Sections of code written exclusively by Lee Crocker or Erik Moeller are also
52 released into the public domain, which does not impair the obligations of users
53 under the GPL for use of the whole code or other sections thereof.
55 [2] MediaWiki makes use of the Sajax Toolkit by modernmethod,
56 http://www.modernmethod.com/sajax/
57 which has the following license:
59 'This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution
60 License. To view a copy of this license, visit
61 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ or send a letter
62 to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way,
63 Stanford, California 94305, USA.'
65 Many thanks to the Wikimedia regulars for testing and suggestions.
67 The official website for MediaWiki is located at:
69 http://www.mediawiki.org/
71 The code is currently maintained in a Subversion repository at
72 svn.wikimedia.org. See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Subversion for details.
74 Please report bugs and make feature requests in our Bugzilla system:
76 https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/
78 Documentation and discussion on new features may be found at:
80 http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ
81 http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
82 http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Development
84 Extensions are listed at:
86 http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Extensions
88 If you are setting up your own wiki based on this software, it is highly
89 recommended that you subscribe to mediawiki-announce:
91 https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
93 The mailing list is very low volume, and is intended primarily for announcements
94 of new versions, bug fixes, and security issues.
96 A higher volume support mailing list can be found at:
98 https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
100 Developer discussion takes place at:
102 https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
104 There is also a development and support channel #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net,
105 and an unoffical support forum at www.mwusers.com.