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 50000+ 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
38 The contributors hold the copyright to this work, and it is licensed
39 under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later[1]
40 (see http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.html). Derivative works and later
41 versions of the code must be free software licensed under the same
42 terms. This includes "extensions" that use MediaWiki functions or
43 variables; see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLAndPlugins
46 The Wikimedia Foundation currently has no legal rights to the software.
48 [1] Sections of code written exclusively by Lee Crocker or Erik Moeller are
49 also released into the public domain, which does not impair the obligations of
50 users under the GPL for use of the whole code or other sections thereof.
52 [2] MediaWiki makes use of the Sajax Toolkit by modernmethod,
53 http://www.modernmethod.com/sajax/
54 which has the following license:
56 'This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution
57 License. To view a copy of this license, visit
58 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ or send a letter
59 to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way,
60 Stanford, California 94305, USA.'
62 Many thanks to the Wikimedia regulars for testing and suggestions.
64 The official website for MediaWiki is located at:
66 http://www.mediawiki.org/
68 The code is currently maintained in a Subversion repository
69 at svn.wikimedia.org. See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Subversion
72 Please report bugs and make feature requests in our Bugzilla system:
74 http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/
76 Documentation and discussion on new features may be found at:
78 http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ
79 http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
80 http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Development
82 Extensions are listed at:
84 http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Extensions
86 If you are setting up your own wiki based on this software, it is highly
87 recommended that you subscribe to mediawiki-announce:
89 http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
91 The mailing list is very low volume, and is intended primarily for
92 announcements of new versions, bug fixes, and security issues.
94 A higher volume support mailing list can be found at:
96 http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
98 Developer discussion takes place at:
100 http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
102 There is also a development and support channel #mediawiki on
103 irc.freenode.net, and an unoffical support forum at www.mwusers.com.