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Siebrand Mazeland 7ec00fa118 (bug 29011) Remove hard coded text from Special:LockDb.
Who locked the database and when will be displayed in the content language, as reason, locker and timestamp are saved in $wgReadOnlyFile.
2011-05-16 23:21:32 +00:00
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docs three new hooks in SpecialUndelete.php from Wikia codebase so that extensions, such as the Video extension, can use their custom PageArchive class 2011-05-16 13:30:32 +00:00
extensions Follow up r74684 : use default path if MW_INSTALL_PATH is not present. 2010-10-30 11:43:03 +00:00
images * Fix for bug 28534: IE 6 content type detection again 2011-05-05 05:29:50 +00:00
includes (bug 29011) Remove hard coded text from Special:LockDb. 2011-05-16 23:21:32 +00:00
languages (bug 29011) Remove hard coded text from Special:LockDb. 2011-05-16 23:21:32 +00:00
maintenance (bug 29011) Remove hard coded text from Special:LockDb. 2011-05-16 23:21:32 +00:00
mw-config (bug 1379) Installer directory conflicts with some hosts' configuration panel. 2011-02-26 12:35:23 +00:00
resources Update deprecated shortcuts to current values as of 2011-version of QUnit 2011-05-16 22:54:54 +00:00
serialized * Introduced a non-dummy collation for $wgCategoryCollation, namely UCA with default tables. 2011-01-17 14:02:22 +00:00
skins Kill diff.js with fire. It only applies to versions of Gecko that were released before Nov 2002, which is waaaay beyond what we support, or what anyone could conceivably be using in this day and age. 2011-05-14 23:49:29 +00:00
tests Removed configuration storage in the MediaWiki class: 2011-05-16 16:46:30 +00:00
api.php Revert r87635, r87637, r87639, r87643 (MW_MIN_PHP_VERSION etc.): breaks HipHop support. 2011-05-15 13:21:16 +00:00
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COPYING * Reformatted several text documents to be a hybrid between wikitext and plain text, so that they look nicer in the new installer. 2010-12-06 13:30:24 +00:00
CREDITS Bump to 1.19 2011-05-14 23:08:43 +00:00
FAQ
HISTORY Revert r87542 and rename RELEASE-NOTES to keep them both in trunk and branch 2011-05-07 14:45:48 +00:00
img_auth.php * Fix for bug 28534: IE 6 content type detection again 2011-05-05 05:29:50 +00:00
img_auth.php5
index.php Removed configuration storage in the MediaWiki class: 2011-05-16 16:46:30 +00:00
index.php5
INSTALL Require at least PHP 5.2.3. There's not much point increasing the minimum to 5.2.0, as I argued at http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2010-November/050138.html . But requiring 5.2.3 is a significant win. Updates r83217. 2011-03-14 10:42:07 +00:00
load.php Revert r87635, r87637, r87639, r87643 (MW_MIN_PHP_VERSION etc.): breaks HipHop support. 2011-05-15 13:21:16 +00:00
load.php5 load.php5 support for r72349 2010-09-04 19:54:39 +00:00
opensearch_desc.php
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profileinfo.php Add a content type and encoding header to profileinfo.php, encoding was borked 2011-02-11 19:28:04 +00:00
README Follow-up r79713: add authors to README as well 2011-01-07 22:13:14 +00:00
redirect.php
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redirect.phtml killed trailing ?> 2010-02-03 19:36:04 +00:00
RELEASE-NOTES-1.18 * (bug 25262) Fix for minification of hardcoded data: URIs in CSS 2011-05-10 20:14:30 +00:00
RELEASE-NOTES-1.19 three new hooks in SpecialUndelete.php from Wikia codebase so that extensions, such as the Video extension, can use their custom PageArchive class 2011-05-16 13:30:32 +00:00
StartProfiler.sample Update StartProfiler.sample after r86175 2011-04-22 15:02:39 +00:00
thumb.php Fix and add some comments. 2011-05-02 18:48:35 +00:00
thumb.php5
trackback.php Per CR, fix debugging code from r70835 2010-12-07 20:13:47 +00:00
trackback.php5
UPGRADE UPGRADE updates: 2011-05-05 10:37:20 +00:00
wiki.phtml killed trailing ?> 2010-02-03 19:36:04 +00:00

2008-11-11

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 60000+ requests per second range
as of November 2008).

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
* Ashar Voultoiz
* 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
* Several 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:

	http://www.mediawiki.org/

The code is currently maintained in a Subversion repository at
svn.wikimedia.org. See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Subversion for details.

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

There is also a development and support channel #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net,
and an unoffical support forum at www.mwusers.com.