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config diff3 cleanups, from callek 2005-07-01 09:25:31 +00:00
docs * (bug 2275) Update search index more or less right on page move 2005-06-01 02:31:45 +00:00
extensions the geomap extension can embed a map as svg 2005-01-19 20:42:24 +00:00
images ignore one letter directories (aka any image) 2004-11-12 21:26:59 +00:00
includes update rc_this_oldid correctly 2005-07-01 20:36:04 +00:00
irc * @package MediaWiki and a new @subpackage, "IRC". 2005-04-05 20:35:27 +00:00
languages showhideminor is not appropriate here. add a new message which makes sense. 2005-07-01 07:14:06 +00:00
maintenance first draft of caps-cleanup script 2005-06-30 00:37:56 +00:00
math * Comments to help potential hackers. 2005-05-03 08:17:21 +00:00
skins sitenotice should have padding or else the text touches the edge of the box 2005-07-01 11:42:17 +00:00
tests * Replace wfMungeToUtf8 and do_html_entity_decode with a single function 2005-05-31 11:54:36 +00:00
.cvsignore * (bug 2199) Add .settings to .cvsignore 2005-05-18 11:57:29 +00:00
AdminSettings.sample Remove totally false information relating to the ancient 2002-era 2005-01-12 07:28:20 +00:00
COPYING Seems we forgot to copy the GPL text itself into the phase3 tree. Rectifying. 2004-03-01 08:14:12 +00:00
FAQ Link the FAQ 2004-09-04 06:25:23 +00:00
HISTORY Update old release notes to 1.4.3 2005-05-02 03:57:42 +00:00
img_auth.php Optional thumbnail generation by client request, using thumb.php. This removes any need for access to image files on page view. Experimental, some aspects still haven't been tested. 2005-04-16 04:33:34 +00:00
index.php * Copy fix for old search URLs with Lucene search plugin from REL1_4 2005-06-30 08:26:03 +00:00
INSTALL * (bug 1113) informing lusers of how to installl math support. 2005-04-13 20:30:54 +00:00
install-utils.inc * (bug 2234) allow special chars in database passwords during install 2005-05-29 10:20:21 +00:00
README * Removing myself, I probably thought this was a list of developers or something 2005-06-26 04:16:06 +00:00
redirect.php unbroke nostalgia skin 2005-06-28 14:28:21 +00:00
redirect.phtml Single quotes, just for the hell of it 2005-01-31 20:35:47 +00:00
RELEASE-NOTES * (bug 2594) Display article tab as red for non-existent articles. 2005-07-01 11:15:48 +00:00
thumb.php * (bug 898) Mime type autodetection. 2005-05-21 07:46:17 +00:00
UPGRADE * Printable link shorter in monobook 2005-06-26 08:24:05 +00:00
wiki.phtml Single quotes, just for the hell of it 2005-01-31 20:35:47 +00:00

2005-06-12

MediaWiki
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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 (Wikipedia peaks in the 2500+ requests per second range
as of June 2005).

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.

See the files RELEASE-NOTES, INSTALL, and UPGRADE for details on system
requirements and installation procedure.


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
 * Several others

These developers hold the copyright to this work, and it is licensed under the
terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 (see
http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.html). Derivative works and later versions of
the code will also be considered free software licensed under the same terms.

The newly-founded Wikimedia Foundation currently has no legal rights to the
software, although copyright may be assigned to it at a later date. Wikimedia
has not funded any of the development work.

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.

Many thanks to the Wikipedia regulars for testing and suggestions.

The code is currently maintained at SourceForge under the project "wikipedia",
module name "phase3". You can view the code in CVS there:

  http://www.mediawiki.org/

Please report bugs and make feature requests in our Bugzilla system:

  http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org

Documentation and discussion on new features may be found at:

  http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_FAQ
  http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide
  http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_development
  

If you are setting up your own wiki based on this software, it is highly
recommended that you subscribe to mediawiki-announce:

  http://mail.wikipedia.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.


For installation and upgrade details, see the files RELEASE-NOTES, INSTALL,
and UPGRADE.