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-2004-08-12
+2006-04-05

 
 

-MediaWiki
----------
+For system requirements, installation and upgrade details, see the files RELEASE-NOTES, 
+INSTALL, and UPGRADE.

 
 

-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 (Wikipedia
-peaks at 380 requests per second as of August 2004). However, it is generally
-harder to install. Be sure to follow the INSTALL document closely.
-
-Installation on a Microsoft Windows system is not recommended, however it is
-possible. Documentation for installation on Windows may be found at:
+== MediaWiki ==

 
 

-  http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_MediaWiki_on_Windows
+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 5000+ requests per second range
+as of November 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.

 
 The MediaWiki software was written by:
 
 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
- * 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.
+* 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
+* Several others
+
+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[1]
+(see http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.html). Derivative works and later
+versions of the code must be free software licensed under the same
+terms. 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.
+
+[1] 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.
+
+[2] 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.'
+
+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:
+
+  http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/

 
 

-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://wikipedia.sourceforge.net
+Documentation and discussion on new features may be found at:

 
 

-Please report bugs and make feature requests in our BugZilla system:
+  http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:FAQ
+  http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
+  http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Development

 
 

-  http://bugzilla.wikipedia.org
+Extensions are listed at:

 
 

-Documentation and discussion on new features may be found at:
+  http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:MediaWiki_extensions

 
 

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

 If you are setting up your own wiki based on this software, it is highly
 If you are setting up your own wiki based on this software, it is highly

-recommended that you subscribe to mediawiki-l:
+recommended that you subscribe to mediawiki-announce:

 
 

-  http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
+  http://mail.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.
 
 
 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:

 
 

-PHP
-
-The code is written in PHP. Version 4.3.2 or higher is recommended. There are
-known issues with early 4.2.x releases. Also, the Monobook skin currently does
-not work under the new PHP 5 (but you can use one of the older skins).
-
-MySQL
+  http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

 
 

-MediaWiki requires MySQL 3.23 or later, and PHP-MySQL. Version 4.0 or later is
-strongly recommended.
+Developer discussion takes place at:

 
 

-Operating system
+  http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

 
 

-The code was written on and for Linux, and no attempt has been made to make it
-portable to other OSs. The math support in particular has run-time dependencies
-on things like TeTeX and GhostScript that are generally found in Linux but not
-other OSs. However, we have had reports of successful installation on Windows,
-albeit without TeX support.
+There is also a development and support channel #mediawiki on
+irc.freenode.net, and an unoffical support forum at www.mwusers.com.