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).
+multiple servers (Wikimedia sites peak in the 100K+ requests per second range
+as of January 2012).
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
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* Tim Starling
* Gabriel Wicke
-* Ashar Voultoiz
+* Antoine Musso
* Evan Prodromou
* Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
* Niklas Laxström
* Yuri Astrakhan
* Aryeh Gregor
* Aaron Schulz
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+* Alexandre Emsenhuber
+* Siebrand Mazeland
+* Chad Horohoe
+* Roan Kattouw
+* Trevor Pascal
+* Bryan Tong Minh
+* Sam Reed
+* Victor Vasiliev
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+* Antoine Musso
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