-2006-04-05
+2007-09-15
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 using
-multiple servers (Wikimedia sites peak in the 5000+ requests per second range
-as of November 2005).
+multiple servers (Wikimedia sites peak in the 50000+ requests per second range
+as of January 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
* 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
Many thanks to the Wikimedia regulars for testing and suggestions.
-The official website for mediawiki is located at:
+The official website for MediaWiki is located at:
http://www.mediawiki.org/
Documentation and discussion on new features may be found at:
- http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:FAQ
+ http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Development
Extensions are listed at:
- http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:MediaWiki_extensions
+ 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:
- http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
+ http://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:
- http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
+ http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
Developer discussion takes place at:
- http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
+ http://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.