| Index: trunk/phase3/README |
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| 2 | | -2005-06-12 |
| | 2 | +2006-04-03 |
| 3 | 3 | |
| 4 | | -MediaWiki |
| | 4 | +For system requirements, installation and upgrade details, see the files RELEASE-NOTES, |
| | 5 | +INSTALL, and UPGRADE. |
| 5 | 6 | |
| 6 | | -MediaWiki is the software used for Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org) and the |
| | 7 | +== MediaWiki == |
| | 8 | + |
| | 9 | +MediaWiki is the software used for Wikipedia [http://www.wikipedia.org/] and the |
| 7 | 10 | other Wikimedia Foundation websites. Compared to other wikis, it has an |
| 8 | 11 | excellent range of features and support for high-traffic websites using |
| 9 | 12 | multiple servers (Wikimedia sites peak in the 5000+ requests per second range |
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| 14 | 16 | local documentation, and some aspects of configuration may seem overcomplicated |
| 15 | 17 | because MediaWiki is primarily targeted as an in-house tool. |
| 16 | 18 | |
| 17 | | -See the files RELEASE-NOTES, INSTALL, and UPGRADE for details on system |
| 18 | | -requirements and installation procedure. |
| 19 | | - |
| 20 | | - |
| 21 | 19 | The MediaWiki software was written by: |
| 22 | | - * Lee Daniel Crocker |
| 23 | | - * Magnus Manske |
| 24 | | - * Jan Hidders |
| 25 | | - * Brion Vibber |
| 26 | | - * Axel Boldt |
| 27 | | - * Geoffrey T. Dairiki |
| 28 | | - * Tomasz Wegrzanowski |
| 29 | | - * Erik Moeller |
| 30 | | - * Tim Starling |
| 31 | | - * Gabriel Wicke |
| 32 | | - * Ashar Voultoiz |
| 33 | | - * Evan Prodromou |
| 34 | | - * Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason |
| 35 | | - * Niklas Laxström |
| 36 | | - * Several others |
| | 20 | +* Lee Daniel Crocker |
| | 21 | +* Magnus Manske |
| | 22 | +* Jan Hidders |
| | 23 | +* Brion Vibber |
| | 24 | +* Axel Boldt |
| | 25 | +* Geoffrey T. Dairiki |
| | 26 | +* Tomasz Wegrzanowski |
| | 27 | +* Erik Moeller |
| | 28 | +* Tim Starling |
| | 29 | +* Gabriel Wicke |
| | 30 | +* Ashar Voultoiz |
| | 31 | +* Evan Prodromou |
| | 32 | +* Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason |
| | 33 | +* Niklas Laxström |
| | 34 | +* Several others |
| 37 | 35 | |
| 38 | 36 | The contributors hold the copyright to this work, and it is licensed |
| 39 | 37 | under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later[1] |
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| 43 | 41 | variables; see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLAndPlugins |
| 44 | 42 | for details. |
| 45 | 43 | |
| 46 | | -The Wikimedia Foundation currently has no legal rights to the software and has |
| 47 | | -not funded any of the development work. |
| | 44 | +The Wikimedia Foundation currently has no legal rights to the software. |
| 48 | 45 | |
| 49 | 46 | [1] Sections of code written exclusively by Lee Crocker or Erik Moeller are |
| 50 | 47 | also released into the public domain, which does not impair the obligations of |
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| 60 | 57 | to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, |
| 61 | 58 | Stanford, California 94305, USA.' |
| 62 | 59 | |
| 63 | | -Many thanks to the Wikipedia regulars for testing and suggestions. |
| | 60 | +Many thanks to the Wikimedia regulars for testing and suggestions. |
| 64 | 61 | |
| 65 | 62 | The official website for mediawiki is located at: |
| | 63 | + |
| 66 | 64 | http://www.mediawiki.org/ |
| 67 | 65 | |
| 68 | | -The code is currently maintained at SourceForge under the project "wikipedia", |
| 69 | | -module name "phase3". You can view the code in CVS there: |
| | 66 | +The code is currently maintained in a Subversion repository |
| | 67 | +at svn.wikimedia.org. See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Subversion |
| | 68 | +for details. |
| 70 | 69 | |
| 71 | | - http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/wikipedia/phase3/ |
| 72 | | - |
| 73 | 70 | Please report bugs and make feature requests in our Bugzilla system: |
| 74 | 71 | |
| 75 | | - http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org |
| | 72 | + http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/ |
| 76 | 73 | |
| 77 | 74 | Documentation and discussion on new features may be found at: |
| 78 | 75 | |
| 79 | 76 | http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_FAQ |
| 80 | 77 | http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide |
| 81 | | - http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_development |
| 82 | | - |
| | 78 | + http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_development |
| 83 | 79 | |
| | 80 | +Extensions are listed at: |
| | 81 | + |
| | 82 | + http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mediawiki_Extensions |
| | 83 | + |
| 84 | 84 | If you are setting up your own wiki based on this software, it is highly |
| 85 | 85 | recommended that you subscribe to mediawiki-announce: |
| 86 | 86 | |
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| 89 | 89 | The mailing list is very low volume, and is intended primarily for |
| 90 | 90 | announcements of new versions, bug fixes, and security issues. |
| 91 | 91 | |
| | 92 | +A higher volume support mailing list can be found at: |
| 92 | 93 | |
| 93 | | -For installation and upgrade details, see the files RELEASE-NOTES, INSTALL, |
| 94 | | -and UPGRADE. |
| | 94 | + http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l |
| | 95 | + |
| | 96 | +Developer discussion takes place at: |
| | 97 | + |
| | 98 | + http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l |
| | 99 | + |
| | 100 | +There is also a development and support channel #mediawiki on |
| | 101 | +irc.freenode.net, and an unoffical support forum at www.mwusers.com. |
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