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This is PART 1: Introduction - General Information and Architecture of the [[Documentation|MediaWiki documentation]].
This is PART 1: Introduction - General Information and Architecture of the [[Documentation|MediaWiki documentation]].
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== Overview ==
== Overview ==


This is a general, non-technical introduction to the WikiMedia software.
This is a general, non-technical introduction to the MediaWiki software.
   
   
=== Some Basic Terminology: MediaWiki, WikiMedia, and Wikipedia ===
=== Some Basic Terminology: MediaWiki, Wikimedia, and Wikipedia ===


; ''MediaWiki'' : MediaWiki is the software program that runs Wikipedia [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia] and other Wikimedia projects [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia].
; ''MediaWiki'' : MediaWiki is the software program that runs [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia Wikipedia] and [https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Our_projects other Wikimedia projects]. For the software project's history see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_history.


; ''Wikimedia'' : Wikimedia is the over-arching nonprofit foundation that coordinates all contributions to the growing GNU FDL text base assembled by the donors using the Wikipedia, Wiktionary and other projects managed by the foundation [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia].
; ''Wikimedia'' : Wikimedia (or Wikimedia Foundation) is the overarching non-profit that coordinates all management and development of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.


; ''Wikipedia'' : Wikipedia is the Encyclopedia project, that initiated the development of the MediaWikiSoftware. For a project's description and its history see here [] and here []. There are several more or less official Sister projects like Wiktionary [http://wiktionary.org/], Wikibooks, [http://wikibooks.org/], and Wikiquote, [http://wikiquote.org/], as well as "unofficial" derivates, all of them using the MediaWiki software.
; ''Wikipedia'' : Wikipedia is the Encyclopedia project, that initiated the development of the MediaWiki software.  


; ''Meta-Wikimedia'' : Meta-Wikimedia is a wiki meant to work alongside the main Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. Meta can be used for several Wikimedia-related purposes [http://meta.wikipedia.org/].
; ''Meta-Wiki'' : Meta-Wiki (or Meta for short) is the central community site meant to coordinate discussion and documentation of about Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. See [https://meta.wikimedia.org/].


=== What is MediaWiki? ===
=== What is MediaWiki? ===


MediaWiki is the software program released under the GNU GPL that runs Wikipedia [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia] and other Wikimedia projects [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia]. It is developed by contributors to these projects.
MediaWiki is the software program released under the GNU GPL that runs [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia Wikipedia] and [https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Our_projects other Wikimedia projects].


MediaWiki is a [[en:WikiWiki|WikiWiki]], meaning that anyone can easily edit any article and have those changes posted immediately. The software contains a lot of [[Documentation:Features|features]], also. If you want to learn more about editing and other aspect of the user's point of view, you might want to read the
MediaWiki is a [[en:Wiki|WikiWiki]], meaning that anyone can easily edit any article and have those changes posted immediately. The software contains a lot of [[Documentation:Features|features]], also. If you want to learn more about editing and other aspect of the user's point of view, you might want to read the
* [[User's Guide]]
* [[User's Guide]]


The name "MediaWiki" was coined by Wikipedia contributor Daniel Mayer as a play on Wikimedia [http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2003-July/010966.html]. Before that, the software was known as "Wikipedia software Phase III".
The name "MediaWiki" was coined by Wikipedia contributor Daniel Mayer as a play on Wikimedia [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2003-July/011021.html]. Before that, the software was known as "Wikipedia software Phase III".
    
    
The MediaWiki Project is hosted at Sourceforge [http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net/]; if you're interested in the code, you might want to read the following pages:
The MediaWiki software project is hosted in Git at https://gerrit.wikimedia.org; if you're interested in the code, you might want to read the following pages:
* [[Documentation: Developer's Guide|Developer's Guide]], and
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:MediaWiki_Developer%27s_Guide
* [[How to become a MediaWiki hacker|How to become a MediaWiki hacker]].
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/How_to_become_a_MediaWiki_hacker
 


=== What is MediaWiki - not? ===
=== What is MediaWiki - not? ===
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