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| '''MediaWiki''' is a [[Wiki software]] package licensed under the [[GNU General Public License]]. It is written in [[PHP programming language|PHP]] and uses an underlying [[MySQL]] [[relational database]]. Its logo symbolizes how its markup language uses brackets ("[","]") to link articles together, in contrast to [[CamelCase]].
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| MediaWiki was originally written for [[Wikipedia]] by the German student and Wikipedia developer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Magnus_Manske Magnus Manske]. The site previously used [[UseModWiki]] (aka "Phase I"), and switched to the new version ("Phase II") on [[January 25]], [[2002]]. The day is known within the Wikipedia community as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Magnus_Manske_Day Magnus Manske Day], after the original author of the new software.
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| A further rewritten and improved version of the Phase II software was at one time known as "Phase III". It was renamed MediaWiki in recognition that the software was capable of supporting not only Wikipedia but also other projects, and that a more meaningful system of version numbers was needed. The software was named MediaWiki as a play on [[Wikimedia Foundation]], the Wikipedia parent organization. The name is occasionally criticised for its similarity to "Wikimedia", which leads to confusion among people new to the project.
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| The current stable version of MediaWiki is 1.3.9, which was released on [[December 12]], [[2004]]. Lead developer is now [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Brion_Vibber Brion Vibber].
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| Features under development in the experimental version of MediaWiki include [[PostgreSQL]] support and a system to validate articles which are accurate and complete.
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| PHP first compiles code into [[bytecode]], which often takes most of the time to generate a page. On Wikimedia servers a PHP cache system is used to avoid this.
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| ==Version 1.4==
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| MediaWiki 1.4 is currently in late beta, and is being stabilized for a final release. For version 1.4 the code has been cleaned up a bit, so that in some cases there is a 100% speed up.
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| There is also some improvement on the amount of harddisk storage used. Since MediaWiki 1.4 [[gzip]] is used to store text, which results in compression to about 15% of the original. For future versions storing differences are being investigated, instead of the complete text for every revision. Algorithms such as [[LZ77]] are interesting for achieving high compression ratios.
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| The interface language can now be chosen by the user, making other language projects more accessible.
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| ==See also==
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| *[[GetWiki]]: a [[Fork (software)|fork]].
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| ==External links==
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| * [http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net/ MediaWiki on Sourceforge]
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| * [[m:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] [[m:Help:Index|users guide]] and [[m:Sites using MediaWiki|sites using MediaWiki]] on [[Wikimedia]]'s meta-wiki site
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| [[Category:Content management systems]]
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| [[Category:Free software]]
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| [[Category:Wiki software]]
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| [[Category:MediaWiki|*]]
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| [[cs:MediaWiki]]
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| [[fi:Madiawiki]]
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| [[simple:MediaWiki]]
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