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translated)" lang="nl" dir="ltr">Nederlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/vi" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Sự khác biệt giữa Wikipedia, Wikimedia, MediaWiki và wiki (22% translated)" lang="vi" dir="ltr">Tiếng Việt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/tr" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Vikipedi, Wikimedia, MediaWiki, ve viki arasındaki farklar (100% translated)" lang="tr" dir="ltr">Türkçe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/yo" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Differences between Wikipedia, Wikimedia, MediaWiki, and wiki/yo (9% translated)" lang="yo" dir="ltr">Yorùbá</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/ast" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Diferencies ente Wikipedia, Wikimedia, MediaWiki y wiki (47% translated)" lang="ast" dir="ltr">asturianu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/az" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Vikipediya, Vikimedia, MediaViki və viki arasında fərq (28% translated)" lang="az" dir="ltr">azərbaycanca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/ca" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Diferències entre Wikipedia, Wikimedia, MediaWiki i wiki (84% translated)" lang="ca" dir="ltr">català</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/da" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Differences between Wikipedia, Wikimedia, MediaWiki, and wiki/da (44% translated)" lang="da" dir="ltr">dansk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/es" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Diferencias entre Wikipedia, Wikimedia, MediaWiki y wiki (100% translated)" lang="es" dir="ltr">español</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/fr" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Différences entre Wikipédia, Wikimédia, MediaWiki, et wiki (100% translated)" lang="fr" dir="ltr">français</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/gl" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Diferenzas entre Wikipedia, Wikimedia, MediaWiki e wiki (3% translated)" lang="gl" dir="ltr">galego</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/it" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Differenze tra Wikipedia, Wikimedia, MediaWiki, e wiki (62% translated)" lang="it" dir="ltr">italiano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/ku" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Cudahîyên di navbera Wîkîpediya, Wikimedia, MediaWiki û wiki (22% translated)" lang="ku" dir="ltr">kurdî</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/lt" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Skirtumai tarp Vikipedijos, Vikimedijos, MediaWiki ir viki (31% translated)" lang="lt" dir="ltr">lietuvių</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/pl" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Czym różnią się Wikipedia, Wikimedia, MediaWiki i wiki (75% translated)" lang="pl" dir="ltr">polski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/pt" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Diferenças entre Wikipédia, Wikimédia, MediaWiki, e wiki (78% translated)" lang="pt" dir="ltr">português</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/pt-br" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Diferenças entre Wikipedia, Wikimedia, MediaWiki e wiki (94% translated)" lang="pt-BR" dir="ltr">português do Brasil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/ro" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Diferențe între Wikipedia, Wikimedia, MediaWiki și wiki (72% translated)" lang="ro" dir="ltr">română</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/sl" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Razlike med izrazi Wikipedia, Wikimedia, MediaWiki in wiki (72% translated)" lang="sl" dir="ltr">slovenščina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/fi" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Wikipedian, Wikimedian, MediaWikin ja wikin erot (16% translated)" lang="fi" dir="ltr">suomi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/sv" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Skillnaden mellan Wikipedia, Wikimedia, MediaWiki och wiki (78% translated)" lang="sv" dir="ltr">svenska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/cs" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Čím se liší Wikipedie, Wikimedie, MediaWiki a wiki (100% translated)" lang="cs" dir="ltr">čeština</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/el" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Διαφορές μεταξύ Wikipedia, Wikimedia, MediaWiki, και wiki (100% translated)" lang="el" dir="ltr">Ελληνικά</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/bg" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Разлики между Уикипедия, Уикимедия, МедияУики и уики (50% translated)" lang="bg" dir="ltr">български</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/mk" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Differences between Wikipedia, Wikimedia, MediaWiki, and wiki/mk (22% translated)" lang="mk" dir="ltr">македонски</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/ru" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Различия между Википедией, Викимедиа, MediaWiki и вики (100% translated)" lang="ru" dir="ltr">русский</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/sr" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Разлике између Википедије, Викимедије, Медијавикија и викија (28% translated)" lang="sr" dir="ltr">српски / srpski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/tg" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Тафовут байни Википедия, Викимедиа, MediaWiki ва вики (53% translated)" lang="tg" dir="ltr">тоҷикӣ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/uk" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Відмінності між Вікіпедією, Вікімедіа, MediaWiki і вікі (88% translated)" lang="uk" dir="ltr">українська</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/he" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="ההבדל בין ויקיפדיה, ויקימדיה, מדיה־ויקי ווויקי (69% translated)" lang="he" dir="rtl">עברית</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/ar" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="الفروق بين ويكيبيديا، وويكيميديا، وميدياويكي، وويكي (100% translated)" lang="ar" dir="rtl">العربية</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/fa" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="تفاوت‌های ویکی‌پدیا، ویکی‌مدیا، مدیاویکی و ویکی (50% translated)" lang="fa" dir="rtl">فارسی</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/hi" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="विकिपीडिया, विकिमीडिया, मीडियाविकि और विकि के बीच अंतर (94% translated)" lang="hi" dir="ltr">हिन्दी</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/bn" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="উইকিপিডিয়া, উইকিমিডিয়া, মিডিয়াউইকি, এবং উইকির মধ্যে পার্থক্য (84% translated)" lang="bn" dir="ltr">বাংলা</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/te" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="వికీపీడియా, వికీమీడియా, మీడియావికీ మరియు వికీ మధ్య తేడాలు (75% translated)" lang="te" dir="ltr">తెలుగు</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/tcy" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Differences between Wikipedia, Wikimedia, MediaWiki, and wiki/tcy (9% translated)" lang="tcy" dir="ltr">ತುಳು</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/th" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Differences between Wikipedia, Wikimedia, MediaWiki, and wiki/th (0% translated)" lang="th" dir="ltr">ไทย</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/my" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="ဝီကီပီးဒီးယား၊ ဝီကီမီဒီယာ၊ မီဒီယာဝီကီနှင့် ဝီကီ အကြား ကွာခြားချက်များ (9% translated)" lang="my" dir="ltr">မြန်မာဘာသာ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/ka" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="განსხვავებები ვიკიპედიას, ვიკიმედიას, მედიავიკისა და ვიკის შორის (12% translated)" lang="ka" dir="ltr">ქართული</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/zh" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Wikipedia、Wikimedia、MediaWiki和wiki的区别 (100% translated)" lang="zh" dir="ltr">中文</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/ja" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Wikipedia、Wikimedia、MediaWiki、wikiの違い (100% translated)" lang="ja" dir="ltr">日本語</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/mni" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="ꯋꯤꯀꯤꯄꯦꯗꯤꯌꯥ | ꯋꯤꯔꯤꯃꯦꯗꯤꯌꯥ |ꯋꯤꯀꯤꯃꯦꯗꯤꯌꯥ |ꯃꯦꯗꯤꯌꯥ ꯋꯤꯀꯤ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯋꯤꯀꯤ ꯁꯤ ꯀꯔꯤ ꯀꯔꯤꯗ ꯈꯦꯠꯅꯩ (28% translated)" lang="mni" dir="ltr">ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/ko" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="위키백과, 위키미디어, 미디어위키, 위키의 차이점 (88% translated)" lang="ko" dir="ltr">한국어</a></li></ul></div> <dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:FAQ#How_do_I_install_an_existing_wiki,_like_Wikipedia_or_Wiktionary?" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:FAQ">Manual:FAQ#How do I install an existing wiki, like Wikipedia or Wiktionary?</a></i></dd></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:World_of_Wikipedia_by_Jon_Robson.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/World_of_Wikipedia_by_Jon_Robson.png/220px-World_of_Wikipedia_by_Jon_Robson.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/World_of_Wikipedia_by_Jon_Robson.png/330px-World_of_Wikipedia_by_Jon_Robson.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/World_of_Wikipedia_by_Jon_Robson.png/440px-World_of_Wikipedia_by_Jon_Robson.png 2x" data-file-width="2993" data-file-height="4488" /></a><figcaption>Still lost? Check the <i>World of Wikipedia</i> map.</figcaption></figure> <p>Confused about the differences between <b>MediaWiki</b>, <b>Wikimedia</b>, <b>Wikipedia</b> and <b>wiki</b>? </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Wiki" data-mw-thread-id="h-Wiki"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Wiki"></span>Wiki<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Wiki"></span></h2></div> <p>The word "wiki", pronounced <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English" class="extiw" title="w:Help:IPA/English">/ˈwɪki/</a> or WIK-ee, is <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wiki#Hawaiian" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:wiki">a Hawaiian word meaning "quick"</a>. </p><p>A <b>wiki</b> is a type of website whose contents can be edited from the web browser, and which keeps a version history for each editable page. Wikis are often, but not always, editable by any visitor to the site. </p> <ul><li><b>wiki</b> (as an adjective), "<a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/the_wiki_way" class="extiw" title="m:the wiki way">the wiki way</a>", and the <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/antonym" class="extiw" title="wikt:antonym">antonym</a> <b>un-wiki</b> are also used to describe the community-oriented philosophy that goes with such a system (e.g. "that's not a very <i>wiki</i> way of doing things").</li> <li><b>Wiki</b> (with a capital 'W') is an incorrect term, although it has sometimes been used to refer to either Wikipedia or the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Pattern_Repository" class="extiw" title="w:Portland Pattern Repository">Portland Pattern Repository</a> (also known as <i>WikiWikiWeb</i>), which was the first wiki to be created.</li> <li><b>wiki software</b> and <b>wiki engine</b> are terms referring to pieces of software that power <i>wiki</i> websites. There are many types of <i>wiki software</i>; some very simple, others with advanced features.</li></ul> <p><i>See also: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki_software" class="extiw" title="w:Wiki software">Wikipedia's entry on "wiki software"</a>.</i> </p><p><i>For a more complete description, see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki" class="extiw" title="w:Wiki">Wikipedia's entry on "wiki"</a>.</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Wikimedia" data-mw-thread-id="h-Wikimedia"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Wikimedia"></span>Wikimedia<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Wikimedia"></span></h2></div> <p><b>Wikimedia</b> is the collective name for the <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_movement" class="extiw" title="m:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia movement">Wikimedia movement</a>, revolving around a group of inter-related <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_projects" class="extiw" title="m:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia projects">projects</a>, including <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia" class="extiw" title="m:Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a>, <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiktionary" class="extiw" title="m:Wiktionary">Wiktionary</a>, <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikiquote" class="extiw" title="m:Wikiquote">Wikiquote</a> and others, which aim to use the collaborative power of the Internet, and the <i>wiki</i> concept, to create and share free knowledge of all kinds. </p> <ul><li>The term <b><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_servers" class="extiw" title="m:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia servers">Wikimedia servers</a></b> is often used, referring to the computer hardware on which all Wikimedia projects are hosted.</li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation" class="extiw" title="m:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a> is a non-profit organization headquartered in San Francisco that runs the Wikimedia projects and the MediaWiki software. <b>Wikimedia Deutschland</b>, <b>Wikimedia Russia</b> etc. are the names of dozens of <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters" class="extiw" title="m:Wikimedia chapters">local chapters</a> of enthusiasts of Wikimedia projects. They are independent of the Wikimedia Foundation and the Wikimedia projects. <b>Wikimedia</b>, depending on the context and locale, is often incorrectly used as a short name for the Wikimedia projects, or a chapter, or the Wikimedia Foundation (the latter can happen also on this wiki).</li> <li>The <b>Wikimedia Meta-Wiki</b>, commonly referred to as <b>Meta</b>, is the wiki used to discuss issues which affect all Wikimedia projects. <i>See also: <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Meta:About" class="extiw" title="m:Special:MyLanguage/Meta:About">Meta:About</a>.</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Wikipedia" data-mw-thread-id="h-Wikipedia"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Wikipedia"></span>Wikipedia<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Wikipedia"></span></h2></div> <p><b>Wikipedia</b> is a Wikimedia project that is a global, free and multilingual internet encyclopedia. It is the oldest and largest Wikimedia project, founded in 2001 predating the Wikimedia Foundation itself, which was founded in 2003. Wikipedia is often described as a wiki, but it is in fact a collection of over 200 wikis, one for each language, all running on the MediaWiki software. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="MediaWiki" data-mw-thread-id="h-MediaWiki"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-MediaWiki"></span>MediaWiki<span data-mw-comment-end="h-MediaWiki"></span></h2></div> <p><b>MediaWiki</b> is a particular wiki engine software developed for and used by Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects. MediaWiki is freely available for others to use (and improve), and it is in use by all sorts of projects and organizations around the world. </p><p>This site, mediawiki.org, is intended for information about MediaWiki and related software. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="See_also" data-mw-thread-id="h-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/New_Developers/Introduction_to_the_Wikimedia_Technical_Ecosystem" title="Special:MyLanguage/New Developers/Introduction to the Wikimedia Technical Ecosystem">Introduction to the Wikimedia Technical Ecosystem</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/New_Developers/Introduction_to_the_Wikimedia_Technical_Ecosystem" title="New Developers/Introduction to the Wikimedia Technical Ecosystem"> </a></span> - an overview of major technical areas where developers can contribute to Wikimedia technology.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:What_is_MediaWiki%3F" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:What is MediaWiki?">Manual:What is MediaWiki?</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:What_is_MediaWiki%3F" title="Manual:What is MediaWiki?"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Sites_using_MediaWiki" title="Special:MyLanguage/Sites using MediaWiki">Sites using MediaWiki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/How_to_become_a_MediaWiki_hacker" title="Special:MyLanguage/How to become a MediaWiki hacker">How to become a MediaWiki hacker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Project:MediaWiki_is_not_Wikipedia" title="Special:MyLanguage/Project:MediaWiki is not Wikipedia">Project:MediaWiki is not Wikipedia</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Project:MediaWiki_is_not_Wikipedia" title="Project:MediaWiki is not Wikipedia"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Learning_patterns/Wikiblabla_(confusing_Wikimedia_lexicon)" class="extiw" title="m:Learning patterns/Wikiblabla (confusing Wikimedia lexicon)">Learning patterns/Wikimedia lexicon: wiki, wikipedia, wikimedia, wikimania and the confusing wikiblabla</a></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Video" data-mw-thread-id="h-Video"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Video"></span>Video<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Video"></span></h2></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXD1TRGafQ0">"The State of Wikipedia"</a> (2011 animation, narrated by Jimmy Wales) on YouTube</li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?useformat=desktop&type=1x1&usesul3=0" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki&oldid=7064813#Wikimedia">https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki&oldid=7064813#Wikimedia</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:MediaWiki_Introduction" title="Category:MediaWiki Introduction">MediaWiki Introduction</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_projects" title="Category:Wikimedia projects">Wikimedia projects</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 28 February 2025, at 23:26.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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