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There are many different types of <i>wiki software</i>; some very simple, others enhanced with specific advanced features. <i>See also: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701102809/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki_software" class="extiw" title="w:Wiki software">Wikipedia's entry on "wiki software"</a> or the Portland Pattern Repository's <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701102809/http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiEngines" class="extiw" title="wiki:WikiEngines">"canonical" list of wiki engines</a>.</i></li> </ul> <p><i>For a more <b>complete</b> definition, see <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701102809/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki" class="extiw" title="w:Wiki">Wikipedia's entry on "wiki"</a>.</i></p> <p><a name="Wikimedia" id="Wikimedia"></a></p> <h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/web/20090701102809/https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipmediawiki&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Wikimedia">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Wikimedia</span></h2> <p><b>Wikimedia</b> is the collective name for a group of inter-related projects, including <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701102809/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="w:">Wikipedia</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701102809/http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="wikt:">Wiktionary</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701102809/http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="s:">Wikisource</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701102809/http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="b:">Wikibooks</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. Like "Wikipedia", "Wikimedia" is a trademark, and should not be used for projects which are not officially affiliated. <i>Wikimedia</i> is also used as a shortened form of <i>The Wikimedia Foundation</i>.</p> <ul> <li><b>The Wikimedia Foundation</b> is the non-profit organization which funds and manages these projects. <i>For more information, see <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701102809/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home" class="extiw" title="wikimedia:Home">the Foundation's homepage</a></i></li> <li>The term <b>Wikimedia servers</b> is often used, referring to the computer hardware on which all Wikimedia projects are hosted. The servers are supported primarily by volunteers, many of whom also work on the MediaWiki software (see below); the Wikimedia servers are <i>not</i> available for hosting projects not run by the Wikimedia Foundation, with the exception of some non-official IRC servers and other non-Foundation-approved installations made by those with access to the servers. <i>See also: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701102809/http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_servers" class="extiw" title="m:Wikimedia servers">Wikimedia servers</a>.</i></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; it is also used for discussing the development of the MediaWiki software (see below), since this is often tightly linked to the needs of Wikimedia projects. <i>See also: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701102809/http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/About" class="extiw" title="meta:About">Meta:About</a>.</i> <ul> <li><i>Meta</i> should not be confused with <i><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701102809/http://nostalgia.wikipedia.org/wiki/MetaWiki" class="external text" title="http://nostalgia.wikipedia.org/wiki/MetaWiki" rel="nofollow">MetaWiki</a></i>, a search engine that is not part of the Wikimedia group of projects.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><i>See also: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701102809/http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia" class="extiw" title="m:Wikimedia">Wikimedia</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701102809/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia" class="extiw" title="w:Wikimedia">The encyclopedia article on Wikimedia</a>.</i></p> <p><a name="MediaWiki" id="MediaWiki"></a></p> <h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/web/20090701102809/https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipmediawiki&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: MediaWiki">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">MediaWiki</span></h2> <p><b>MediaWiki</b> is the particular wiki engine developed for and used by Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects. It is freely available for others to use (and improve), and there are many copies in use by all sorts of projects around the world.</p> <p><i>See also <a href="/web/20090701102809/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki" title="MediaWiki">MediaWiki</a>, <a href="/web/20090701102809/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Sites_using_MediaWiki" title="Sites using MediaWiki">Sites using MediaWiki</a>.</i></p>   <div class="printfooter"> Retrieved from "<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701102809/http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikipmediawiki">http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikipmediawiki</a>"</div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/web/20090701102809/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Category</a>: <span dir="ltr"><a href="/web/20090701102809/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:MediaWiki_Introduction" title="Category:MediaWiki Introduction">MediaWiki Introduction</a></span></div></div>  <div class="visualClear"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="column-one"> <div id="p-cactions" class="portlet"> <h5>Views</h5> <div class="pBody"> <ul lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected"><a href="/web/20090701102809/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikipmediawiki" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c">Page</a></li> <li id="ca-talk" class="new"><a href="/web/20090701102809/https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Wikipmediawiki&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Discussion about the content page [t]" accesskey="t">Discussion</a></li> <li id="ca-edit"><a href="/web/20090701102809/https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipmediawiki&action=edit" title="You can edit this page. 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