MediaWiki-based Wiki

A MediaWiki-based Wiki is a Wiki service that is serviced by a MediaWiki-based server.

Context:
- It can (typically) host many MediaWiki pages in a MediaWiki namespace system.
- It can (typically) support MediaWiki user accounts and MediaWiki permissions.
- It can (typically) maintain MediaWiki page history for version control.
- It can (typically) provide MediaWiki search capability across content.
- It can (often) implement MediaWiki extensions for additional functionality.
- It can (often) customize MediaWiki appearance through skin system.
- It can (often) support MediaWiki language localization.
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- It can range from being a Small MediaWiki Wiki to being a Large MediaWiki Wiki, depending on its content volume.
- It can range from being a Simple MediaWiki Wiki to being a Complex MediaWiki Wiki, depending on its feature set.
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- It can be captured in a MediaWiki wiki export file.
- It can be interacted with a MediaWiki-based Operation Software System.
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Example(s):
- Public MediaWiki Wikis, such as:
  - General Knowledge Wikis, such as:
    - Wikipedia since 2001 for encyclopedia content.
    - Wiktionary since 2002 for dictionary content.
  - Special Purpose Wikis, such as:
    - MediaWiki.org for MediaWiki documentation.
    - GM-RKB Wiki since 2011 for research knowledge.
- Private MediaWiki Wikis, such as:
  - Enterprise Wikis, such as:
    - Corporate Knowledge Bases for company information.
    - Internal Documentation Wikis for process documentation.
  - Research Wikis, such as:
    - Laboratory Wikis for experiment documentation.
    - Project Wikis for research coordination.
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Counter-Example(s):
- TikiWiki-based Wiki, which uses different software platform.
- OddMuse-based Wiki, which uses different wiki engine.
- DokuWiki-based Wiki, which uses file-based storage.
- Confluence-based Wiki, which is proprietary platform.
See: MediaWiki Software, Wiki Platform, RDBMS Server.

MediaWiki-based Wiki

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