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During the [[timeline of MediaWiki|years of it's evolution]] MediaWiki has grown to include novel ways of extending the software with possibility to have [[categories]], extra [[namespaces]], [[templates]], [[MediaWiki/extensions]] and later on with [[MediaWiki/widgets]] | During the [[timeline of MediaWiki|years of it's evolution]] MediaWiki has grown to include novel ways of extending the software with possibility to have [[categories]], extra [[namespaces]], [[templates]], [[MediaWiki/extensions]] and later on with [[MediaWiki/widgets]] | ||
[[mw:MediaWiki history]], [[mw:Release notes]] and [[mw:Roadmap]] shed light on the developments of the MediaWiki software from Magnus Manske's original "PhaseIII" code rewrite into PHP Who'd known that PHP scripts run one of the planets biggest sites [[Wikipedia]] and has thus been proven to scale to serve tens of thousands or even hundereds thousands of requests per second. | |||
[[mw:MediaWiki history]] and [[mw:Roadmap]] shed light on the developments of the MediaWiki software from Magnus Manske's original "PhaseIII" code rewrite into PHP Who'd known that PHP scripts run one of the planets biggest sites [[Wikipedia]] and has thus been proven to scale to serve tens of thousands or even hundereds thousands of requests per second. | |||
It is not however ideal as a piece of code to work with our [[hardware requirements]] or [[protocol requirements]], e.g. it does not currently integrate with any [[mobile device code]], [[chat code]] otherwise then that the people using the Wikis might also be using IM, such as irc or email to communicate with each other. Nor does it implement some features of the [[content wiki]] or [[opinion wiki]] that will be needed eventually to deliver [[Consumerium Services]] such as [[signing]] versions of articles, which is needed for non-centralized integrity burden of proof. | It is not however ideal as a piece of code to work with our [[hardware requirements]] or [[protocol requirements]], e.g. it does not currently integrate with any [[mobile device code]], [[chat code]] otherwise then that the people using the Wikis might also be using IM, such as irc or email to communicate with each other. Nor does it implement some features of the [[content wiki]] or [[opinion wiki]] that will be needed eventually to deliver [[Consumerium Services]] such as [[signing]] versions of articles, which is needed for non-centralized integrity burden of proof. | ||
Therefore its use at present is really just a test, and to make it easier to collate text from other [[GFDL]] services, most of which also use mediawiki. [[Consumerium developers]] will have to make their choices based also on the constraints the [[Consumerium License]] might place on using [[GPL]]'d code. This might not be an issue, or it might be a huge issue, we just don't know. | Therefore its use at present is really just a test, and to make it easier to collate text from other [[GFDL]] services, most of which also use mediawiki. [[Consumerium developers]] will have to make their choices based also on the constraints the [[Consumerium License]] might place on using [[GPL]]'d code. This might not be an issue, or it might be a huge issue, we just don't know. | ||
The long term choices of [[wiki code]] and its integration with other code are things the [[Consumerium Governance Organization]] will decide, and this [[Development Wiki]] is here to discuss. As part of [[reflexive design]], we will generally use the tools we are trying to test, before deciding to use them. This will often bias [[sysop]]s and others in favour of what is in use now! We should be very aware of this [[systemic bias]]. | The long term choices of [[wiki code]] and its integration with other code are things the [[Consumerium Governance Organization]] will decide, and this [[Development Wiki]] is here to discuss. As part of [[reflexive design]], we will generally use the tools we are trying to test, before deciding to use them. This will often bias [[sysop]]s and others in favour of what is in use now! We should be very aware of this [[systemic bias]]. | ||
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=== New features in MediaWiki === | === New features in MediaWiki by version and year === | ||
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