MediaWiki-l April 2015

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Usernames and Real names
by Daren Welsh 13 Apr '15

13 Apr '15

I'd like to get feedback on how different organizations employ usernames and real names in MediaWiki. On the open internet, such as Wikipedia, we just use usernames and we're used to it. At my job, our assigned usernames can be confusing (and no fun since we don't get to pick them). No one at my job calls me "lwelsh", but they could probably figure out that it's me since I'm the only person with "Welsh" in my name. With a larger group, this might not be so easy (e.g. multiple John Smiths). Anyway, we have chosen to use auto-authentication tying our wiki login with the primary network credentials. So our usernames are not necessarily easy to remember. Aside from our standard user pages, we also have "Person pages" where we put info about ourselves. So if someone wants to know about Daren Welsh, they go to the "Daren Welsh" page (not the "User:lwelsh" page). We want to use Echo and potentially build other extensions that would rely on parsing usernames, but I think our users will have trouble with using usernames instead of real names. For example, if a user wants to mention me in a discussion post, they would want to say "Hey [[Daren Welsh]], what do you think about this?" as opposed to "Hey [[User:Lwelsh]], what do you think about this?" I believe this will be an issue because I doubt most users will spend the time to go look up my username just for that instance (and every other instance after that since they likely will forget). I've seen a few different extensions trying to tie usernames together with real names better, but I feel like I must be missing something. Has someone already addressed this? Daren -- __________________ http://enterprisemediawiki.org http://mixcloud.com/darenwelsh http://www.beatportfolio.com

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File checkout
by Daren Welsh 12 Apr '15

12 Apr '15

One of the main complaints we get from our MW users is about file handling. The comparison to Sharepoint often comes up, where Sharepoint has a feature to "check out" a file before editing it. This locks the file so no one else can edit it until the user who checked the file out has checked it back in. Is there such an extension for MW? I'd love to get rid of Sharepoint altogether and I think file handling might be the biggest hurdle since it has a couple features that "beat" MW: - File checkout (preventing upload conflicts) - In-browser editing I realize the concept of files for MW is intended for images, but we have been using file revision history through MW with success. It's way better than where our group started, with things spread out in a huge folder system on a shared drive with no version control. I don't think we can address in-browser editing, but file checkout seems like something pretty simple to implement. So I'm wondering if someone has already worked on it. I did a quick search and didn't see anything. Daren -- __________________ http://enterprisemediawiki.org http://mixcloud.com/darenwelsh http://www.beatportfolio.com

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Charinsert Extension
by Steve VanSlyck 12 Apr '15

12 Apr '15

Can someone help me with https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_talk:CharInsert#Not_displaying_as_… ? I've copied everything exactly and the tools just won't display as buttons! _*Common.css*_ - Same as MediaWiki.org /** * Styling for links generated by [[MediaWiki:Edittools]] * @source www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CharInsert#Styling * @updated 2012-02-29 */ .mw-charinsert-buttons { margin-top: 10px; border: 1px solid #aaaaaa; padding: 1px; text-align: center; font-size: 110%; } .mw-charinsert-buttons a { color: black; background-color: #cde !important; font-weight: bold; font-size: .9em; text-decoration: none; border: thin #069 outset; padding: 0 .1em .1em; } .mw-charinsert-buttons a:hover, .mw-charinsert-buttons a:active { background-color: #bcd; border-style: inset; } .client-js .mw-edittools-section { display: inline; } .client-js .mw-edittools-section input[type="button"] { font-size: 0.9em; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; margin-left: 1px; } _*Edittools*_ - Same as Mediawiki.org   <div id="mw-edittools-charinsert" class="mw-charinsert-buttons" title="Click on the wanted special character.">   <charinsert>[+]</charinsert> · <charinsert>[[+]]</charinsert> · <charinsert>[[+|]]</charinsert> · <charinsert>{{+}}</charinsert> · <charinsert>– —</charinsert> · <charinsert>“+” ‘+’ «+» ‹+› „+“ ‚+‘</charinsert> · <charinsert>… ~ | ° <nowiki>&</nowiki>nbsp;</charinsert> · <charinsert>≈ ≠ ≤ ≥ ± − × ÷ ← → ² ³ ½ · §</charinsert> <charinsert>[[Category:+]]</charinsert> · <charinsert>[[:File:+]]</charinsert> · <charinsert>[[Special:MyLanguage/+]]</charinsert> · <charinsert><code>+</code></charinsert> · <charinsert><syntaxhighlight>+</syntaxhighlight></charinsert> · <charinsert><includeonly>+</includeonly></charinsert> · <charinsert><noinclude>+</noinclude></charinsert> · <charinsert>#REDIRECT[[+]]</charinsert> · <charinsert><translate>+</translate></charinsert> · <charinsert><languages/></charinsert> · <charinsert>{{#translation:}}</charinsert> · <charinsert>{{DEFAULTSORT:+}}</charinsert> · <charinsert><s>+</s></charinsert> <charinsert>Á á Ć ć É é Í í Ó ó Ś ś Ú ú Ý ý Ǿ ǿ </charinsert> · <charinsert>À à È è Ì ì Ò ò Ù ù </charinsert> · <charinsert>Â â Ĉ ĉ Ê ê Ĝ ĝ Ĥ ĥ Î î Ĵ ĵ Ô ô ŝ Ŝ Û û </charinsert> · <charinsert>Ä ä Ë ë Ï ï Ö ö Ü ü ÿ </charinsert> · <charinsert>Ã ã Ñ ñ Õ õ </charinsert> · <charinsert>Å å </charinsert> · <charinsert>Ç ç </charinsert> · <charinsert>Č č Š š ŭ </charinsert> · <charinsert>Ł ł </charinsert> · <charinsert>Ő ő Ű ű </charinsert> · <charinsert>Ø ø </charinsert> · <charinsert>Ā ā Ē ē Ī ī Ō ō Ū ū </charinsert> · <charinsert>ß ẞ </charinsert> · <charinsert>Æ æ Œ œ </charinsert> · <charinsert>Ð ð Þ þ |</charinsert> <charinsert>Α Ά Β Γ Δ Ε Έ Ζ Η Ή Θ Ι Ί Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Ό Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Ύ Φ Χ Ψ Ω Ώ</charinsert> · <charinsert>α ά β γ δ ε έ ζ η ή θ ι ί κ λ μ ν ξ ο ό π ρ σ ς τ υ ύ φ χ ψ ω ώ</charinsert> <charinsert>А Б В Г Д Ђ Е Ё Ж З Ѕ И Й Ј К Л Љ М Н Њ О П Р С Т Ћ У Ф Х Ц Ч Џ Ш Щ Ъ Ы Ь Э Ю Я </charinsert> · <charinsert>а б в г д ђ е ё ж з ѕ и й ј к л љ м н њ о п р с т ћ у ф х ц ч џ ш щ ъ ы ь э ю я </charinsert> <charinsert> ʈ ɖ ɟ ɡ ɢ ʡ ʔ </charinsert> · <charinsert> ɸ ʃ ʒ ɕ ʑ ʂ ʐ ʝ ɣ ʁ ʕ ʜ ʢ ɦ </charinsert> · <charinsert> ɱ ɳ ɲ ŋ ɴ </charinsert> · <charinsert> ʋ ɹ ɻ ɰ </charinsert> · <charinsert> ʙ ʀ ɾ ɽ </charinsert> · <charinsert> ɫ ɬ ɮ ɺ ɭ ʎ ʟ </charinsert> · <charinsert> ɥ ʍ ɧ </charinsert> · <charinsert> ɓ ɗ ʄ ɠ ʛ </charinsert> · <charinsert> ʘ ǀ ǃ ǂ ǁ </charinsert> · <charinsert> ɨ ʉ ɯ </charinsert> · <charinsert> ɪ ʏ ʊ </charinsert> · <charinsert> ɘ ɵ ɤ </charinsert> · <charinsert> ɚ </charinsert> · <charinsert> ɛ ɜ ɝ ɞ ʌ ɔ </charinsert> · <charinsert> ɐ ɶ ɑ ɒ </charinsert> · <charinsert> ʰ ʷ ʲ ˠ ˤ ⁿ ˡ </charinsert> · <charinsert> ˈ ˌ ː ˑ </charinsert> <charinsert>ا ب ت ث ج ح خ د ذ ر ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ق ك ل م ن ه و ي</charinsert> · <charinsert>ﺍ ﺑ ﺗ ﺛ ﺟ ﺣ ﺧ ﺩ ﺫ ﺭ ﺯ ﺳ ﺷ ﺻ ﺿ ﻃ ﻇ ﻋ ﻏ ﻓ ﻗ ﻛ ﻟ ﻣ ﻧ ﻫ ﻭ ﻳ</charinsert> · <charinsert>ﺍ ﺒ ﺘ ﺜ ﺠ ﺤ ﺨ ﺪ ﺬ ﺮ ﺰ ﺴ ﺸ ﺼ ﻀ ﻄ ﻈ ﻌ ﻐ ﻔ ﻘ ﻜ ﻠ ﻤ ﻨ ﻬ ﻮ ﻴ</charinsert> · <charinsert>ﺎ ﺐ ﺖ ﺚ ﺞ ﺢ ﺦ ﺪ ﺬ ﺮ ﺰ ﺲ ﺶ ﺺ ﺾ ﻂ ﻆ ﻊ ﻎ ﻒ ﻖ ﻚ ﻞ ﻢ ﻦ ﻪ ﻮ ﻲ</charinsert> · <charinsert>ء- ّ- ْ- ً- ِ- آ أ إ ة ؤ ئ ى</charinsert> · <charinsert>پ چ ژ گ ﭪ ڠ ۰ ۱ ۲ ۳ ٤ ٥ ٦ ٧ ۸ ۹</charinsert> <charinsert>Á á À à Ç ç É é È è Ë ë Í í Ï ï Ó ó Ò ò Ö ö Ú ú Ù ù</charinsert> <charinsert>Á á Č č Ď ď É é Ě ě Í í Ň ň Ó ó Ř ř Š š Ť ť Ú ú Ů ů Ý ý Ž ž</charinsert> <charinsert>ँ ं ः अ आ इ ई उ ऊ ऋ ऌ ऍ ऎ ए ऐ ऑ ऒ ओ औ क क़ ख ख़ ग ग़ घ ङ च छ ज ज़ झ ञ ट ठ ड ड़ द ढ ढ़ ण त थ ध न ऩ प फ फ़ ब भ म य य़ र ऱ ल ळ ऴ व श ष स ह ़ ऽ ा ि ॊ ो ौ ् ी ु ू ृ ॄ ॅ ॆ े ै ॉ ॐ ॑ ॒ ॓ ॔ ॠ ॡ ॢ ॣ । ॥ ॰</charinsert> <charinsert>Ĉ ĉ Ĝ ĝ Ĥ ĥ Ĵ ĵ Ŝ ŝ Ŭ ŭ</charinsert> <charinsert>Č č Š š Ž ž Õ õ Ä ä Ö ö Ü ü</charinsert> <charinsert>À à Â â Ç ç É é È è Ê ê Ë ë Î î Ï ï Ô ô Œ œ Ù ù Û û Ü ü Ÿ ÿ</charinsert> <charinsert>Ä ä Ö ö Ü ü ß ẞ</charinsert> <charinsert>Ā ā Ē ē Ī ī Ō ō Ū ū ʻ</charinsert> <charinsert>א ב ג ד ה ו ז ח ט י כ ך ל מ ם נ ן ס ע פ ף צ ץ ק ר ש ת ־ ״ ׳</charinsert> <charinsert>Ő ő Ű ű</charinsert> <charinsert>Á á Ð ð É é Í í Ó ó Ú ú Ý ý Þ þ Æ æ Ö ö</charinsert> <charinsert>Á á À à É é È è Í í Ì ì Ó ó Ò ò Ú ú Ù ù</charinsert> <charinsert>Ā ā Č č Ē ē Ģ ģ Ī ī Ķ ķ Ļ ļ Ņ ņ Š š Ū ū Ž ž</charinsert> <charinsert>Ą ą Č č Ę ę Ė ė Į į Š š Ų ų Ū ū Ž ž</charinsert> <charinsert>Ċ ċ Ġ ġ Ħ ħ Ż ż</charinsert> <charinsert>Ā ā Æ æ Ǣ ǣ Ǽ ǽ Ċ ċ Ð ð Ē ē Ġ ġ Ī ī Ō ō Ū ū Ƿ ƿ Ȳ ȳ Þ þ Ȝ ȝ</charinsert> <charinsert>Á á À à Ǎ ǎ Ā ā É é È è Ě ě Ē ē Í í Ì ì Ǐ ǐ Ī ī Ó ó Ò ò Ǒ ǒ Ō ō Ú ú Ù ù Ü ü Ǔ ǔ Ū ū Ǘ ǘ Ǜ ǜ Ǚ ǚ Ǖ ǖ</charinsert> <charinsert>ą Ą ć Ć ę Ę ł Ł ń Ń ó Ó ś Ś ź Ź ż Ż</charinsert> <charinsert>Á á À à Â â Ã ã Ç ç É é Ê ê Í í Ó ó Ô ô Õ õ Ú ú Ü ü</charinsert> <charinsert>Ā ā Ē ē Ī ī Ō ō Ū ū</charinsert> <charinsert>Ă ă Â â Î î Ş ş Ţ ţ</charinsert> <charinsert>À à É é Å å Æ æ Ä ä Ø ø Ö ö</charinsert> <charinsert>А а Б б В в Г г Д д Ђ ђ Е е Ж ж З з И и Ј ј К к Л л Љ љ М м Н н Њ њ О о П п Р р С с Т т Ћ ћ У у Ф ф Х х Ц ц Ч ч Џ џ Ш ш</charinsert> <charinsert>Á á É é Í í Ñ ñ Ó ó Ú ú Ü ü ¡ ¿</charinsert> <charinsert>Ç ç Ğ ğ İ ı Ö ö Ş ş Ü ü Â â Î î Û û</charinsert> <charinsert>À à Ả ả Á á Ạ ạ Ã ã Ă ă Ằ ằ Ẳ ẳ Ẵ ẵ Ắ ắ Ặ ặ Â â Ầ ầ Ẩ ẩ Ẫ ẫ Ấ ấ Ậ ậ Đ đ È è Ẻ ẻ Ẽ ẽ É é Ẹ ẹ Ê ê Ề ề Ể ể Ễ ễ Ế ế Ệ ệ Ỉ ỉ Ĩ ĩ Í í Ị ị Ì ì Ỏ ỏ Ó ó Ọ ọ Ò ò Õ õ Ô ô Ồ ồ Ổ ổ Ỗ ỗ Ố ố Ộ ộ Ơ ơ Ờ ờ Ở ở Ỡ ỡ Ớ ớ Ợ ợ Ù ù Ủ ủ Ũ ũ Ú ú Ụ ụ Ư ư Ừ ừ Ử ử Ữ ữ Ứ ứ Ự ự Ỳ ỳ Ỷ ỷ Ỹ ỹ Ỵ ỵ Ý ý</charinsert> <charinsert>Á á À à Â â Ä ä É é È è Ê ê Ë ë Ì ì Î î Ï ï Ó ó Ò ò Ô ô Ö ö Ù ù Û û Ẁ ẁ Ŵ ŵ Ẅ ẅ Ý ý Ỳ ỳ Ŷ ŷ Ÿ ÿ</charinsert> <charinsert> א אַ אָ ב בֿ ג ד ה ו וּ װ ױ ז זש ח ט י יִ ײ ײַ כ ך כּ ל ל+ מ ם נ ן ס ע ע+ פ פּ פֿ ף צ ץ ק ר ש שׂ תּ ת ׳ ״ ־ </charinsert> </div> _*Mediawiki:Gadgets-definition*_ - Same as Mediawiki.org not repeated here. _*Gadget-Edittools.js*_ - Same as Mediawiki.org not repeated here.

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Cannot update preferences
by Steve VanSlyck 11 Apr '15

11 Apr '15

I tried to change my skin, then got: You don't have permission to access /wiki/Special:Preferences on this server. Can someone advise what I need to fix? Worked fine before the upgrade.

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Cannot update preferences
by Steve VanSlyck 11 Apr '15

11 Apr '15

I tried to change my skin, then got:

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Upgrading
by Steve VanSlyck 11 Apr '15

11 Apr '15

=== Permissions === A line is needed in the "Unpack the new files" section specifying the permissions. CPanel doesnot allow me to upload a file without first specifying the permissions. === To Overwrite or Not To Overwrite, That is the Question === The instructions say, "You should put the decompressed tarball in a new and empty folder on your server," but this is not consistent with the Upgrade[.txt] file, which says, "Replace the existing MediaWiki files with the new." Which is correct? How do we get the incorrect instruction corrected? === Where to unpack them === Assuming I'm not to overwrite, then I also assume that I can dispense with a separate backup since the current files are not being touched. My current installation is in /home/myname/public_html/w so I **think** what I'm supposed or can do is rename w to w-old then create a new directory w then put the downloaded mediawiki-1.24.2.tar.gz file in the new directory w and proceed from there. Is this correct?

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Math extension, errors that may be Windows-related
by Brenton Horne 10 Apr '15

10 Apr '15

Hi, I have a local Wiki that I have been trying to install the Math extension on. In LocalSettings.php I have the following lines for the extension: > require_once("extensions/Math/math.php"); > > $wgUseTeX = true; > $wgTexvc = "/extensions/Math/math/texvc.exe"; texvc was installed via following instructions here [1 <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Texvc#Windows>]. I have a texvc.exe file in the directory extensions/Math/math/ created via following these instructions. I also have LaTeX installed on my PC via MiKTeX, currently my path variable points to C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\miktex\bin\x64 (where latex.exe and dvipng.exe files exist). Despite this inserting an equation via <math></math> into a Wiki page gives the error: > *Failed to parse (Missing <code>texvc</code> executable. Please see > math/README to configure.):* Thanks for your time, Brenton

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Tracking that specific versions of pages have been read by users
by Larry Silverman 10 Apr '15

10 Apr '15

I'm using Mediawiki as a Quality Management System <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_management_system> (QMS). I'm using the ApprovedRevs <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Approved_Revs> extension to enable a lightweight approval workflow. This enables me to show users only the approved version of a given policy, process or procedure. I'd like to add a button at the bottom of each page that an employee would click to acknowledge they read and understood the approved version of the document. If a new version of the document is approved, the user would need to return to the page and repeat the acknowledgement. The acknowledgements would likely be stored in new tables in the database. Ideally, I'd use the "This is a minor edit" flag to indicate when a page might need an employee to re-read it. If all changes between approved versions were minor, rereading (retraining) would not be needed. But if there were a non-minor change and the page was approved, then individuals would need to return and indicate they re-read and understood the page. I'd like to only show the "I read and understood this" button when the user belongs to a specific group for whom the policy, procedure or process applies. We use Semantic Mediawiki, and I imagine I'd make use of template properties to create an "Applies to groups" property, and wire things up to Active Directory to determine group membership. I have other ideas for rounding out this feature. Adjunct user pages might be created so users can track which pages they need to review and which they're "trained" on already. Will likely need reports so managers can keep tabs on employee training. I'm wondering if anyone's done anything like this previously and could steer me to existing extensions that might help. I've searched through the existing extensions but nothing jumped out at me as an obvious fit. I'm guessing I'll need to write a custom extension to accomplish most of the above. Thanks! Larry

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SMWCon Spring 2015 Final Call for Contributions
by Koerner, Chris L 09 Apr '15

09 Apr '15

=SMWCon Spring 2015 Final Call for Contributions= This is a reminder that the deadline for contributions to SMWCon is Wednesday, April 22nd. We are inviting you to submit your contributions to help collect and put together the conference program. We’ve started to rough in our schedule and would love to have a diverse group of speakers. Submit your proposed talk today! ==Call for Contributions== Talks could be about anything related to semantics, wikis, or yes semantic wikis! We welcome new contributions on the use of semantic wikis in different industries and the development and proposal of new tools in and around the semantic wiki community. You can propose your contributions on the conference website (http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/SMWCon_Spring_2015) in form of regular talks or short lightning talks. All submitted proposals will be reviewed and we will do our best to consider your proposal in the conference program. If you've already announced your talk it's now time to expand its description. We are also looking for folks to help us with our tutorial day. We’re looking for presentations on the basics of Semantic MediaWiki and related extensions. The deadline is April 22nd, but we encourage submissions, even in a draft form, as soon as possible to help with planning. Please note that all tutorials and presentations will be video and audio recorded and made available for others after the conference. Please add yourself to the informal list of attendees if you’d like to attend. ==Important Facts== *Submission Deadline is April 22nd (please contact the organizers if you need more time) *SMWCon is from Wednesday, May 6th to Friday, May 8th 2015 *T-Rex (http://downtowntrex.com), 911 Washington Ave., St. Louis, MO, USA *Conference site: http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/SMWCon_Spring_2015 *Participants: Everybody interested in semantic wikis, especially in Semantic MediaWiki, e.g. administrators, developers, wiki users, consultants, business representatives and researchers. ==List of Topics== Here are some suggestions. All submissions are welcome. Use of wikis in *Academia *Business *Entertainment *Research *Sciences *Social Services Use of wikis for *Knowledge Management *Community Building *Project Managmeent *Personal Wikis *Emergency Response *Event Planning Extending Semantic MediaWiki *Extensions *Integration with other services (databases, external APIs, etc) *Visualization and reporting tools Developments around Semantic MediaWiki *Community building *Feature wish lists *SMW and related extensions roadmaps *Improving the experience using semantic wikis *How to contribute to SMW and related projects *Multilingual support *Access control ==Registration== Tickets can be purchased at http://smwcons2015.eventbrite.com Your registration fee includes: *3-day Conference Pass (including the tutorial day) *Breakfast for all three days *Lunch on the first and 3rd day *Coffee, snacks *Evening social event with hors d'oeuvres and drinks Please note that the registration fee does not cover accommodation or travel expenses. ===Academic Pricing=== Attendees from education organizations can purchase a discounted ticket. Proof of affiliation may be requested. ==Organizing Committee== *Chris Koerner [Local Chair] *Paul Boal [Program Chair] ==Sponsors== *Mercy (http://mercy.net) *SNPedia (http://www.snpedia.org) This electronic mail and any attached documents are intended solely for the named addressee(s) and contain confidential information. If you are not an addressee, or responsible for delivering this email to an addressee, you have received this email in error and are notified that reading, copying, or disclosing this email is prohibited. If you received this email in error, immediately reply to the sender and delete the message completely from your computer system.

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Houston Mediawiki Meetup
by Enterprise Mediawiki 08 Apr '15

08 Apr '15

On Monday April 20th, Houston-based MediaWiki users and developers will meet to share lessons-learned, open-source extensions, and collaborate on developing new extensions beneficial to any organization using MediaWiki. This event is being hosted by NASA’s Johnson Space Center and the Technology Collaboration Center of Houston. The preliminary agenda includes: - Presentations: - Overview of key MediaWiki extensions used at NASA - Watch Analytics extension - Discussion topics: - What features and qualities make for the "perfect" knowledge management solution? - Comparison: A single wiki vs. a wiki farm. Which works better for a large organization? - What is the best way to share data between wikis? - Wiki Conversations: Turning e-mail conversations into useful knowledge retention - Idea for development: Citations of references - How to complete the culture change to using a wiki (i.e., getting the last 10% to use it)? Please visit the event information page[1] to register for attendance and presentations. We are looking for people volunteering to present topics at this meetup. Email us with any questions at enterprisemediawiki(a)gmail.com [1] http://www.tcc-houston.org/mediawiki-technologies.html -- EnterpriseMediawiki.org

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