Arvalux -- To clarify further (pls see below)
On 12 Oct 2004, at 19:54, Jens Ropers wrote
On 12 Oct 2004, at 17:04, Arvalux wrote:
I try to believe you mean your local MediaWiki install instead of
Wikimedia servers ;-) I mean my local installation of the WikiMedia software.
Apologies in advance, I'm not trying to be a smart-aleck, but the software is called '''MediaWiki''', and as you've probably noticed people tend to take that distinction quite seriously, for various reasons.
...among other things to stay clear of the (admittedly existing) potential for confusion:
'''Wikimedia''' is the name of the Wikimedia Foundation, the parent organization encompassing our various projects such as Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikispecies, Wikicommons, etc. '''MediaWiki''' is the wiki software that is developed for and used by these projects (and available for others to use for their wikis as well). '''Wikipedia''' -- the free encyclopedia -- is but ONE project of the Wikimedia Foundation. '''Wiki''' is a generic term to describe certain kinds of collaborative websites that can be user/visitor-edited (and most Wikimedia foundation websites are examples of wikis). '''Wiki software''' is any software that powers wiki websites at the backend. Such software is also called a '''wiki engine'''. There are MANY other wiki engines besides MediaWiki, big and small; good, bad and ugly ones; a list is here: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiEngines
All -- Anybody have a good idea where to post this info prominently? Or better yet, could whoever knows please go ahead and post this info prominently? Because these matters frequently seem to be a source of confusion.
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