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== Terminology ==
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| '''Wiki''' || A website that has a system in place to allow collaborative editing rather than a central authority dictating content, such as a blog.
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| [[wikipedia:Main Page|'''Wikipedia''']] || More properly known as the ''English'' Wikipedia, it is the online encyclopedia that everyone knows of.<ref> Keep in mind that there are "wikipedias" in other languages, such as [https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Portada Spanish] and [https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagina_principale Italian]. [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Complete_list_of_Wikimedia_projects Click me] for a full list.</ref>
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| [https://wikimediafoundation.org/ '''Wikimedia'''] || A non-profit foundation that performs the adminstration and systems administrative upkeep of the various language editions of Wikipedia.
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| [[mw:MediaWiki|'''MediaWiki''']] || A [[wikipedia:Free and open-source software|'''free and open source''']] software that is designed to provide a wiki-style of editing to a website. This software is what runs this very website.
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If completely unfamiliar with how MediaWiki works, this guide is for you. See table of contents to skip around to what you need.

Terminology

So that we share the same language, please commit the following terms to memory.

Term Definition
Wiki A website that has a system in place to allow collaborative editing rather than a central authority dictating content, such as a blog.
Wikipedia More properly known as the English Wikipedia, it is the online encyclopedia that everyone knows of.[1]
Wikimedia A non-profit foundation that performs the adminstration and systems administrative upkeep of the various language editions of Wikipedia.
MediaWiki A free and open source software that is designed to provide a wiki-style of editing to a website. This software is what runs this very website.


Footnotes

  1. Keep in mind that there are "wikipedias" in other languages, such as Spanish and Italian. Click me for a full list.