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Why not use MediaWiki on Ubuntu Wiki?

Asked by Mads Peter Rommedahl

Hi

For some time now, I've wondered about why the Ubuntu Wiki [1] and [2] is using MoinMoin as an engine, and not MediaWiki.

As Wikipedia continues to grow, more and more people grow accustomed to MediaWiki's intuitive way of editing and creating pages - why does Ubuntu use such a relatively hard-to-learn engine as MoinMoin? As far as I can see, MediaWiki would suit Ubuntu just fine as a platform upon which to build a comprehensive wiki of documentation.

[1] - https://wiki.ubuntu.com
[2] - https://help.ubuntu.com/

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Jim Hutchinson (jphutch) said : 		#1

Is mediawiki open source? If not, that is the probably the reason. If it is,
then I really don't know.

On 9/8/07, Mads Peter Rommedahl <email address hidden> wrote:
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> Hi
>
> For some time now, I've wondered about why the Ubuntu Wiki [1] and [2] is
> using MoinMoin as an engine, and not MediaWiki.
>
> As Wikipedia continues to grow, more and more people grow accustomed to
> MediaWiki's intuitive way of editing and creating pages - why does Ubuntu
> use such a relatively hard-to-learn engine as MoinMoin? As far as I can see,
> MediaWiki would suit Ubuntu just fine as a platform upon which to build a
> comprehensive wiki of documentation.
>
> [1] - https://wiki.ubuntu.com
> [2] - https://help.ubuntu.com/
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Mads Peter Rommedahl (lhademmor) said : 		#2

Yes, MediaWiki is GPL'd, and is constantly being developed and stable and stuff.

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Bjørn Sandåker (prognatus) said : 		#3

You may have better luck asking the webmaster why this decision was made in the first place. You'll find the contact address to webmaster at http://www.ubuntu.com/aboutus/contactus. There. you may also provide general feedback and present your ideas of improvements.

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