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License
This wiki is powered by MediaWiki, copyright (C) 2001-2008 Magnus Manske, Brion Vibber, Lee Daniel Crocker, Tim Starling, Erik Möller, Gabriel Wicke, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Niklas Laxström, Domas Mituzas, Rob Church, Yuri Astrakhan, Aryeh Gregor, Aaron Schulz and others.
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Installed software
| Product | Version |
|---|---|
| MediaWiki | 1.14.0 |
| PHP | 5.2.13 (cgi) |
| MySQL | 5.0.95-community |
Installed extensions
| Special pages | ||
|---|---|---|
| CategoryTree (Version r44056) | Dynamically navigate the category structure | Daniel Kinzler |
| CheckUser (Version r44056) | Grants users with the appropriate permission the ability to check user's IP addresses and other information | Aaron Schulz and Tim Starling |
| Nuke (Version r40309) | Gives sysops the ability to mass delete pages | Brion Vibber |
| Renameuser (Version r44056) | Adds a special page to rename a user (need renameuser right) | Aaron Schulz and Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason |
| SpecialInterwiki (Version r47067) | Adds a special page to view and edit the interwiki table | SPQRobin, Stephanie Amanda Stevens and others |
| UploadLocal | allows users to link in files already on the server | |
| User Merge and Delete (Version 1.6.1) | Merges references from one user to another user in the wiki database - will also delete old users following merge. Requires usermerge privileges | Tim Laqua |
| Parser hooks | ||
| Route (Version 0.7) | Draws railway route diagrams | Philip Rayment |
| CategoryTree (Version r44056) | Dynamically navigate the category structure | Daniel Kinzler |
| CharInsert (Version r36357) | Allows creation of JavaScript box for inserting non-standard characters | Brion Vibber |
| Cite (Version r37577) | Adds <ref[ name=id]> and <references/> tags, for citations | Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason |
| Maps (Version 0.4.2) | Provides the ability to display coordinate data in maps, and geocode addresses (demo). Available mapping services: Google Maps, OpenLayers, Yahoo! Maps and OpenStreetMaps | Matt Williamson, Robert Buzink, Jeroen De Dauw, Yaron Koren and Sergey Chernyshev |
| ParserFunctions (Version 1.1.1) | Enhance parser with logical functions | Tim Starling |
| Poem (Version r44839) | Adds <poem> tag for poem formatting | Brion Vibber, Nikola Smolenski and Steve Sanbeg |
| Semantic MediaWiki (Version 1.4.3) | Making your wiki more accessible - for machines and humans (online documentation) | Klaus Lassleben, Markus Krötzsch, Denny Vrandecic, S Page, and others. Maintained by AIFB Karlsruhe. |
| StringFunctions (Version 2.0.3) | Enhances the parser with string functions | Juraj Simlovic and Ross McClure |
| Other | ||
| AntiSpoof | Blocks the creation of accounts with mixed-script, confusing and similar usernames | Brion Vibber |
| ConfirmEdit | Simple captcha implementation | Brion Vibber |
| Gadgets (Version r43269) | Lets users select custom CSS and JavaScript gadgets in their preferences | Daniel Kinzler |
| Semantic Maps (Version 0.4.2) | Provides the ability to view and edit coordinate data stored through the Semantic MediaWiki extension (demo). Available map services: Google Maps, OpenLayers, Yahoo! Maps and OpenStreetMaps | Robert Buzink, Yaron Koren and Jeroen De Dauw |
| Semantic Result Formats (Version 1.4.3) | Additional formats for Semantic MediaWiki inline queries. Available formats: icalendar, vcard, bibtex, calendar, eventline, timeline, sum, average, min, max | Frank Dengler, Steren Giannini, Fabian Howahl, Yaron Koren, Markus Krötzsch, Joel Natividad, Denny Vrandecic, Nathan Yergler |
| SpamBlacklist (Version r43098) | Regex-based anti-spam tool: MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist and MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist | Tim Starling |
| Title Blacklist (Version 1.4.2) | Allows administrators to forbid creation of pages and user accounts per a blacklist and whitelist | Fran Rogers and VasilievVV |
| TorBlock (Version r36018) | Allows tor exit nodes to be blocked from editing a wiki | Andrew Garrett |
| Extension functions | ||
| confirmEditSetup, efCategoryTree, efMapsSetup, smfSetup, smwfSetupExtension, srffSetup, wfSetupParserFunctions, wfSetupUploadLocal and wfStringFunctions | ||
| Parser extension tags | ||
| <ask>, <categorytree>, <charinsert>, <poem>, <pre>, <ref>, <references> and <route> | ||
| Parser function hooks | ||
| anchorencode, ask, categorytree, concept, declare, defaultsort, display_map, display_point, displaytitle, explode, expr, filepath, formatnum, fullurl, fullurle, geocode, geocodelat, geocodelng, grammar, if, ifeq, iferror, ifexist, ifexpr, info, int, language, lc, lcfirst, len, localurl, localurle, ns, numberingroup, numberofadmins, numberofarticles, numberofedits, numberoffiles, numberofpages, numberofusers, numberofviews, pad, padleft, padright, pagesincategory, pagesize, plural, pos, rel2abs, replace, rpos, set, set_recurring_event, show, special, sub, switch, tag, time, timel, titleparts, uc, ucfirst, urldecode and urlencode | ||
