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Date:      Fri, 11 Mar 2022 18:51:20 -0400
From:      Minsoo Choo <fel1x.mintchoco.development@gmail.com>
To:        Azrael JD <azraeljd122@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Why don't the FreeBSD Wiki use MediaWiki?
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> On Mar 11, 2022, at 00:26, Azrael JD <azraeljd122@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> General question, probably have been asked before but I can't seem to =
find anyone asking about this on the FreeBSD forums or mailing lists.
>=20
> Why don't the FreeBSD Wiki use MediaWiki? It's a known wiki software =
and is used by a lot of wikis, including Wikipedia, Fandom and a lot =
others.
>=20
> The markup language is not that hard to learn and is quite simple =
(uses [[<page name>]] to link to other pages, etc.). MediaWiki also =
supports plugins and extensions.
>=20
> Or does the FreeBSD project have other considerations to not use =
MediaWiki? Please let me know.
>=20
> Regards,
> Azrael JD.


FreeBSD Wiki is currently using MoinMoin wiki, and I think it is not a =
huge problem because some other open source projects use MoinMoin wiki, =
too(Ubuntu wiki, Debian wiki, Apache wiki, etc). Arch Wiki uses =
Mediawiki, but it just depends on the preference of the wiki admin.=20=



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