An analysis of the state of Wikimedia's production wikis and the use of MediaWiki as the base software for over 900 instances with different requirements and needs

This is an opinion document seeking to answer the question: what is MediaWiki? It defines basic concepts and then presents the defining characteristics and fundamental functionality of the current state of the MediaWiki platform. It also documents functionality that exists to support those key aspects of the platform.

Shows how modern architecture patterns enable the strategic product goals

A hands-on working prototype of an experimental modern platform

Free knowledge data model based on schema.org