A description of the infrastructure in MediaWiki and how it is used within Wikimedia. Presented at GLAM-WIKI http://glam.wikimedia.org.au/

1. MediaWiki/Wikimedia
tech infrastructure
Brianna Laugher
6 August 2009
glam.wikimedia.org.au

3. Linux
Apache
MySQL
PHP

4. Extensions
Add new <wikisyntax />
Or add new [[Special:Specialpage]]
(reports)

5. API
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php

7. (Diagram is for
1.10, April 2007;
latest release is 1.15)

8. Images/files

9. Revisions (edits)

10. Templates, categories & links

12. Categories

13. Categories

14. Categories

15. Categories
from
templates!

16. Templates
“Boilerplate” – no parameters
Licenses
Stub markers

17. Templates
“Infobox” – parameters
(key-value pairs)

18. Templates
{{Information}} – Wikimedia Commons
{{Information
|description=
|date=
|source=
|author=
|permission=
}}

19. Templates

20. Templates

21. Templates

22. Users
“Anonymous”/IP:
Can read
Can edit

23. Users
“Anonymous”/IP
(Registered) User:
Can create new page
Can upload files
Can move

24. Users
“Anonymous”/IP
(Registered) User
Administrator/Sysop:
Can (un)delete
Can (un)block
Can (un)protect
Can edit protected pages
Typically elected by the community

25. Users
“Anonymous”/IP
(Registered) User
Administrator/Sysop
Bureaucrat:
Can create administrators
Typically elected by the community

26. Credits
GLAM-WIKI logo - © Wikimedia Foundation.
MediaWiki logo – public domain.
Database schema – by Nick Jenkins. GFDL/GPL.
Continuous copper casting disc – by Alchemist-
hp. CC-BY-SA-DE-3.0.
MediaWiki screenshots – MediaWiki is licensed
under the GPL.
Everything else is © Brianna Laugher & licensed
CC-BY-SA-3.0.

27. Thank you!
blaugher@wikimedia.org.au
http://brianna.modernthings.org