How to make a wiki using MediaWiki?

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I’m wondering, how do I make a wiki using MediaWiki?
The docs are a bit confusing, and I can’t seem to get anywhere.

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Whenever you want to try something big like building a wiki you always create a project plan in steps-by-steps.

So, a Wiki (using mediawiki) needs basically two things at first:

  1. A Host (A WebHosting or you local one)
  2. A predefine Domain Name (the name of your wiki)

After that you can start the installation, by downloading the latest release. So:

  1. Download the MediaWiki
  2. You can pretty much follow this page, uploading files (photos, documents, etc) using a FTP, creating a database, running the instalation script.

After that you can start configuring the settings and installing extensions.

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Oh, once you installed MediaWiki, you can click on any red link or use the search bar to find a non-existent page and then click on “Create” to add content.

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So arguably you can make a forum fron MediaWiki?

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Well, yes you can but remember that MediaWiki’s primary design is for wikis, not forums.

So I think it would be better using a proper forum maker tool.

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replit.com/@haroon/Self-Hostable-Wiki?v=1

It’s how I made this.

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