TOP TOOLS 2008
MediaWiki

MediaWiki is the wiki tool that powers Wikipedia, so any wiki site based on MediaWiki has the same Wikipedia look and feel
 

Website	www.mediawiki.org/
Cost	Free
Availability	Download
Platform	Install on webserver - Windows and Unix/Linux
2007 ranking	36=
2008 ranking	83=

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Comments from those who selected MediaWiki as one of their Top 10 Tools in 2008

• "I have used this for the 30-minute masters project and have no complaints, particularly now I’ve discovered how to stop being spammed. I’m also using this wiki to gather notes and assemble my next book."   Clive Shepherd
• "the power behind my wiki at mrhood.co.uk/wiki and the slightly better known Wikipedia"  Nick Hood

Comments from those who selected MediaWiki as one of their Top 10 Tools in 2007

• "Wiki love. And I've only been using it for my own project documentation. Haven't even gotten into the collaborative aspect."  Cammy Bean
• "most collaborative work in our organization is done in a wiki and mediawiki is the tool of choice"  Kevin Gamble
• "I use it lots in teaching, my own learning, allowing collaboratvie editing, and of course it underpins Wikipedia, which is my fourth choice"  Mark van Harmelen
• "simple, free, easy"  David Flanders
• "the engine behind wikipedia and one of the best, if you want to implement your own wiki"  Michael Prophet
• "the wiki tool I use with teachers participating in my courses. Very rich in functionality and easy to use "  Gianni Marconato
• "a hat-tip goes to MediaWiki too, the software that runs Wikipedia (and that I've used for corporate wikis as well)"  Thomas Stone

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