Re: Why don't the FreeBSD Wiki use MediaWiki?

In reply to: Azrael JD : "Why don't the FreeBSD Wiki use MediaWiki?"
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From: Minsoo Choo <fel1x.mintchoco.development_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2022 22:51:20 UTC


> On Mar 11, 2022, at 00:26, Azrael JD <azraeljd122@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Or does the FreeBSD project have other considerations to not use MediaWiki? Please let me know.
> 
> 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.