User:Harry Wood
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I am an avid user of wikis, and I am a wiki-wonderer visiting many different wiki communities (a GluePerson perhaps).
I also have an interest in the technology behind wikis, and I've tinkered with MediaWiki installations from time to time. I've recently set one up on as an Intranet where I work.
Mediawiki is undoubtedly one of the best wiki engines, particularly from a usability perspective. I love the way it hides the more advanced features, so that newbies can understand the basic wiki idea quickly, while power users still have their toys.
I can see some ways mediawiki can improve:
- Better SVG support, or other features for slapping in and editing diagrams quickly
- Better Anti-spam Features preferably out-of-the-box (not extensions), particularly helping small new wikis to stay spam-free.
- Better documentation
- Some built in help pages distributed with the installation. Now under development here mediawiki.org:PD Help
- Clearer separation between wikipedia documentation and MediaWiki documentation. Now being instigated here: Meta:MetaProject to transfer content to MediaWiki.org
- Clarify which wiki should have mediawiki manuals and support community discussions (this one or mediawiki.org?)
- Tidying up community discussions somehow (There's way too many MediaWiki support questions cluttering up Talk pages and mostly going unanswered)
- Better marketing speil to attract corporate intranet use (Compared with Twiki.org)
...but hey. It's great software! everyone involved, nice work!
