\( \newcommand{\P}[]{\unicode{xB6}} \newcommand{\AA}[]{\unicode{x212B}} \newcommand{\empty}[]{\emptyset} \newcommand{\O}[]{\emptyset} \newcommand{\Alpha}[]{Α} \newcommand{\Beta}[]{Β} \newcommand{\Epsilon}[]{Ε} \newcommand{\Iota}[]{Ι} \newcommand{\Kappa}[]{Κ} \newcommand{\Rho}[]{Ρ} \newcommand{\Tau}[]{Τ} \newcommand{\Zeta}[]{Ζ} \newcommand{\Mu}[]{\unicode{x039C}} \newcommand{\Chi}[]{Χ} \newcommand{\Eta}[]{\unicode{x0397}} \newcommand{\Nu}[]{\unicode{x039D}} \newcommand{\Omicron}[]{\unicode{x039F}} \DeclareMathOperator{\sgn}{sgn} \def\oiint{\mathop{\vcenter{\mathchoice{\huge\unicode{x222F}\,}{\unicode{x222F}}{\unicode{x222F}}{\unicode{x222F}}}\,}\nolimits} \def\oiiint{\mathop{\vcenter{\mathchoice{\huge\unicode{x2230}\,}{\unicode{x2230}}{\unicode{x2230}}{\unicode{x2230}}}\,}\nolimits} \)

Installation

See mediawiki for instructions on deployment.
I have a container image with my preferred extensions at https://github.com/dli7319/docker-mediawiki.

To update, bump your image version and then in your container run:

php maintenance/run.php update

Wikitext

Wikitext is the markup language for Mediawiki pages.

Import/Export

Importing Individual Pages From Wikipedia

Mediawikiwiki: Manual:Importing_Wikipedia_infoboxes_tutorial

  1. Go to Wikipedia's Special:Export
  2. Type in the page you want.
    Template:Key press
    Template:Key press/doc
  3. Check include templates and download the file
  4. Go to your wiki's Special:Import
  5. Import the file.

Restricting Access

See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Page_specific_user_rights_extensions.
I use the Lockdown extension.

TODO

  • Find a way to insert text files into mediawiki (either via upload or as text).
    • These should be downloadable with a link.
    • Bonus if we can get syntax highlighting for code and if WebGL shaders can be made runnable.

Writing Extensions

PHP Hooks

See Mediawikiwiki:Manual:Hooks

ParserAfterTidy

  • This is only called for new sections of pages, not necessarily the entire page.

JS Hooks

See mw.hook documentation