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MediaWiki, a custom-made, free and open source wiki software platform written in PHP and built upon the MySQL database system.<ref name="nedworks database system">{{cite web |url = http://www.nedworks.org/~mark/presentations/san/Wikimedia%20architecture.pdf |format = PDF |title = Wikimedia Architecture |author = Mark Bergsma |publisher = Wikimedia Foundation |accessdate = June 27, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303204708/http://www.nedworks.org/~mark/presentations/san/Wikimedia%20architecture.pdf | archive-date=March 3, 2009}}</ref> | MediaWiki, a custom-made, free and open source wiki software platform written in PHP and built upon the MySQL database system.<ref name="nedworks database system">{{cite web |url = http://www.nedworks.org/~mark/presentations/san/Wikimedia%20architecture.pdf |format = PDF |title = Wikimedia Architecture |author = Mark Bergsma |publisher = Wikimedia Foundation |accessdate = June 27, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303204708/http://www.nedworks.org/~mark/presentations/san/Wikimedia%20architecture.pdf | archive-date=March 3, 2009}}</ref> | ||
The software incorporates programming features such as a macro language, variables , a transclusion system for templates, and URL redirection . MediaWiki is licensed under the GNU General Public License and it is used by the Chalochatu project. | |||
==Automated editing== | |||
Computer programs called bots have been used widely to perform simple and repetitive tasks, such as correcting common misspellings and stylistic issues, or to start articles such as geography entries in a standard format from statistical data. | |||
== Access to content== | == Access to content== | ||
