====== MediaWiki ======

--- //John Pumford-Green 02/07/22 09:00//

I have been thinking about moving to ''MediaWiki'' instead of ''Dokuwiki'' and decided to try it first to see if I preferred ''MediaWiki''.

I installed MediaWiki on my sandbox server  using the basic process that I later documented :

[[public:computers:mediawiki|MediaWiki Install]]

I do like the look/feel of ''MediaWiki'' as a //reader// but the operation and maintenance as a //user// is very different to ''Dokuwiki''.

It looked like there would be a steep learning curve, and a lot of functionality I'd added to Dokuwiki via plugins would not immediately be available. I also installed it on my main VPS server, and imported a few pages, and then did //a lot// of editing to get them to look right. It was going to take **A LOT** of work if I was to fully import //this// wiki over to MediaWiki.

There are some conversion scripts around to (partially) convert Dokuwiki formatted text into MediaWiki format, but they are **far** from perfect and the converted pages //still// need a lot of work.

After spending|wasting several hours I decided to abandon the idea of switching to MediaWiki and to stay using Dokuwiki. It //does// make a lot of sense - I'm comfortable with the syntax, it's **much** easier to backup, as all the pages are simply flat text files, adding functionality via plugins is //much// easier to do. It **just works**.

So, I've deleted/removed the MediaWiki install & MariaDB SQL server from the VPS machine. I might keep the Sandbox Server MediaWiki install, just to play with from time to time, but unless something serious happens I can't see any point in spending|wasting hours and hours trying to get my existing Wiki converted to MediaWiki, and then learning how best to organize a MediaWiki setup.


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--- //John Pumford-Green 27/04/23 07:40//

I deleted the Mediawiki install & MariaDB server from the Sandbox machine today too, as I don't think I will be migrating to MediaWiki.

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{{tag>dokuwiki mediawiki}}