http://www.metafilter.com/tags/mediawiki Posts tagged with 'mediawiki' at MetaFilter. Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:21:42 -0800 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:21:42 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/89215/SNPedias%2DTop%2D10%2DSNPs%2Dof%2Dthe%2DYear <a href="http://www.snpedia.com/index.php/SNPedia">SNPedia</a> is a wiki-based database of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_nucleotide_polymorphism">single nucleotide polymorphisms</a> (SNPs). Here are <a href="http://snpedia.blogspot.com/2010/01/snpedias-top-10-snps-of-year.html">SNPedia's Top 10 SNPs of the Year</a>. <br> <br> SNPedia runs on <a href="http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki">Semantic Mediawiki</a>, an extension to <a href="http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki">Mediawiki</a>, the same software that runs Wikipedia. I'd like to hear from fellow enthusiasts of Semantic Mediawiki. What have your experiences been? Please post comments. tag:metafilter.com,2010:site.89215 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:21:42 -0800 mediawiki semantic smw snpedia vostok http://www.metafilter.com/78620/Like%2Dmany%2Dposts%2Dthis%2Done%2Dstarts%2Dwith%2Da%2DWikipedia%2Dlink%2Dfor%2Dgeneral%2Dbackground <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a>, the free encyclopedia that <del>anyone</del><ins>trusted users</ins> can edit.</strong> If the MediaWiki <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Flagged_revisions">FlaggedRevisions</a> extension is enabled, the general public will see changes to articles only after approval by a trusted editor. Wikipedians conducted a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Flagged_revisions/Trial/Votes">poll</a> on whether Wikipedia should enable the feature for a limited trial. Almost 60 percent of voting editors answered in the affirmative. Wikipedia founder <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales">Jimbo Wales</a>'s subsequent request to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2009-01-24/Flagged_Revisions"> enable the feature anyway has been opposed by some</a>, claiming that the margin of votes does not meet Wikipedia's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus">consensus</a> standard. While it might help avoid <a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2009/01/kennedy_the_latest_victim_of_w.html?hpid=topnews">embarrassing incidents of vandalism</a>, the proposed trial <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jan/27/wikipedia-may-approve-all-changes">could lead to a big change in the Wikipedia way</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.78620 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:35:09 -0800 encyclopedia flaggedrevisions jimbowales mediawiki wiki wikimedia wikipedia grouse