It looks like the commercial team behind MediaWiki is adding some elements of Social Networking to their product to create Wikia. It is a hosted solution (what’s with the developments for hosted wikis this weekend?) so I don’t know how easy it will be for plugins to go to MediaWiki and a quick Google search reveals nothing, though PBS’s learning.now suggests that it might be possible. Being hosted, I also don’t know how much traction it will get outside of the US – for those who wish to avoid the Patriot Act (though hopefully that will change).
MediaWiki + Social Networks = Wikia
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Actually, that’s not what’s going on here. Wikia has been around for a while now, and it’s always offered users a hosted solution for wikis, including some social networking features built into it. Now, Wikia is releasing plugins for MediaWiki users – not Wikia users – to upgrade their MediaWiki installations. I included a link to the plugin in my post, but here’s a copy of it: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SocialProfile
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Thanks Andy.
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