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	We have authored a series of blog posts that feature different ideas discussed on this page, available here: https://charlesreid1.github.io/category/zettelkasten.html		We have authored a series of blog posts that feature different ideas discussed on this page, available here: https://charlesreid1.github.io/category/zettelkasten.html

	=Basics=		==Basics==

	Handy glossary of terms: [[Zettelkasten/Glossary]]		Handy glossary of terms: [[Zettelkasten/Glossary]]

			==Patterns==

			List of uesful zettelkasten MediaWiki patterns: [[Zettelkasten/Patterns]]

	==Why MediaWiki?==		==Why MediaWiki?==

	MediaWiki is a more complicated solution than ~~something~~ like Evernote ~~or Joplin~~. So why ~~go with it for~~ a tool ~~that will be used in day-to-day life~~? ~~A couple of~~ reasons.		MediaWiki is a more complicated solution to get up and running with than a desktop program like Evernote. So why use MediaWiki to create a tool intended for daily use?

			We have several reasons.

	First and foremost, MediaWiki is the software that runs Wikipedia~~; of all the wiki software currently in existence,~~ MediaWiki ~~has the highest chance of survival for precisely that reason~~.		First and foremost, MediaWiki is the software that runs Wikipedia. This means MediaWiki will continue to receive strong long-term support.

	Second, MediaWiki comes with built-in capabilites that are extremely useful, and that not all wiki software has. The most important one is transclusion - the ability to ~~create~~ a chunk of text, and dynamically include that text in other pages.		Second, MediaWiki comes with built-in capabilites that are extremely useful, and that not all wiki or zettelkasten software has. The most important one is transclusion - the ability to write a chunk of text, in one place, and dynamically include that text in other pages. This enables many capabilities, but one of the most useful is the ability to build navigation boxes and add them to the bottom of related pages.

	The ease with which new pages, subpages, page structure, and content can be created in MediaWiki also makes the experience of building out or reorganizing page structure much more pleasant than other wiki tools or note-taking applications. Subpages allow arbitrary nesting of child pages within parent pages (e.g., <nowiki>[[Python]] or [[Python/Networking]] or [[Python/Networking/Scapy]]</nowiki>), making it easy to organize information hierarchically.		The ease with which new pages, subpages, page structure, and content can be created in MediaWiki also makes the experience of building out or reorganizing page structure much more pleasant than other wiki tools or note-taking applications. Subpages allow arbitrary nesting of child pages within parent pages (e.g., <nowiki>[[Python]] or [[Python/Networking]] or [[Python/Networking/Scapy]]</nowiki>), making it easy to organize information hierarchically.
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	Since Wikipedia is built on MediaWiki, you can copy and paste MediaWiki templates directly from Wikipedia for use on the private MediaWiki. But additionally, when you learn MediaWiki syntax, you learn Wikipedia syntax, so experience editing a private MediaWiki wiki will translate directly to Wikipedia.		Since Wikipedia is built on MediaWiki, you can copy and paste MediaWiki templates directly from Wikipedia for use on the private MediaWiki. But additionally, when you learn MediaWiki syntax, you learn Wikipedia syntax, so experience editing a private MediaWiki wiki will translate directly to Wikipedia.

	~~=Patterns=~~

	~~List of uesful zettelkasten MediaWiki patterns: [[Zettelkasten/Patterns]]~~

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	A guide to the system we use to keep notes in a zettelkasten using MediaWiki.		A guide to the system we use to keep notes in a zettelkasten using MediaWiki.

			We have authored a series of blog posts that feature different ideas discussed on this page, available here: https://charlesreid1.github.io/category/zettelkasten.html

	=Basics=		=Basics=

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A guide to the system we use to keep notes in a zettelkasten using MediaWiki.

=Basics=

Handy glossary of terms: [[Zettelkasten/Glossary]]

==Why MediaWiki?==

MediaWiki is a more complicated solution than something like Evernote or Joplin. So why go with it for a tool that will be used in day-to-day life? A couple of reasons.

First and foremost, MediaWiki is the software that runs Wikipedia; of all the wiki software currently in existence, MediaWiki has the highest chance of survival for precisely that reason.

Second, MediaWiki comes with built-in capabilites that are extremely useful, and that not all wiki software has. The most important one is transclusion - the ability to create a chunk of text, and dynamically include that text in other pages.

The ease with which new pages, subpages, page structure, and content can be created in MediaWiki also makes the experience of building out or reorganizing page structure much more pleasant than other wiki tools or note-taking applications. Subpages allow arbitrary nesting of child pages within parent pages (e.g., <nowiki>[[Python]] or [[Python/Networking]] or [[Python/Networking/Scapy]]</nowiki>), making it easy to organize information hierarchically.

MediaWiki's built-in Categories functionality serves the same purpose that tags serve in the Zettelkasten system (see [[Zettelkasten/Glossary]]), making it a natural fit for a Zetteklasten.

Speaking of built-in mechanisms: MediaWiki is highly customizable with CSS and skins; it has built-in image and file embedding capabilities, flexible table and image layout options, and a robust ecosysstem of plugins that support things like Lua scripting, videos, and LaTeX.

Do you need more reasons? Well, okay, MediaWiki has an extensive backend API, plus built-in authentication and authorization, plus the ability to create bot users to perform automated actions securely, with separate credentials. A library called pywikibot supports writing automated bots that interact with the wiki, making it possible to automate the creation or maintenance of pages.

Since Wikipedia is built on MediaWiki, you can copy and paste MediaWiki templates directly from Wikipedia for use on the private MediaWiki. But additionally, when you learn MediaWiki syntax, you learn Wikipedia syntax, so experience editing a private MediaWiki wiki will translate directly to Wikipedia.

=Patterns=

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