MoinMoin vs. MediaWiki
This is to get an overview over Moin syntax and MediaWiki link patterns and image syntax.
Do not forget that a wiki is about more than syntax and that MoinMoin can understand MediaWiki's syntax using a parser from ParserMarket. Moreover, MoinMoin 1.6 and later use a syntax which takes the best parts of the MediaWiki syntax in various respects.
Item |
MoinMoin |
MediaWiki |
Comment |
CamelCase link |
CamelCase |
|
|
CamelCase Interwiki link |
InterWiki:CamelCase |
[[InterWiki:free link]] |
|
Free Link |
[[free link]] |
[[free link]] |
More or less the same |
Link to anchor on same page |
[[#anchorname]] |
[[#New Zealand]] |
More or less the same |
Link to anchor on other page |
[[World Heritage Sites#New Zealand]] |
[[World Heritage Sites#New Zealand]] |
More or less the same |
Link with different text |
[[CamelCase|different text]] |
[[wikipedia FAQ|answers]] |
More or less the same |
Free link with different text |
[[free link|different text]] |
[[free link|different text]] |
More or less the same |
Handling of endings |
[[test]]ing HumanGene''''''s |
[[test]]ing, [[gene]]s |
MW: blends endings into the link, so it looks homogenous. |
Automatically hide stuff in parentheses |
|
[[kingdom (biology)|]] |
MW: Intended for disambiguation of same-name articles |
Automatically hide namespace |
|
[[Wikipedia:Village Pump|]] |
Moin: No namespaces implemented, we use subpages or wiki farms |
Link to page in other language |
[[fr:Wikipédia/Aide]] |
[[fr:Wikipédia:Aide]] |
Not sure about this! |
External link, just URL |
http://moinmo.in |
http://www.nupedia.com |
More or less the same |
Named external link |
[[http://moinmo.in|MoinMoin Wiki]] |
[http://www.nupedia.com Nupedia] |
MW: Notice the inconsistency in link syntax |
Picture |
{{attachment:Wiki.png}} |
[[Image:Wiki.png]] |
Moin: Uses a generic syntax |
Picture with alternate text |
{{attachment:Wiki.png|alt text}} |
[[Image:Wiki.png|options|jigsaw globe]] |
Moin: Options include align, width, height |
Link to picture description page |
[[attachment:Wiki.png]] |
[[:Image:Wiki.png]] |
|
Link to a media file (not shown, only linked) |
[[attachment:Wiki.png|link text]] |
[[media:Tornado.jpg|Image of a Tornado]] |
More or less the same |
Drawing (TWikiDrawPlugin) |
[[drawing:drawingname]] |
|
MW: N/A? |
See also WikiPediaForMoinMoin.
A more current overview (next Moin 1.9 release) what advantages and disadvantages Moin has compared to MediaWiki is this:
MoinMoin (1.8) |
MediaWiki |
GUI-WYSIWYG-Editor (FCKeditor) + simple Editor |
no WYSIWIG |
often more intuitive Markup, no "HTML Markup" |
misc. Markup less intuitive or borrowed from HTML |
indexed Search (also in Attachments) |
? |
Wiki Synchronisation |
- |
MoinMoin Desktop Edition - installed & running in a minute |
- |
Python (also for Plugins) - code you can read easily |
PHP / Ocaml / C |
Apache, Standalone, IIS, ... |
Apache or IIS (at least) |
File system |
requires Database (MySQL or PostgreSQL) |
pretty RecentChanges with temporal user bookmarks |
simple RC |
Links either CamelCase or Freelinks |
only Freelinks using Markup |
Emoticons / Smileys |
- |
Syntax Highlighting (standard) |
Plugin |
Image Editing |
- |
ACL |
- |
Patch? |
Section editing |
? |
Special pages |
See also: http://www.wikimatrix.org/compare/MediaWiki+MoinMoin