MediaWiki Shared

Manage knowledge centrally — on Swiss infrastructure. stepping stone operates MediaWiki as a shared knowledge platform for your team: Documentation, guides and manuals all in one place, version-controlled and accessible at any time.

MediaWiki Shared is the open-source software behind Wikipedia and one of the most tried-and-tested platforms for collaborative knowledge management. stepping stone operates MediaWiki on Swiss infrastructure as a shared solution — ready for immediate use.

Using the modern web interface, teams can collaboratively build a central knowledge base: documentation, guides, manuals and notes are created, linked and versioned. Every change is saved and can be compared or restored. Permission management controls who is allowed to read, edit or administer the content. Thousands of extensions enhance the platform with visual editors, diagrams, semantic data and workflow functions. MediaWiki can be integrated into existing systems via API and LDAP/SSO connectivity. stepping stone operates the platform entirely on Swiss infrastructure — your knowledge remains in Switzerland.

Companies, educational institutions and public authorities that wish to manage their knowledge centrally, transparently and collaboratively — without the need for in-house operational resources.

Typical areas of application: internal corporate wikis for processes and policies, technical documentation and IT knowledge bases, training platforms and onboarding manuals, project documentation for teams and departments, community portals for international organisations.

Open source. Swiss data centres. Proven by Wikipedia.

Every change is versioned and can be restored. Flexible rights management with different user roles. Thousands of extensions for visual editors, diagrams, workflows and more. Scalable from a small team wiki to platforms with millions of pages. Multilingual and suitable for international teams. API connectivity and integration with LDAP, SSO and external systems. Personalised consultancy and operation by stepping stone in Bern.

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Scope of services

Central knowledge platform

Operation of MediaWiki on Swiss infrastructure as a shared solution. Documentation, guides and manuals are created, linked and versioned collaboratively. An internal search function and linking ensure a searchable knowledge structure.

Permissions management and integration

Flexible user roles and access rights for secure access. Optional integration with LDAP, SSO and external systems via API. Extensible with thousands of extensions for additional functions.

Managed Service

Deployment, monitoring, maintenance and support on Swiss infrastructure with personalised advice. stepping stone takes care of operations so that you can concentrate on building your knowledge base.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Instructions for the login process can be found on Log in.

A wiki is a website on which users collaboratively modify content and structure directly from the web browser. In a typical wiki, text is written using a simplified markup language and often edited with the help of a rich-text editor. (For more information, please visit Wikipedia)

stoney wiki is preinstalled with the following extentions:
- Rich Text Editor, as well as source Editor
- Transcripts, for meeting notes
- User administration

The first one mentioned uses decimal (SI) and the second one binary (IEC) unit prefixes. The actual sizes are shown in the table beneath.

DecimalBinary
SI unitMeaningIEC unitMeaning
Kilobyte (KB)1 000 ByteKibibyte (KiB)1 024 Byte
Megabyte1 000 000 ByteMebibyte (MiB)1 048 576 Byte
Gigabyte (GB)1 000 000 000 ByteGibibyte (GiB)1 073 741 824 Byte
Terabyte (TB)1 000 000 000 000 ByteTebibyte (TiB)1 099 511 627 776 Byte
Petabyte (PB)1 000 000 000 000 000 BytePebibyte (PiB)1 125 899 906 842 624 Byte
Exabyte (EB)1 000 000 000 000 000 000 ByteExbibyte (EiB)1 152 921 504 606 846 976 Byte

More information can be found on Wikipedia.