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<big>'''MediaWiki has been successfully installed.'''</big>
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This shared media repository is used by projects running on the '''[http://biowikifarm.net biowikifarm] for non-openly licensed materials, i.e. media licensed to the project under special permission instead of an open-source or creative commons license.
  
Consult the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.
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In general it is a project aim to use open and reusable content. However, in some cases this is not possible. To allow such media to be still managed and displayed the same as normal media, this special repository was made available.
  
== Getting started ==
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Please prefer uploading files to '''[http://www.species-id.net/openmedia/ Open Media]''' whenever possible!
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
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* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
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* [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list]
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Latest revision as of 21:27, 28 March 2011

This shared media repository is used by projects running on the biowikifarm for non-openly licensed materials, i.e. media licensed to the project under special permission instead of an open-source or creative commons license.

In general it is a project aim to use open and reusable content. However, in some cases this is not possible. To allow such media to be still managed and displayed the same as normal media, this special repository was made available.

Please prefer uploading files to Open Media whenever possible!