User:Batsondl/Sandbox 19

= FamilySearch:MediaWiki Software = The FamilySearch Research Wiki is housed using the MediaWiki Software. This same software is used by Wikipedia and Why we use Mediawiki to house our information:
 * Creative Commons license
 * Ease of use for contributors
 * Amount of contributors
 * Upgrade ability – no extra upgrade or extra resources of FS
 * Created specific for collaboration of many contributors for the gathering of information/correcting

Other organizations using MediaWiki:
 * California State University, Los Angeles
 * Eclipse Foundation (IBM)
 * Environmental Commissioner of Ontario (Canada)
 * Lahore University of Management Sciences
 * University of Geneva (Switzerland)
 * Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department, University of Connecticut