Editing Wiki software (section)

=== Public wikis ===

Public wikis are usually open to the public to read, edit and comment on some or all of the article space of each wiki. Many offer registration to offer further access and controls to each user and a few have, in-part commercialised aspects or further access, such as the popular wiki farm, [[Wikia|Fandom]].

[[MediaWiki]] is by far the most dominant software as it powers [[Wikipedia]], consistently and by a large margin, the most visited public wiki,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alexa.com/topsites|title=Alexa Top 500 Global Sites |website=Alexa |access-date=11 April 2017|archive-date=2 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150302173920/http://www.alexa.com/topsites|url-status=dead}}</ref> it also powers many other public wikis as well.<ref name="wikiindex">{{Cite web |title=Browse data: All |url=http://wikiindex.org/Special:BrowseData/All?_single&Status%5B0%5D=Active&Status%5B1%5D=New&Status%5B2%5D=Vibrant |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725180037/https://wikiindex.org/Special:BrowseData/All?_single&Status%5B0%5D=Active&Status%5B1%5D=New&Status%5B2%5D=Vibrant |archive-date=Jul 25, 2021 |website=WikiIndex}}</ref> Other wiki engines used regularly for public wikis include [[MoinMoin]] and [[PmWiki]], [[List of wiki software|along with many others]].<ref name="wikiindex" />

Other Internet websites, based on wiki software, include [[Encyclopedia|encyclopedias]] such as [[Sensei's Library]], [[Parlia]], and  [[WikiTree]].