Help:Semantic MediaWiki

Semantic MediaWiki is a powerful extension that helps users to search, organise, tag, browse, evaluate, and share a wiki's content. While traditional wikis contain only text which computers can neither understand nor evaluate, SMW adds semantic annotations that allow a wiki to function as a collaborative database.

Wikia can enable Semantic MediaWiki (and related extensions Semantic Forms, Semantic Search and Semantic Drilldown) on request for wikis which have users on hand who know how to use it, or are willing to learn and provide support for others.

The extension is very flexible, which means that it has complicated aspects which take time to master. Wikia's Community Team cannot provide support on using it, but the Semantic-MediaWiki.org wiki provides a manual, mailing list and chatroom for finding help.

Where is it in use?
These Semantic extensions are currently in use on the following Wikia:


 * Age of Conan
 * Anime
 * Ars curandi (Portuguese)
 * Banjo
 * BestBrute
 * Bibliographie (German)
 * Blogging
 * Books
 * Chaotic
 * Cocktails
 * Common Sense
 * Discworld MUD
 * The Elder Scrolls Fanon
 * Eushully
 * Fan Fic
 * Genealogy - Familypedia
 * Government Wiki - Giki
 * GuildWiki
 * Istaria
 * Magic: The Gathering
 * Museums
 * Naruto
 * Negima!
 * O2Jam
 * PC - Computing Knowledgebase
 * Pirates of the Burning Sea
 * Psychology
 * Ragnarok Online 2
 * Recipes
 * Routes - WikiSara highway information
 * Semantic Lyrics
 * Soul Eater
 * SporeWiki
 * SuperWikia - superhero roleplaying
 * The Third Turn - backbone to NASCAR site's statistical services.
 * Warhammer Online
 * The Webcomic Wiki
 * Wikia Gaming
 * The World Ends With You
 * Yellowikis
 * Yu-Gi-Oh
 * Yu-Gi-Oh Card Maker

It can also be tested on
 * SMW Test Wiki
 * Sysop Test Wiki