MediaWiki skins
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MediaWiki skins are customizable themes that control the visual appearance and layout of MediaWiki-powered websites, such as Wikipedia.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MediaWiki skins canonical | 3 |
| MediaWiki core skins | 1 |
| MediaWiki extension skins | 1 |
| MediaWiki legacy skins | 1 |
| MonoBook skin | 1 |
| Monobook skin as default on many Wikimedia projects | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1735515 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MediaWiki skins Context triple: [MediaWiki.org, topic, MediaWiki skins]
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A.
MediaWiki
MediaWiki is a free, open-source wiki software platform designed for collaborative editing of web pages, best known for powering Wikipedia and many other wikis.
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B.
MediaWiki.org
MediaWiki.org is the official website and documentation hub for the MediaWiki software, providing technical resources, manuals, and community collaboration for users and developers.
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C.
Meta-Wiki
Meta-Wiki is a central coordination and documentation wiki for Wikimedia projects, used for planning, discussion, and global community collaboration.
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D.
Wikia
Wikia is a for-profit, community-driven wiki hosting platform (now known as Fandom) that provides free tools for fans to create and manage collaborative encyclopedias on their favorite topics.
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E.
SpaceShipTwo
SpaceShipTwo is a suborbital spaceplane developed for Virgin Galactic’s commercial space tourism program, designed to carry passengers to the edge of space for brief periods of weightlessness.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MediaWiki skins Target entity description: MediaWiki skins are customizable themes that control the visual appearance and layout of MediaWiki-powered websites, such as Wikipedia.
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A.
MediaWiki
MediaWiki is a free, open-source wiki software platform designed for collaborative editing of web pages, best known for powering Wikipedia and many other wikis.
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B.
MediaWiki.org
MediaWiki.org is the official website and documentation hub for the MediaWiki software, providing technical resources, manuals, and community collaboration for users and developers.
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C.
Meta-Wiki
Meta-Wiki is a central coordination and documentation wiki for Wikimedia projects, used for planning, discussion, and global community collaboration.
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D.
Wikia
Wikia is a for-profit, community-driven wiki hosting platform (now known as Fandom) that provides free tools for fans to create and manage collaborative encyclopedias on their favorite topics.
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E.
SpaceShipTwo
SpaceShipTwo is a suborbital spaceplane developed for Virgin Galactic’s commercial space tourism program, designed to carry passengers to the edge of space for brief periods of weightlessness.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
MediaWiki feature
ⓘ
user interface component ⓘ website theme ⓘ |
| allows | per-user skin preference ⓘ |
| appliesTo | MediaWiki-powered websites ⓘ |
| availableFrom | MediaWiki installation ⓘ |
| canBeInstalledFrom |
Composer packages
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Git repositories ⓘ MediaWiki.org skin repository ⓘ
linked to:
MediaWiki.org
|
| configurableBy | MediaWiki site administrators ⓘ |
| configurableVia | LocalSettings.php ⓘ |
| configurationVariable |
$wgDefaultSkin
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$wgSkipSkins ⓘ $wgValidSkinNames ⓘ |
| controls |
layout of MediaWiki pages
ⓘ
visual appearance of MediaWiki pages ⓘ |
| distributedAs |
MediaWiki core skins
ⓘ
linked to:
MediaWiki skins
MediaWiki extension skins ⓘ
linked to:
MediaWiki skins
|
| documentedAt | https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Skins ⓘ |
| implementedIn |
CSS
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JavaScript ⓘ PHP ⓘ |
| includes |
Bootstrap skin
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Chameleon skin ⓘ Citizen skin ⓘ CologneBlue skin ⓘ MinervaNeue skin ⓘ Modern skin ⓘ MonoBook skin ⓘ
linked to:
MediaWiki skins
Nostalgia skin ⓘ Timeless skin ⓘ Vector 2022 skin ⓘ Vector skin ⓘ |
| license | various open-source licenses ⓘ |
| selectableBy | registered users ⓘ |
| storedIn | MediaWiki skins directory ⓘ |
| supports |
custom footer layout
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custom logos ⓘ custom navigation menus ⓘ custom sidebar layout ⓘ responsive design ⓘ |
| usedBy | MediaWiki ⓘ |
| usedOn |
Wikibooks
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Wikidata ⓘ Wikimedia Commons ⓘ Wikipedia ⓘ Wiktionary ⓘ many third-party MediaWiki sites ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: MediaWiki skins Description of subject: MediaWiki skins are customizable themes that control the visual appearance and layout of MediaWiki-powered websites, such as Wikipedia.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: MediaWiki skins
linked to: MediaWiki skins
linked to: MediaWiki skins
linked to: MediaWiki skins
linked to: MediaWiki skins