Can I do the same in confluence as in mediawiki?

[Jon Bjarne Haug]

I work in a organisation that works with wikipedia like information. I was thinking of testing sharepoint wiki, but the layout was too simple, then mediawiki, but that demanded to many add ons.

Should we use Atlassian in stead? What do you think? Pro and cons?

Best regards

Jon

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

It mostly depends on what you're looking for from your wiki. 

Sharepoint isn't so much a wiki as a place where documents go to die, so I'd always tend to prefer media wiki or Confluence, but Confluence does have quite a "corporate" feel to it in some ways.   Media wiki isn't really as friendly for non-techy authors either, and since the collaborative editing in 6 came in, Confluence's functions are looking a lot more end-user friendly.  But, it still does depend on what you're looking for.

I'd draw up a list of the functions and flexibilities that you want from your wiki and then look at all the options to see which one gets closest.

[Milo Test]

With a bit of CSS and possible some HTML, you should be able to mimic mediawiki, but keep in mind that mediawiki has a number of built-in formats that Confluence does not, so depending on what you are trying to do, there might be considerable manual adjustments you might have to make.