# Ever thought about switching from Markdown to Mediawiki syntax?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/ever-thought-about-switching-from-markdown-to-mediawiki-syntax/133200
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [November 12, 2019, 3:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ever-thought-about-switching-from-markdown-to-mediawiki-syntax/133200 "2019-11-12T15:08:47Z")
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### Author: ![roke\_julian\_lockhart](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/roke_julian_lockhart/32/540179_2.png) [@roke\_julian\_lockhart](https://meta.discourse.org/u/roke_julian_lockhart)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ever-thought-about-switching-from-markdown-to-mediawiki-syntax/133200/5 "2026-03-01T16:42:35Z")

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> [@orchardstreet](#):
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> I wonder if it would even be legal to sell something with mediawiki syntax

@orchardstreet, it would be. MediaWiki is FOSS, and no entity has patented any markup syntax.

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