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 === Wiki ===
-Host: feministwiki.org, www.feministwiki.org <br/>
+Host: feministwiki.org, www.feministwiki.org, fem.wiki, feministwiki.de, www.feministwiki.de <br/>
 Software: MediaWiki
-The wiki uses a [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki] installation located at <code>/var/www/wiki/w</code>.  It uses the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/LDAP_Stack LDAP Stack] for login management, and the "Short URL" feature enabled with help of Apache's vhost configuration.
+The wiki uses a [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki] installation located at <code>/var/www/wiki/w</code>.  It uses the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/LDAP_Stack LDAP Stack] extension for login management, and the "Short URL" feature is enabled.  The wiki uses the SQL database called "feministwiki" and the SQL user of the same name.
-The wiki uses the SQL database called "feministwiki" and the SQL user of the same name.
+The default wiki is in English.  Parallel wiki installations for different languages are supported via a combination of Apache's URL rewriting, and conditional branches in the <code>LocalSettings.php</code> file of the MediaWiki installation:
+* The rewrite rules ensure that, for any supported language <code>xy</code>, URLs beginning with <code>/xy/wiki/...</code> internally resolve to <code>/w/index.php</code> and URLs beginning with <code>/xy/w/...</code> resolve to <code>/w/...</code>.
+* The LocalSettings file checks <code>$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']</code> to determine the language code prefix in the requested URL, and configures things accordingly:
+** It sets <code>$wgArticlePath</code> to <code>/xy/wiki/$1</code> so that <code>/w/index.php</code> knows that when it's invoked via such a URL, it should serve an article.
+** It sets <code>$wgScriptPath</code> to <code>/xy/w</code> so that links to scripts served by MediaWiki are correct for the language.
+** It sets the SQL database name to <code>feministwiki_xy</code>.
+The domain names feministwiki.de and www.feministwiki.de redirect to <code>https://feministwiki.org/de</code>.  For instance, requesting <code>https://feministwiki.de/wiki/Hauptseite</code> will result in an HTTP redirect to <code>https://feministwiki.org/de/wiki/Hauptseite</code>.
 === Blogs ===