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+# mediawiki-discord
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+> A simple extension for MediaWiki which sends notifications of wiki activity to Discord. Early stage of development.
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+This project was developed primarily for the purpose of assisting the SoulFire team with the development of [Gothic II: The Chronicles of Myrtana](https://kronikimyrtany.pl/en).