The name MediaWiki was formally adopted in June 2003. The change was necessary because the software, previously known as Phase III (written by Lee Daniel Crocker), had evolved into a stable, general-purpose wiki engine used outside of Wikipedia. The new name was a portmanteau referencing its development for the Wikimedia Foundation projects.
When and why was the name "MediaWiki" officially adopted, replacing its previous naming conventions?
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