MediaWiki to AsciiDoc Converter
FileFlip converts MediaWiki to AsciiDoc entirely inside your browser, using Pandoc compiled to WebAssembly. The file is never uploaded to a server: it is read off your disk, converted on your own machine, and saved back by the browser. That means no file-size limit, no queue and no account.
How do I convert a MediaWiki file to AsciiDoc?#
- Drop your MediaWiki file onto the converter at the top of this page, or click it to pick one from your computer. You can add as many as you like.
- Leave the target set to AsciiDoc and the conversion starts on its own. FileFlip downloads 65.8 MB of WebAssembly the first time and nothing after that, then runs Pandoc on your own machine.
- Save the AsciiDoc file. Your browser writes it straight to your downloads folder, because there was never a server holding it.
Does converting MediaWiki to AsciiDoc lose quality?#
Not in the sense of pixels or samples. Converting MediaWiki to AsciiDoc rebuilds the file in AsciiDoc's own model rather than re-encoding it, so everything AsciiDoc can represent comes through exactly and anything it cannot has to be dropped. Expect the words to come through exactly and the page breaks to move.
Is it safe to convert MediaWiki files online?#
Yes, because nothing is uploaded. FileFlip converts MediaWiki files inside the browser tab you already have open, using WebAssembly builds of the same engines a desktop converter would install. Your file is read from your own disk into the page's memory, and no request carrying it is ever made.
You do not have to take that on trust. Open your browser's network panel, run a conversion, and you will see the engine come down and your file go nowhere. There is no upload, no server-side copy, no retention window, and no account tied to what you converted.
How FileFlip works lists every engine, its version and its download size, and shows how to check for yourself that nothing leaves your machine.
What MediaWiki to AsciiDoc actually does to the file#
Converting MediaWiki to AsciiDoc runs on Pandoc, downloads 65.8 MB of WebAssembly the first time and nothing after that, rebuilds the file in the target's own model, keeps selectable text and page layout.
| Engine | Pandoc |
|---|---|
| Conversion path | One step: MediaWiki → AsciiDoc |
| Downloaded to your browser | 65.8 MB, once, then cached by your browser |
| Quality | Rebuilt in the target's model |
| You get back | One file |
| Where it runs | In a background worker, so the page stays responsive |
What survives the conversion
| What is in the file | This conversion | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Selectable text | Kept | Carried through into the converted file. |
| Page layout | Kept | Carried through into the converted file. |
What is a MediaWiki file?#
A MEDIAWIKI file holds wikitext, the plain-text markup that MediaWiki software turns into a wiki page, using double square brackets for links and double curly braces to transclude templates.
Keep content as MediaWiki markup while it lives on Wikipedia or another MediaWiki install, since that's the only place templates and transclusion actually render.
Convert MediaWiki markup to another format when moving an article out of a wiki for good, such as into a document or a static site, and accept that any templates it used will not expand.
What is an AsciiDoc file?#
An ADOC file holds AsciiDoc, a plain-text markup Stuart Rackham designed in 2002 with structural features like admonitions, includes and cross-references built into the syntax rather than bolted on afterward.
Choose AsciiDoc for technical documentation or a book that needs admonitions, includes and cross-references without hand-writing DocBook.
Convert AsciiDoc to Markdown when a document is moving to a tool or audience that only understands Markdown, accepting that admonitions, includes and cross-references have no Markdown equivalent.
MediaWiki to AsciiDoc questions people ask#
What is a .mediawiki file?
A .mediawiki file holds wikitext, the plain-text markup language behind Wikipedia and any other site running MediaWiki software. It's the same syntax you'd see by clicking Edit source on a Wikipedia page: double brackets for links, equals signs for headings, and curly braces for templates.
Can I open a MediaWiki file in Word?
Word doesn't understand MediaWiki markup, so opening the raw file just shows the wikitext characters instead of formatted text. Converting it to a .docx first renders the headings, links, and tables Word does understand, though anything built from a template comes through as whatever text was left in the source rather than the rendered result.
What happens to Wikipedia templates when I convert wikitext?
MediaWiki markup expresses a template as a name inside double curly braces, and the actual content only appears once MediaWiki's own template engine expands it on its servers. A converter working from raw wikitext never sees that expansion, so infoboxes, citation templates, and navigation boxes come through as their unexpanded template calls, or get dropped entirely.
Is MediaWiki markup the same as Markdown?
No. MediaWiki markup and Markdown both use plain-text symbols for formatting, but the syntax differs in almost every detail, from how links are written to how tables and templates work, and MediaWiki markup has no direct Markdown equivalent for transclusion. A file written as one won't render correctly if opened as the other.