The best replacement for mediawiki is twiki.

The best alternatives to mediawiki are rated as following:
★★★★★  twiki
★★★★★  tikiwiki
★★★★  dokuwiki
★★★★  confluence
★★  drupal wiki
★★  moinmoin
★★  pmwiki
★★  sharepoint wiki
★★  foswiki
★  markdown
★  xwiki
★  wikia
★  sharepoint 2010 wiki
  phpwiki
  wikispaces
  moin
  docuwiki

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Speaking about mediawiki, one probably shouldn't forget about ad authentication.

Other search terms related to mediawiki and their ratings are:
★★★★★ ad authentication
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