Anti-Wikia Alliance

A skin changes the look and feel of a site without changing its core features.

Monaco and Monobook were the skins before Wikia. "Wikia" (nicknamed Oasis) is a new mandatory skin on Wikia/FANDOM which was instituted sitewide on November 3, 2010 and May 25, 2018, despite massive objections. Another new skin, FandomDesktop, was launched on June 2, 2021. As of June 13, 2021, it is currently opt-in, but it will become mandatory later on.

After the Wikia Staff failed to compromise, the purpose of the Anti-Wikia Alliance changed - primarily to help editors transfer their site from Wikia, and secondly to create a forum where Wikia editors to discuss how the skin changes affect them. Comments are welcome.

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Where do I go if I leave Wikia?
There are plenty of wiki farms out there, as well as independent wikis that welcome new users.

What is the easiest and best wiki to move to?

 * More detailed instructions on how to leave Wikia for ShoutWiki

Based on editors' experiences, ShoutWiki is the easiest wiki to move to, (setup takes less than ten minutes):
 * Create a wiki.
 * 1)  E-mail  support@shoutwiki.com with:
 * 2) a link to your old wikia you are leaving and
 * 3) a link to the newly created ShoutWiki wiki.
 * 4) The helpful ShoutWiki Staff will do the rest.

Are there alternatives to Wikia for hosting?
For skins offered, and details on how to move to these farms, see wikifarm.

'''This system was devised by members of the AWA community and constitute the opinion of AWA users. Subjective ratings content in this graph are not necessarily the opinions of ShoutWiki or its affiliates.'''

How do I host my wiki on another site other than ShoutWiki?

 * 1) Every wiki is different so contact the wiki staff first.
 * 2) Download a database dump from Special:Statistics on your wikia (towards the bottom).
 * 3) Alternatively, for advanced users who know how to use scripts, if you're moving to your own server, you may use the now-obsolete MediaWikiDumper — a tool in Perl that makes much better dumps than Special:Statistics (preserves all diff links, logs, images, deleted edits, etc.), or MediaWiki Grabbers, the "very same tool but in PHP and is much easier to use".
 * 4) Contact the new host and they will explain how they want you to upload the database dump (Special:Import can be used for about 100 pages at a time).

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Signatures

 * See List of signatures.


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Fanart

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