Anti-Wikia Alliance awa_wiki https://awa.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Anti-Wikia_Alliance MediaWiki 1.35.13 first-letter Media Special Talk User User talk Anti-Wikia Alliance Anti-Wikia Alliance talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Module Module talk Gadget Gadget talk Gadget definition Gadget definition talk Anti-Wikia Alliance 0 2776 10310 10309 2024-03-18T18:00:44Z Citizen36350357 30653193 /* Public wiki farms */ WikiTide merged to Miraheze 10310 wikitext text/x-wiki {{nav}} {{-}} 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:|Wikia/FANDOM]] which was instituted sitewide on November 3, 2010 and May 25, 2018, despite massive objections.<ref name="wikia-wp">[[wikipedia:Wikia#Domain and skin assimilation|Wikia Domain and skin assimilation]], ''Wikipedia''</ref> 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. [[Talk:Anti-Wikia Alliance|Comments are welcome]]. __TOC__ {| max-width="100%" style="border-radius:10px; border:1px solid #002A52; background:#C4E2FF; width:100%; color: black;" | ==Frequently Asked Questions== ===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. ==== Host your wiki independently ==== Hosting a wiki on your own is a huge responsibility. It also costs money, and you need some knowledge to run a web server. However, it gives the most freedom. MediaWiki is free and open source, and you can set it up on a server. See [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki.org's main page] for more information. You'll need to export all the contents from Fandom and import it on the new wiki. There's a suite of scripts called [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Grabbers Grabbers] that will help you with that. But please, don't be alone and '''ask for advice and support''' to any independent wiki. There are a lot of nice persons running independent wikis out there that may provide you with advice and help setting up your wiki, or even host the wiki for you if you don't have the technical skills to host it on your own. See also: * https://forkfandom.com/ - A general information page about forking Fandom. * [https://niwanetwork.org/ Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance], a network of independent wikis related to Nintendo-related franchises. ==== Public wiki farms ==== You can also host your wiki on a different wiki farm. This will free you and your community from the burden of maintaining the software and servers. However, a wiki farm may have the slight chance of being acquired by Fandom, causing your wiki to return to Fandom again. This has happened before, with the acquisition of Gamepedia. Also, some farms may give you more or less control about deleting the wiki if your community decides later to be hosted on a different host. Note that transferring the contents from Fandom to another wiki farm may be challenging. Ask for support to the staff of the wiki farm. <div style="text-align:center">'''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.'''</div> {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="9" | Alternatives to Wikia |- ! Site ! Description ! width="120px" | Rating |- ![[wikipedia:Comparison of wiki hosting services|Comparison of wiki hosting services on Wikipedia]] |List of wiki farms like Wikia. [http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wiki_farm#Technical Here is an older version with many more companies listed]. Click the "Base wiki engine" in the table to see all MediaWiki hosted sites | style="background: gray;" | |- ! [http://www.mywikis.com MyWikis] | Premium wiki hosting for YOU! (Ad-free, limited wikis. Cost money to host, but relatively cheap) | style="text-align:center" | [[File:Glowing-star-animated.gif|link=|*]] [[File:Glowing-star-animated.gif|link=|*]] [[File:Glowing-star-animated.gif|link=|*]] [[File:Glowing-star-animated.gif|link=|*]] [[File:Star empty small.png|link=|.]] |- ![[s:Main Page|ShoutWiki]] |ShoutWiki is in existence since April 2009. It is free, has the [[Monaco skin]], and currently hosts the [[Anti-Wikia Alliance]]. ''See also: [[Wikia v ShoutWiki]].'' | style="text-align:center" | Can't create new wikis |- ! [https://miraheze.org/ Miraheze] | A non-profit wiki farm that is run entirely on donations (ad-free). In June 2023 there was a crisis but [https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/WikiTide_Foundation/Merger_FAQ recovered and upgraded]. | style="text-align:center" | [[File:Glowing-star-animated.gif|link=|*]] [[File:Glowing-star-animated.gif|link=|*]] [[File:Glowing-star-animated.gif|link=|*]] [[File:Glowing-star-animated.gif|link=|*]] [[File:Glowing-star-animated.gif|link=|*]] |- ! [https://wiki.gg/ Wiki.gg] | Wiki farm for gaming wikis | style="text-align:center" | [[File:Glowing-star-animated.gif|link=|*]] [[File:Glowing-star-animated.gif|link=|*]] [[File:Glowing-star-animated.gif|link=|*]] [[File:Glowing-star-animated.gif|link=|*]] [[File:Glowing-star-animated.gif|link=|*]] |- ! [https://meta.telepedia.net/ Telepedia] | Wiki farm for entertainment wikis | style="text-align:center" | [[File:Glowing-star-animated.gif|link=|*]] [[File:Glowing-star-animated.gif|link=|*]] [[File:Glowing-star-animated.gif|link=|*]] [[File:Glowing-star-animated.gif|link=|*]] [[File:Glowing-star-animated.gif|link=|*]] |- |} For skins offered, and details on how to move to these farms, see [[wikifarm]]. === How do I host my wiki on another site other than ShoutWiki? === # Every wiki is different so contact the wiki staff first. # Download a database dump from [[Special:Statistics]] on your wikia (towards the bottom). ## Alternatively, for advanced users who know how to use scripts, if you're moving to your own server, you may use the now-obsolete '''[http://absurdopedia.net/wiki/User:Edward_Chernenko/MediaWikiDumper MediaWikiDumper]''' — a tool in Perl that makes much better dumps than [[Special:Statistics]] (preserves all diff links, logs, images, deleted edits, etc.), or '''[[mw:Manual:Grabbers|MediaWiki Grabbers]]''', the "very same tool but in PHP and is '''much easier to use'''". # 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). |} {| max-width="100%" style="border-radius:10px; border:1px solid #002A52; background:#C4E2FF; width:100%; color: black;" | ==Signatures== :''See [[List of signatures]].'' |} {| max-width="100%" style="border-radius:10px; border:1px solid #002A52; background:#C4E2FF; width:100%; color: black;" | ==Notes== <references /> :Community discussions: :#http://community.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Sannse/Sneak_Peek_at_the_New_Look_-_Themes :#http://community.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Susan_Taylor/Experience_the_new_Wikia :#http://community.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Sannse/Important_Updates_on_Wikia’s_New_Look :# http://community.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Susan_Taylor/Fixed_Width,_Sidebar,_and_the_Removal_of_Monaco :# http://community.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Susan_Taylor/Beta_Wrap-up :# http://community.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Sannse/Try_out_the_new_look :# http://community.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Sannse/New_look_roll-out_--_phase_II 19 October 2010 :# http://community.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Sannse/Site_speed_essentials 28 October 2010 :# http://community.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Sannse/New_look_roll_out_--_meeting_place 3 November 2010 :# https://community.wikia.com/index.php?diff=592246 (At this point staff member Sannse [http://community.wikia.com/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=delete&user=Sannse&page=&year=2010&month=12 began deleting all comments about the new skin on her blogs], and asked editors to post on her talk page instead) ==See also== * [[Monaco skin]] - what the skin is and about the difficulty in installing it. * [[Wikia v ShoutWiki]] - comparison of the two companies * [[Buy outs]] - Wikia regularly buys out wikias. Your large wikia may not want to leave Wikia because of being under a paid contract. * [[Closed wikis]] - these are list of wikias that has been deleted by staff without admin consent. ==External Links== * [https://getindie.wiki Indie Wiki Buddy] * [http://ashleywiki.blogspot.com/2010/09/moving-your-wiki-from-wikia-to-another.html Moving your wiki from Wikia to another host (off-Wikia)], experience of past moves from Wikia. *[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki] (the free software that Wikia, Wikimedia, ShoutWiki and others use for wiki websites, useful if you have the tech skills to go full independent.) * [http://ashleywiki.blogspot.com/ Moving your wiki from Wikia to another host (off-Wikia)], September 6, 2010. Includes javascript you can add to wikia to redirect to your site. * [http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Potential_Wikia_mass_exodus Potential Wikia mass exodus], ''Wikia'', about the Monaco skin two years ago. * [http://complaintwiki.org/ Complaint Wiki] |} {| max-width="100%" style="border-radius:10px; border:1px solid #002A52; background:#C4E2FF; width:100%; color: black;" | ==Fanart== :''See [[Fanart]].'' |} a133znfv5n4eg5q26gkbngft0fe80ir