Sorry, if this is about Wikia, then count me out. * Mlpearc* Founder Everything Food & Drink.org everythingfoodanddrink.org<http://www.everythingfoodanddrink.org/w/index.php/Main_Page> Phone: 760-718-1290
On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 6:37 PM, Arcane 21 <[email protected]> wrote: > Wikia allows anyone to create a wiki by simply following a simple form and > filling in some basic information. Once that's done, you can start working > on your new wiki. > > Their own rules allow the hosting of anything except adult content (i.e. - > pornographic) like most other wiki services. They are completely ad > supported, so there is no cost to host a wiki. > > They will install several extensions by request, including Semantic > MediaWiki and several extensions (albeit somewhat older versions), but they > only have Monobook as the other skin besides the Oasis skin, and they > otherwise don't allow much in the way of customization, especially anything > that might interfere with the placement of ads on a site wide basis. > > > To: [email protected] > > From: [email protected] > > Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 20:31:46 -0400 > > Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] Officially supported > MediaWiki hosting service? > > > > I was always under the impression that Wikia *approves* sites. > > You can't just have them host anything you want, they have to agree to > it. > > Is that not the case? > > Also would you know what they charge? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ed Swing <[email protected]> > > To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list < > [email protected]> > > Sent: Tue, Oct 1, 2013 5:21 pm > > Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] Officially supported > MediaWiki hosting service? > > > > > > There is always Wikia. They're a few versions behind, but host a TON of > wikis > > already. You can even have them enable various extensions (like Semantic > > Bundle). > > > > ________________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [ > [email protected]] > > on behalf of Mlpearc [[email protected]] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 7:13 PM > > To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list > > Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] Officially supported > MediaWiki > > hosting service? > > > > This would be interesting for my little farm, I have the time to put into > > it but not the needed "know how" to fix issues, install some extensions > > etc, but as Wjhonson states it would have to be adorable to those users. > > > > * > > Mlpearc* > > Founder > > Everything Food & Drink.org > > everythingfoodanddrink.org< > http://www.everythingfoodanddrink.org/w/index.php/Main_Page> > > Phone: 760-718-1290 > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Nikolas Everett <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > Atlassian sells a Confluence in the cloud at a per seat cost. > > > VisualEditor would make MediaWiki a decent competitor from the > > > perspective of the corporate types I've seen involved in such > > > purchasing decisions. I'm not sure how much traction it'd have but > > > there is something to say for MediaWiki being the wiki that everyone > > > is used to. > > > > > > Nik > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 3:13 PM, Andre Polykanine <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > Agreed with Brion completely. > > > > Such hosting would be an extremely useful thing, but it should have > no > > > > ads (at least as a payed option), be able to redirect to a > custom > > > > domain, and have all the things Brion mentioned. I would pay for it, > I > > > > think. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > With best regards from Ukraine, > > > > Andre > > > > Skype: Francophile > > > > My blog: http://oire.org/menelion (mostly in Russian) > > > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/m_elensule > > > > Facebook: http://facebook.com/menelion > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
