Template:ElWiki

Description
ElWiki is a former (now defunct) collection of wiki-based 'knowledgebases' on a variety of subjects. Users could create a wiki site on any subject, free of charge, and get a free .com, .net, or .org domain after hitting a certain threshold of activity. ElWiki was founded 2006, and went down around September / October 2007. The owner of this free MediaWiki wiki farm was Martin Rozinsky. During 2008, the ElWiki.com domain became a domain parking site.

People who want to start their own wiki site hosted by a third party should keep in mind that such disasters can happen. Seemingly very few of the wiki sites on this ElWiki farm survived, although The H-Town Wiki was migrated prior to being lost, and is still an active wiki.

Final message
From 21 February 2008: "We're sorry... We're sorry about the downtime we've been having lately. Our previous hosting provider let us down.  We can assure you this was as frustrating to you as it was to us.  We've finally managed to migrate everything to a new set of servers.  The new infrastructure should be significantly more reliable.  We're still working on setting everything up, so some domains may be temporarily unavailable.  We're also closed to new registrations until we can ensure stability for our existing users.  — The ElWiki team."

Other failed wiki farms

 * Referata
 * ScribbleWiki
 * TropicalWikis
 * Wiki.Wiki
 * Wiki.yt
 * WikiFree
 * Wikkii

List of ElWiki wikis
Last list of ElWiki-hosted wikis at 21 September 2007, from the Internet Archive WaybackMachine at Archive.org, with some known additions:
 * !k5a Clan
 * 2-Wheel-Wiki
 * 313: The GameFAQs United Kingdom Board
 * 3296 Anarchist Communist Union
 * A brief bio on all LUEsers
 * AAHC Wiki
 * Adventure Game Database
 * Alternative Writings
 * Amirul's Life Needs A Wiki
 * Anserona
 * Arhitecti pentru Arhitectura
 * Astrobattle Wiki
 * AutoFill Wiki
 * Bedazzled Morons!
 * Beepems Rune Realm
 * BemaniWiki
 * BlueJ D n' B
 * BSB Wiki
 * Canadian Rural Party
 * Cheese
 * Choose A Random Adventure Wiki
 * Class D Wiki
 * classdchillwiki
 * Comic Character Guide
 * Corinthians Wiki
 * CP/PC/GR History
 * CyberCheetah
 * D&D Worlds
 * D10 plus D20 = D30?
 * Dariacon wiki
 * Debian Help
 * DeWire's Wiki
 * Divagazioni
 * Dra2k4
 * DragonFly
 * Draman-Ka
 * Earth Raiders - Warriors are born everyday.
 * Earthen Ring Wiki
 * Elemental Realm
 * Epic Legends of the Hierarchs
 * Esquimalt United Church Collaboration Site
 * EverythingWiki
 * ExSamen
 * Fan-Fiki! Fan Fiction Wiki!
 * Fhorj and Graalt
 * Fission-Powered-Wiki
 * Fredonian Academy of Tolkien Studies
 * Friends of Da Earth
 * Galaxy of Chaos' Wiki
 * Galaxy+: õÒÁÌØÓËÁÑ ÍÁÆÉÑ
 * GameFAQs Private Boards
 * Gamemasterz Elwiki!
 * GEO Generations
 * Graphics Wiki
 * Guilds of Dofus Wiki
 * Harry Potter Fanfiction
 * Het Register
 * Hicksville
 * Holmesey's Gaming Page
 * Homestar Runner
 * How to live at EuroMARS
 * Humor Wiki
 * IBrain - èíòåëëåêòóàëüíûé ñóïåðîðãàíàéçåð
 * Informationsdienst gegen Linksextremismus
 * Inoonaj Wiki
 * Instructional Technology Office Manual
 * International Insomniac Association
 * Isterenge
 * Jeremiah J. Sinkie Official ElWiki Website
 * jMatrix
 * Joe's Random Wiki
 * Justice Strike Force
 * knowledgebased
 * Knox Wiki
 * KornGeek
 * Left Behind Series
 * Lego Takeshi's castle
 * Life Is Free Collaboration
 * Little Garden Wiki
 * Loomis Chaffee Wiki
 * Lost Dales fordítói wiki
 * Make a Go-Kart
 * MataWiki
 * mathieu villemont
 * ME - 007D Domain of the Forgotten Hour
 * Methacton Wiki
 * Michaela Brunngraber
 * MJ VersionPedia, the MJ-based free encyclopedia
 * MK's Junction
 * Moviepedia
 * Mr. Cat & Wiki
 * Music Blog Wiki
 * My Wiki
 * My workstation for publishing articles on russian Wiki
 * Myth Drannor Persistant World
 * MZ Blood Gods
 * Negative Horizon Wiki
 * Nightwiki
 * Nonsensical Ramblings of Squid
 * Northeast Forsaken
 * NV2D
 * Old Gaming Wiki
 * One Church
 * Ookeria
 * Open Content MP3 Audiotours
 * Paragon Heroes
 * Pardusian Database
 * phoenixcs_tom Wiki
 * Pluto Home Automation Wiki
 * PokÃ©mon Maps
 * PotDpedia
 * Power Rangers Wiki Force
 * pruebas de xenia
 * Psyklopedin
 * Random Pages
 * Read or Die Wiki
 * Recombinance
 * RedWolvx Linux Wiki
 * Richiepedia
 * RLDSWiki
 * RotoWiki
 * RulezMania
 * Salisbury Child & Adolescent Diabetes
 * SAM wiki
 * Sam's Gr-8 Wiki
 * SaturnOS Use and Development
 * School Records
 * Seminarios Complementarios Athena - Admin
 * Shackipedia
 * Shaneo632
 * Shinra Wiki
 * Simon Kilmores Music Trading Website
 * Small Town, Montana
 * Space Conflict Wiki
 * speedrunwiki.com
 * SportsWiki
 * Spring Hill Wiki
 * SPV-Developers
 * Strenzfeld Hochbau GmbH - Modellunternehmen
 * Sunik's Wiki
 * Super Duper Uber Random Stuff
 * Super Mario Sprite Comic WIKI
 * TensorWiki
 * The AAHC Encyclopedia
 * The Altrail Wiki
 * The Drellia Wiki
 * The Etherweb
 * The Great World of Aiju
 * The Guide to the Galaxy, the Universe and Everything
 * The H-Town Wiki
 * The history of Jazmin and Gary.
 * The Message Board Wiki
 * The Nintendo Community
 * The Official History of Ookeria
 * The PieRye Wiki
 * The Secluded Library - The Encyclopedia Stacks
 * The Shire of the House of Choice's Wiki
 * The tankmania files.
 * the ultimate compedium of zelda knowlage
 * The Unofficial Rawshooter Wiki
 * The Verdigris Campaign
 * The Wiki
 * The Wiki of Almighty Ryu
 * Theory Rocks! Conference
 * Thorium Brotherhood Wiki
 * Tourist's Guide to Avinal'de
 * TrackersNW
 * Trendpedia
 * Troop 1018 Chronicles
 * Truth and Justice Wiki
 * TSL Wiki
 * TwinPeaksPedia
 * Twomonn
 * UEA Underground Forums
 * UP THE HILL!
 * UWSA - University of Waterloo School of Architecture
 * Vacuum System Design for Ion Implanters
 * Vios Note
 * VMkInfo
 * VT-Talk Wiki
 * Walter Playton College Prep
 * Warbears Wiki
 * Wiki to Wear Pants to
 * Wiki-Wildeboer
 * WikiDMB
 * WikiLaw (Law.ElWiki.com)
 * WikiLost
 * Wikimusement - the free, amusing content resource
 * WikiWiki (ElWiki)
 * Wine Students
 * Xavier Catholic College: The Happenings
 * Yet Another CYOA
 * Your Gaming Wiki
 * ZachioWiki
 * ZeeblotWiki