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The three took the decision to join efforts together. The resulting wiki was to be more comprehensive and take full advantage of wiki technology. John converted and expanded the data from both sites and built out the original set of wikis in January of 2006. Throughout 2006 a community formed around [[WikiIndex]] and greatly expanded the number of wikis and improved the original format. By November 2006 the article count was at 3,195 and '''WikiIndex''' had become the authoritative source for information about Wiki sites. | The three took the decision to join efforts together. The resulting wiki was to be more comprehensive and take full advantage of wiki technology. John converted and expanded the data from both sites and built out the original set of wikis in January of 2006. Throughout 2006 a community formed around [[WikiIndex]] and greatly expanded the number of wikis and improved the original format. By November 2006 the article count was at 3,195 and '''WikiIndex''' had become the authoritative source for information about Wiki sites. | ||
'''WikiIndex''' dedicated volunteers include the following who have sysop status: [[Raymond King|Ray King]], [[Mark Dilley]], [[John Stanton]], [[Ted Ernst]], [[User:DavidCary|David Cary]], [[MattisManzel|Mattis Manzel]] and [[Sean Fennel]]. Many, <span class="plainlinks">[http://wikiindex.org/index.php?title=Special%3AListUsers&username=&group=sysop many others]</ | '''WikiIndex''' dedicated volunteers include the following who have sysop status: [[Raymond King|Ray King]], [[Mark Dilley]], [[John Stanton]], [[Ted Ernst]], [[User:DavidCary|David Cary]], [[MattisManzel|Mattis Manzel]] and [[Sean Fennel]]. Many, <span class="plainlinks">[http://wikiindex.org/index.php?title=Special%3AListUsers&username=&group=sysop many others]</span> have contributed significantly to '''WikiIndex''' in all kinds of capacities. | ||
In January of 2007, WikiIndex.com switched over to '''WikiIndex.org''', changed hosting from 1and1.com to [[DreamHost]] and upgraded to MediaWiki 1.8.2. In March of 2007 [[DreamHost] experienced a server failure and was unable to restore WikiIndex and many other sites. WikiIndex was rebuilt back on 1and1.com on MediaWiki 1.9.3. In July 2007 we outgrew our shared hosting account and moved WikiIndex to a dedicated server, still on 1and1.com, and upgraded to MediaWiki version 1.10.1. | In January of 2007, WikiIndex.com switched over to '''WikiIndex.org''', changed hosting from 1and1.com to [[DreamHost]] and upgraded to MediaWiki 1.8.2. In March of 2007 [[DreamHost] experienced a server failure and was unable to restore WikiIndex and many other sites. WikiIndex was rebuilt back on 1and1.com on MediaWiki 1.9.3. In July 2007 we outgrew our shared hosting account and moved WikiIndex to a dedicated server, still on 1and1.com, and upgraded to MediaWiki version 1.10.1. | ||