Category talk:Wikia: Difference between revisions

==I'm not sure this is doing what we want==

:I've taken the liberty of adding a section for this stuff at the top of the page.

Hi, yes Wikia itself is [[:Category:Vibrant|vibrant]], but not all of the wikia-wikis are vibrant. --[[Special:Contributions/141.52.232.84|141.52.232.84]] 08:50, 20 June 2006 (EDT)

==Criticism==

This article has information about [[:Category:Wikia|Wikia]].  A great deal is critical but there is favourable material as well.  Wikia itself tells [[user]]s what is good about their site.  Users should know both sides in my opinion.  [[User:Proxima Centauri|Proxima Centauri]] 04:53, 18 February 2009 (EST)

:Hmm. Is [[WikiIndex]] here to '''list''' wikis or to '''review''' them? If information about Wikia's flaws is put up (and I'm not necessarily saying it shouldn't) does that mean that problems with other [[:Category:Wiki farm|wiki farms]] should be listed? Does that mean that problems with [[:Category:All|all wikis]] should be listed? Is criticism actually useful? Should WikiIndex have a "no original criticism" rule, that requires criticism to be citated back to an external source?

==WikiNode deleted==

:Found an archived link and re-included the [[Archive.org:20080501073706/http://www.Wikia.com/wiki/WikiNode|WikiNode]] back into the infobox.

:As for the reasons ''why'' the WikiNode was deleted over at Wikia, my guess is that they (Wikia) just do not like any cross-pollination with any other [[wiki community]].  Wikia do ''not'' want to acknowledge the existence of any other wikis.  This is highly visible in the way they treat their own users with disdain and contempt! :-(  [[User:Hoof Hearted|<big>Sean</big>, <small>''aka'' Hoof Hearted</small>]] • _{[[:Category:Active administrators of this wiki|Admin]] / [[WikiIndex:Bureaucrats|'Crat]]} • <small>[[User talk:Hoof Hearted|talk2HH]]</small> 22:42, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

In the last couple of days I've found out that the admins of both [[WoWWiki]] and [[PathfinderWiki]] have decided that they no longer wish to work on [[:Category:Wikia|Wikia]].

The new World of Warcraft wiki is being called [[Wowpedia]]... and is identical to WoWWiki up to several days back, so I am guessing that could get a new article (even though the actual wiki database dates back to the start of WoWWiki).

:Wow, you are right. I'll have to pass the reports of RPG wikis back to The Piazza. People interested in those subjects are going to want to know about the move. There must be other wiki users considering the move too.<br><br>The interesting thing is that despite the exodus, Sansse is refusing to consider switching back to the former template (which seems to be the main reason why people are choosing to leave) and she is also refusing to allow any wiki-community to shut down the [[:Category:Wikia|Wikia]] version of their project when they leave (meaning that ''every'' wiki that leaves is forking instead of moving). There are so many wikis [[:Category:Ex-Wikia|leaving Wikia]], that I think that the Wikia page may need to be given a section that lists them all. It might even need to be a subpage or even something like a 'wikis that left Wikia' category. I'm not really sure which is best. I've never seen anything like this in my life!<br><br>And if Wikia are creating "forks" that are unsupported, that might need to somehow be noted on any pages set up for those wikis on WikiIndex. Wikia's forking is bound to create confusion and the articles here are going to need to present both wikis along with a reason for the fork (perhaps a 'forked from wikia' template could save some typing. [[User:David Shepheard|David Shepheard]] 07:59, 8 November 2010 (PST)

==Perhaps all Wikia wikis should be named "[wikiname] (Wikia)"==

Perhaps all [[:Category:Wikia|Wikia]] wikis should be named, if they have pages here "[wikiname] (Wikia)". So like "Psychology Wiki [Wikia]" instead of just "[[Psychology Wiki]]". This way viewers here will have more information at hand when making decisions. [[User:Wikademia|Wikademia]] 22:27, 15 December 2010 (PST)

:Both solutions are possible, but I think that the 2nd solution might work better. Otherwise, when we modified the standard infobox, we'd also need to modify the alternate infoboxes. I can easily see them getting out of sync. I've learned but have forgotten the syntax to make an optional parameter that will not appear if not used. I believe it uses some kind of {{{if}}} statement. It already exists in practice in the standard template for the wiki license parameter. --[[User:MarvelZuvembie|MarvelZuvembie]] 14:57, 28 February 2011 (PST)

Knowing that [[:Category:Wikia|Wikia]] keeps the content, even at the wiki [[founder]]'s request, is interesting.  But what does the law says about wiki contents?  Should be added in the article.  <small><span class=autosigned>— preceding [[Signature|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/88.168.223.232|88.168.223.232]] ([[User talk:88.168.223.232|talk]]) – 13:45, 12 December 2016 (UTC).</span></small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP -->