Category:ShoutWiki: Difference between revisions

{{Wiki Farm

|name            = ShoutWiki Limited

|URL              = http://ShoutWiki.com

|logo            = [[File:ShoutWikiLogo.png|ShoutWiki logo]]

|wide logo        = y

|recentchanges URL= http://ShoutWiki.com/wiki/Special:RecentChanges

|wikinode URL    = No <!--http://YourWikiURL.org/wiki/WikiNode - if none, use 'No'-->

|about URL        = http://ShoutWiki.com/wiki/ShoutWiki_Hub:About

|maintopic        = WikiFarm

|founder          = ''several''

|CEO              = [[User:Lcawte|Lewis Cawte]]<br><small>(owner, director)</small><ref name=CompaniesHouseOfficers>[https://beta.CompaniesHouse.gov.uk/company/09749047/officers ShoutWiki Limited, Company number 09749047 - People - Officers], ''CompaniesHouse.gov.uk'', Companies House, retrieved 16 February 2018.</ref><br><s>[[Cook879|Richard Cook]]</s><br><small>(former director)</small><ref name=CompaniesHouseOfficers/>

|status          = Active

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'''Category:ShoutWiki''' — this [[Special:Categories|category]] contains [[wiki]] sites hosted by '''ShoutWiki Limited''',<ref name=CompaniesHouseOverview>[https://beta.CompaniesHouse.gov.uk/company/09749047 ShoutWiki Limited, Company number 09749047 - overview], ''CompaniesHouse.gov.uk'', Companies House, retrieved 16 February 2018.</ref> a {{tag|United Kingdom|British}} MediaWiki {{tag|WikiFarm|wiki farm}}.

'''ShoutWiki – ''express yourself and be heard!''''' — is a {{tag|Free MediaWiki wiki farms|free}}, ad-supported ({{tag|GoogleAds}}) [[WhatIsWiki|wiki]] hosting service – aka a [[wiki farm]], which uses the {{tag|MediaWiki}} software.  ShoutWiki offer three different types of free wiki hosting solutions; of which each one has different features: [[ShoutWiki:Public wiki|public wikis]], [[ShoutWiki:Private wiki|private wikis]], and [[ShoutWiki:School wiki|school/university wikis]].<ref>[[ShoutWiki:Wiki types|Wiki types]], ''ShoutWiki.com/wiki'', [[ShoutWiki Hub]], retrieved 16 February 2018.</ref>

;Features

Unlike many other wiki farms, ShoutWiki offers [[MediaWiki.org:Category:Extensions by ShoutWiki|additional available functions]] compared to a standard [[MediaWiki.org|MediaWiki]] installation.<ref>[[ShoutWiki:Help:Extensions|Help:Extensions]], ''ShoutWiki.com/wiki'', [[ShoutWiki Hub]], retrieved 16 February 2018.</ref>  One notable example is [[mw:Social tools|social tools]] - features like [[user]] profiles, boards, friending and foeing, gifts, awards, and so on - which can be used to enhance the wiki experience and make [[edit]]ing more fun and appealing.  However, it should also be noted that some standard MediaWiki features are disabled on ShoutWiki.^[which?]{{clarify}}

;Staff

[[:Category:ShoutWiki staff|ShoutWiki's staff]] consists of [[:Category:MediaWiki developer|MediaWiki developers]] and editors who have plenty of experience with the software.  It is currently headed by [[User:Lcawte|Lewis Cawte]], who [[Owner|owns]] more than 75% of the company, with more than 75% voting rights.<ref name=CompaniesHouseOfficers/>  The full list of ShoutWiki staff are as follows:<ref>[[ShoutWiki:ShoutWiki Staff|ShoutWiki staff]], ''ShoutWiki.com/wiki'', [[ShoutWiki Hub]], retrieved 16 February 2018.</ref>

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*[[User:Lcawte|Lewis Cawte]] — director, Chief Technical Officer<ref name=CompaniesHouseOfficers/>

*[[Jack Phoenix]] — customer support lead

*[[Isarra Yos|Isarra]] — user experience designer</div>

;Former staff

The following are former ShoutWiki staff members:<ref>[[ShoutWiki:Category:Former ShoutWiki staff|Former ShoutWiki staff]], ''ShoutWiki.com/wiki'', [[ShoutWiki Hub]], retrieved 16 February 2018.</ref>

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*[[Cook879|Richard Cook]] — former director, resigned 31 May 2017<ref name=CompaniesHouseOfficers/>

;Major outages

ShoutWiki had a major [[:Category:Cannot connect|outage]] on 17 June 2011, that lasted until around 10 January 2012.  Since it took this long time to set up a new server, and probably many wikis would have been moved to another host, staff decided that they'll recover existing wikis on demand.

 

On 3 March 2012, there was another major [[:Category:Possibly discontinued wikis|outage]].  This time, however, there was a problem with the [[:Category:Wiki Backups|backup]] system; and all edits made since the last recover were lost, so nothing had been recovered since 17 June 2011.

There are [https://Archive.org/details/shoutwiki.com backups for some of the ShoutWiki wikis] at the Internet Archive WaybackMachine located at [[Archive.org]].  As of 6 June 2012, there are instant database dumps available for individual wikis.  See [http://blog.ShoutWiki.com/2012/06/new-feature-instant-database-dumps/ here].

;References

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;External links

*[[ShoutWiki Hub]] — the help and support '[[:Category:Meta|meta]]' wiki

*[https://YouTube.com/watch?v=t3voqZQXEgE ShoutWiki promotional video] — YouTube

*[http://blog.ShoutWiki.com ShoutWiki blog]

*[https://Twitter.com/ShoutWiki ShoutWiki Twitter feed]

*[https://www.Facebook.com/ShoutWiki ShoutWiki Facebook page]

*[[ShoutWiki:List of wikis|List of ShoutWiki wikis]]

*[http://ShoutWiki.com/w/api.php?action=query&list=listwikis MediaWiki API HTML list of ShoutWiki wikis]

*[https://S23.org/wikistats/shoutwiki_html.php List of ShoutWiki.com wikis] — from WikiStats by [[S23-Wiki|S23.org]] (outdated, but still very useful info)

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