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'''Category: ShoutWiki''' — this [[Special:Categories|category]] here on WikiIndex 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, United Kingdom; accessed 16 February 2018.</ref> a {{tag|wiki company}} from {{tag|England}} in the {{tag|United Kingdom}} (UK) which provides a {{tag|MediaWiki wiki farm}}. | '''Category: ShoutWiki''' — this [[Special:Categories|category]] here on WikiIndex 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, United Kingdom; accessed 16 February 2018.</ref> a {{tag|wiki company}} from {{tag|England}} in the {{tag|United Kingdom}} (UK) which provides a {{tag|MediaWiki wiki farm}}. | ||
'''ShoutWiki – ''express yourself and be heard''''' — is a {{tag|Free MediaWiki wiki farm|free}}, advertising-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 | '''ShoutWiki – ''express yourself and be heard''''' — is a {{tag|Free MediaWiki wiki farm|free}}, advertising-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]]; accessed 31 March 2022.</ref> [[ShoutWiki hub]] is the help and support '[[:Category:Meta|meta]]' wiki site for ShoutWiki. | ||
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Unlike many other {{tag|wiki farm}}s, ShoutWiki offers {{Mw|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 | Unlike many other {{tag|wiki farm}}s, ShoutWiki offers {{Mw|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]]; accessed 31 March 2022.</ref> One notable example is {{Mw|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. As of early 2022, ShoutWiki is available with the option of fifteen (15) [[:Category:MediaWiki skin|skins]],<ref>[[ShoutWiki:Special:Version#Installed_skins|ShoutWiki: Special: Version – installed skins]]; ''ShoutWiki.com/wiki''; [[ShoutWiki hub]]; accessed 31 March 2022.</ref> with some skins [[:Category:ShoutWiki skin|created and / or adapted]] by [[:Category:ShoutWiki people|ShoutWiki members]]. However, it should also be noted that some standard MediaWiki features are disabled on ShoutWiki.<sup>[which?]</sup>{{Clarify}} | ||
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[[:Category:ShoutWiki staff|ShoutWiki's staff]] consists of [[:Category:MediaWiki developer|MediaWiki developers]] and [[editor]]s 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 | [[:Category:ShoutWiki staff|ShoutWiki's staff]] consists of [[:Category:MediaWiki developer|MediaWiki developers]] and [[editor]]s 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]]; accessed 31 March 2022.</ref> | ||
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*'''[[User:Lcawte|Lewis Cawte]]''' — director, Chief Technical Officer<ref name=CompaniesHouseOfficers/> | *'''[[User:Lcawte|Lewis Cawte]]''' — director, Chief Technical Officer<ref name=CompaniesHouseOfficers/> | ||
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The following are former ShoutWiki staff members:<ref>[[ShoutWiki:Category:Former ShoutWiki staff|Former ShoutWiki staff]]; ''ShoutWiki.com/wiki''; [[ShoutWiki | The following are former ShoutWiki staff members:<ref>[[ShoutWiki:Category:Former ShoutWiki staff|Former ShoutWiki staff]]; ''ShoutWiki.com/wiki''; [[ShoutWiki hub]]; accessed 31 March 2022.</ref> | ||
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*'''[[Cook879|Richard Cook]]''' — former director, resigned 31 May 2017<ref name=CompaniesHouseOfficers/> | *'''[[Cook879|Richard Cook]]''' — former director, resigned 31 May 2017<ref name=CompaniesHouseOfficers/> | ||
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Category: ShoutWiki — this category here on WikiIndex contains wiki sites hosted by ShoutWiki Limited,[1] a wiki company from England in the United Kingdom (UK) which provides a MediaWiki wiki farm.
ShoutWiki – express yourself and be heard — is a free, advertising-supported (GoogleAds) wiki hosting service – aka a wiki farm, which uses the MediaWiki software. ShoutWiki offer three different types of free wiki hosting solutions; of which each one has different features: public wikis, private wikis, and school / university wikis.[2] ShoutWiki hub is the help and support 'meta' wiki site for ShoutWiki.
- Features
Unlike many other wiki farms, ShoutWiki offers additional available functions compared to a standard MediaWiki installation.[3] One notable example is 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 editing more fun and appealing. As of early 2022, ShoutWiki is available with the option of fifteen (15) skins,[4] with some skins created and / or adapted by ShoutWiki members. However, it should also be noted that some standard MediaWiki features are disabled on ShoutWiki.[which?][clarify please]
- Backups
There are 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 here.
- Staff
ShoutWiki's staff consists of MediaWiki developers and editors who have plenty of experience with the software. It is currently headed by Lewis Cawte, who owns more than 75% of the company, with more than 75% voting rights.[5] The full list of ShoutWiki staff are as follows:[6]
- Lewis Cawte — director, Chief Technical Officer[5]
- Jack Phoenix — customer support lead
- Nicmavr — customer support
- DeviantSalens
- Isarra Yos — user experience designer
- Former staff
The following are former ShoutWiki staff members:[7]
- Richard Cook — former director, resigned 31 May 2017[5]
- SamanthaNguyen — customer support
- Jedimca0
- Solar Dragon
- Lynton
- Pinky
- Major outages
ShoutWiki had a major 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 outage. This time, however, there was a problem with the backup system; and all edits made since the last recover were lost, so nothing had been recovered since 17 June 2011.
- References
- ↑ ShoutWiki Limited, Company number 09749047 - overview; CompaniesHouse.gov.uk; Companies House, United Kingdom; accessed 16 February 2018.
- ↑ Wiki types; ShoutWiki.com/wiki; ShoutWiki hub; accessed 31 March 2022.
- ↑ Help:Extensions; ShoutWiki.com/wiki; ShoutWiki hub; accessed 31 March 2022.
- ↑ ShoutWiki: Special: Version – installed skins; ShoutWiki.com/wiki; ShoutWiki hub; accessed 31 March 2022.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedCompaniesHouseOfficers - ↑ ShoutWiki staff; ShoutWiki.com/wiki; ShoutWiki hub; accessed 31 March 2022.
- ↑ Former ShoutWiki staff; ShoutWiki.com/wiki; ShoutWiki hub; accessed 31 March 2022.
- External links
- ShoutWiki promotional video — at YouTube.com
- ShoutWiki blog — at Blog.ShoutWiki.com
- ShoutWiki Phabricator — public bug tracker and project management, at Phabricator.ShoutWiki.com
- ShoutWiki Twitter feed
- ShoutWiki Facebook page
- List of ShoutWiki-hosted wikis — at ShoutWiki.com
- MediaWiki API HTML list of ShoutWiki wikis — at ShoutWiki.com
- Category: Extensions by ShoutWiki — at MediaWiki.org
- Farm: ShoutWiki (id: ) — list of wiki sites (active and defunct) hosted on the ShoutWiki wiki farm, at WikiApiary.com (founded 2011), the wiki site for detailed information on all MediaWiki-powered websites; (id: 24706)
- WikiStats – List of ShoutWiki.com wikis — sortable list table of ShoutWiki wiki sites by mutante at S23.org (archived 2017-05-24, very useful historical information back to 2011)
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- ShoutWiki wikifarm dump 2011-08-16 — by Nemo_bis from WikiTeam, at Archive.org (all 397 known ShoutWiki.com wikis dumped)
- ShoutWiki individual wiki sites archived — search of ShoutWiki at Archive.org
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