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==Wiki farms vs. commercial web hosts== | ==Wiki farms vs. commercial web hosts== | ||
The structure of a {{tag|wiki farm}} offers a 'ready-to-go' | The structure of a {{tag|wiki farm}} offers a 'ready-to-go' turn-key solution, which may be convenient for operators of small [[WhatIsWiki|wiki sites]] with limited intentions to expand. | ||
===Advantages=== | ===Advantages=== | ||
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*Using a wiki farm can cost <u>you</u> control of <u>your</u> {{tag|wiki idea|ideas}}, your project, and your intellectual property. <u>Read the fine print</u>; while the owners of <u>some</u> wiki farms talk as if the project is 'owned by the community', you may find that any domain names, project names, and [[:Category:WikiLogo|logos]] are the property not of the individual project, but automatically become the property of the [[:Category:Wiki company|company]] that runs the wiki farm. The license on the content of your wiki is also likely to be one in which the wiki farm either [[:Category:Wiki Site retains copyright|takes control itself]], or licenses your content for [[:Category:Wiki Proprietary license|commercial for-profit distribution]] elsewhere on the internet. This can lead to problems where websites [[mirror]] incomplete or outdated copies of your content in order to draw traffic away from your project, and to a copy on which outside advertisers keywords, advertisements, and links have been placed. | *Using a wiki farm can cost <u>you</u> control of <u>your</u> {{tag|wiki idea|ideas}}, your project, and your intellectual property. <u>Read the fine print</u>; while the owners of <u>some</u> wiki farms talk as if the project is 'owned by the community', you may find that any domain names, project names, and [[:Category:WikiLogo|logos]] are the property not of the individual project, but automatically become the property of the [[:Category:Wiki company|company]] that runs the wiki farm. The license on the content of your wiki is also likely to be one in which the wiki farm either [[:Category:Wiki Site retains copyright|takes control itself]], or licenses your content for [[:Category:Wiki Proprietary license|commercial for-profit distribution]] elsewhere on the internet. This can lead to problems where websites [[mirror]] incomplete or outdated copies of your content in order to draw traffic away from your project, and to a copy on which outside advertisers keywords, advertisements, and links have been placed. | ||
*In many cases, your project does not have your own [[user list]] if your wiki is one among many in a wiki farm environment. This both limits your choice (and future community members) of [[username]] (as many may already be in use elsewhere on the site), and poses an obstacle should you later wish to move your project to some other host. | *In many cases, your project does not have your own [[user list]] if your wiki is one among many in a wiki farm environment. This both limits your choice (and future community members) of [[username]] (as many may already be in use elsewhere on the site), and poses an obstacle should you later wish to move your project to some other host. | ||
*Wiki farms typically do <u>not</u> provide the ability to seamlessly mix wikis with non-wiki applications, such as message boards, [[:Category:Portal|portals]], [[:Category:Blog|blogs]], [[:Category:Internet forum|forums]], and galleries. The configuration is typically a predefined one used across all wiki sites on the farm, meaning this does not afford you the same levels of access to [[:Category:Custom skin|customisation]] as would installing the wiki software of your choice on a regular commercial wiki-capable web-host. | *Wiki farms typically do <u>not</u> provide the ability to seamlessly mix wikis with non-wiki applications, such as message boards, [[:Category:Portal|portals]], [[:Category:Blog|blogs]], [[:Category:Internet forum|forums]], and galleries (though there are now some wiki farms which include some of these functions). The configuration is typically a predefined one used across all wiki sites on the farm, meaning this does not afford you the same levels of access to [[:Category:Custom skin|customisation]] as would installing the wiki software of your choice on a regular commercial wiki-capable web-host. | ||
*[[:Category:ScribbleWiki|ScribbleWiki]] went [[:Category:Dead|offline]] without warning in early Autumn 2008, and [[:Category:ElWiki|ElWiki]] went down in 2007, [[:Category:Wikkii|Wikkii]] subsequently met a similar fate. There is absolutely no guarantee that such disasters will not recur again to other wiki farms. | *[[:Category:ScribbleWiki|ScribbleWiki]] went [[:Category:Dead|offline]] without warning in early Autumn 2008, and [[:Category:ElWiki|ElWiki]] went down in 2007, [[:Category:Wikkii|Wikkii]] subsequently met a similar fate. There is absolutely no guarantee that such disasters will not recur again to other wiki farms. | ||
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*[[:Category: Wiki farm]] — list of all known wiki farms indexed here on [[WikiIndex]] | *[[:Category: Wiki farm]] — list of all known wiki farms indexed here on [[WikiIndex]] | ||
*[[Template: Wiki farm]] — the standard infobox template for wiki farm articles or categories | *[[Template: Wiki farm]] — the standard infobox template for wiki farm articles or categories | ||
==External links== | |||
*[[Wiki:WikiFarms|Wiki farms]] — at [[WikiWikiWeb]], aka Wards Wiki, Cunningham & Cunningham, Inc. | *[[Wiki:WikiFarms|Wiki farms]] — at [[WikiWikiWeb]], aka Wards Wiki, Cunningham & Cunningham, Inc. | ||
*{{Wp|Comparison of wiki farms}} — at the [[English Wikipedia]], not comprehensive, it details only those 'notable' enough (in Wikipedia terms) to be included. | *{{Wp|Comparison of wiki farms}} — at the [[English Wikipedia]], not comprehensive, it details only those 'notable' enough (in Wikipedia terms) to be included. | ||
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*{{Wb|Starting and Running a Wiki Website|Starting and Running a Wiki Website}} — at [[Wikibooks (English)|English Wikibooks]] (formerly known as 'Wiki Science: How to start a Wiki') | *{{Wb|Starting and Running a Wiki Website|Starting and Running a Wiki Website}} — at [[Wikibooks (English)|English Wikibooks]] (formerly known as 'Wiki Science: How to start a Wiki') | ||
**{{Wb|Starting and Running a Wiki Website/Hosted Wikis|List of free / paid / limited wiki providers}} — at English Wikibooks | **{{Wb|Starting and Running a Wiki Website/Hosted Wikis|List of free / paid / limited wiki providers}} — at English Wikibooks | ||
*[ | *[[Archive.org:20160505124923/http://pascal.vanhecke.info/2005/10/30/free-hosted-wikis-comparison-of-wiki-farms/|Free hosted wikis: comparison of wiki farms]] — by [https://www.Google.com/search?q=%22Pascal+Van+Hecke%22 Pascal Van Hecke], 30 October 2005, with 9 January 2006 update, (archived) | ||
*[http://OpenDirectoryProject.org/Computers/Software/Groupware/Wiki/Wiki_Farms Directory of Wiki Farms Resources] — at the [[Open Directory Project]] (ODP) | *[http://OpenDirectoryProject.org/Computers/Software/Groupware/Wiki/Wiki_Farms Directory of Wiki Farms Resources] — at the [[Open Directory Project]] (ODP) | ||
*[http://www.PmWiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/WikiFarms Wiki farms] — an article at [[PmWiki]] | *[http://www.PmWiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/WikiFarms Wiki farms] — an article at [[PmWiki]] | ||