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== Wikis that partially shut down for other reasons == | == Wikis that partially shut down for other reasons == | ||
What about wikis like [http://libertarianwiki.paulstudier.com/ Libertarian Wiki] that disabled editing for other reasons besides reaching their goal? In that case, the wiki shut down because a couple of users copied the content and created their own forks, and the owner decided his wiki was superfluous. However, he kept it online in case anyone else wanted to do their own fork. Another example would be [http://rationalwikiwikiwiki.org/ RationalWikiWikiWiki], which shut down because it was decided that dealing with censorship was more trouble than it was worth. Editing and even viewing by non-logged-in users was | What about wikis like [http://libertarianwiki.paulstudier.com/ Libertarian Wiki] that disabled editing for other reasons besides reaching their goal? In that case, the wiki shut down because a couple of users copied the content and created their own forks, and the owner decided his wiki was superfluous. However, he kept it online in case anyone else wanted to do their own fork. Another example would be [http://rationalwikiwikiwiki.org/ RationalWikiWikiWiki], which shut down because it was decided that dealing with censorship was more trouble than it was worth. Editing and even viewing by non-logged-in users was disabled (for the sake of appeasing those who objected to its content), but the site was kept online for the sake of allowing users to retrieve their content. [[User:Leucosticte|Leucosticte]] ([[User talk:Leucosticte|talk]]) 20:05, 11 September 2012 (PDT) | ||