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:If there's nothing backing up a wiki but an individual, then it dies as soon as he stops paying the bills. If there's an organization backing the wiki, then they may keep paying the bills, but leave the wiki without anyone at the helm. [[VjWiki]] might be an example of that. [[User:Leucosticte|Leucosticte]] ([[User talk:Leucosticte|talk]]) 15:32, 24 December 2014 (UTC) | :If there's nothing backing up a wiki but an individual, then it dies as soon as he stops paying the bills. If there's an organization backing the wiki, then they may keep paying the bills, but leave the wiki without anyone at the helm. [[VjWiki]] might be an example of that. [[User:Leucosticte|Leucosticte]] ([[User talk:Leucosticte|talk]]) 15:32, 24 December 2014 (UTC) | ||
::If there is nobody to turn it over to, and if the goal was to build a community project, ''it failed.'' It may have been useful for a while. But useful for what? Some wikis became highly useful for wasting time battling spam, with owners not knowing how to handle it, or not having adequate support. See [[MeatBallWiki]], a major example. Apparently domain registration and hosting is still being paid. Then it won't be, and what people built may disappear. Ultimately, that happens to all we do; however.... --[[User:Abd|Abd]] ([[User talk:Abd|talk]]) 15:42, 24 December 2014 (UTC) | |||