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The use of wiki software on the web as a means of sharing knowledge through collaborative means led to the most natural conclusion that this would be the best medium to keep an ongoing project to create an encyclopaedia alive and dynamic. Other sites had suffered from the draw back of being "owned" by one individual, or having the prospect of only a very few administrators and editors. This led to potential and realised stagnation of some of those sites which had promised so much in the beginning. The reasons for this were of course manifold, but the sheer weight of ''Fighting Fantasy'' information was perhaps too much for any one of these sites to cope with effectively. | The use of wiki software on the web as a means of sharing knowledge through collaborative means led to the most natural conclusion that this would be the best medium to keep an ongoing project to create an encyclopaedia alive and dynamic. Other sites had suffered from the draw back of being "owned" by one individual, or having the prospect of only a very few administrators and editors. This led to potential and realised stagnation of some of those sites which had promised so much in the beginning. The reasons for this were of course manifold, but the sheer weight of ''Fighting Fantasy'' information was perhaps too much for any one of these sites to cope with effectively. | ||
After much investigation, the [http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia Wikia] environment seemed the most friendly and popular wiki site to begin building Titannica. Many of the most successful franchise focussed wikias find their home | After much investigation, the [http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia Wikia] environment seemed the most friendly and popular wiki site to begin building Titannica. Many of the most successful franchise focussed wikias find their home there, such as [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Portal:Main Memory Alpha], [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Wookipedia] and [http://www.wowwiki.com/Portal:Main World of Warcraft Wiki]. | ||
Wikia acceptance is not guaranteed, however. Wikia requires that the wiki have the potential to remain alive and dynamic by having the potential to attract interest and editors. It was decided that rather than apply directly for a wikia site, Titannica should start on wikia's "[http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Scratchpad Scratchpad]" and see if it could prove worthy of a wikia in its own right. On the 21st of November, [[2007]] Titannica on Scratchpad began. | Wikia acceptance is not guaranteed, however. Wikia requires that the wiki have the potential to remain alive and dynamic by having the potential to attract interest and editors. It was decided that rather than apply directly for a wikia site, Titannica should start on wikia's "[http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Scratchpad Scratchpad]" and see if it could prove worthy of a wikia in its own right. On the 21st of November, [[2007]] Titannica on Scratchpad began. | ||