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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
'''ElWiki''' was a [[:Category:WikiFarm|collection]] of [[wiki]]-based 'knowledgebases' on a variety of subjects. [[User]]s could create a [[WhatIsWiki|wiki]] on any [[:Category:Wiki Topic|subject]], free of charge, and get a free <tt>.com</tt>, <tt>.net</tt>, or <tt>.org</tt> domain after hitting a certain threshold of activity. ElWiki was [[:Category:FoundedIn2006|founded 2006]], and went [[:Category: | {{TOCright}}'''ElWiki''' [[:Category:Dead|was]] a [[:Category:WikiFarm|collection]] of [[wiki]]-based 'knowledgebases' on a variety of subjects. [[User]]s could create a [[WhatIsWiki|wiki]] on any [[:Category:Wiki Topic|subject]], free of charge, and get a free <tt>.com</tt>, <tt>.net</tt>, or <tt>.org</tt> domain after hitting a certain threshold of activity. ElWiki was [[:Category:FoundedIn2006|founded 2006]], and went [[:Category:Former MediaWiki wiki farm|down]] around September / October 2007. The owner of this [[:Category:Free MediaWiki wiki farms|free MediaWiki wiki farm]] was Martin Rozinsky. During 2008, the <tt>ElWiki.com</tt> domain became a [[wp:GoDaddy|GoDaddy]] domain parking site. | ||
People wanting to start their own wiki hosted by a third party should keep in mind that such disasters can happen. Seemingly very few of the wikis on this ElWiki farm survived, although [[The H-Town Wiki]] was migrated prior to being lost and is still an [[:Category:Active|active]] wiki. | People wanting to start their own wiki hosted by a third party should keep in mind that such disasters can happen. Seemingly very few of the wikis on this ElWiki farm survived, although [[The H-Town Wiki]] was migrated prior to being lost and is still an [[:Category:Active|active]] wiki. | ||
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