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==Forking vs. mirroring== | |||
A [[mirror]] website is an archive. It duplicates or re-uses content originated elsewhere (hopefully, with proper attribution) but normally is not an originator of new content. | |||
A fork creates an entire second project, which uses a common set of content as a starting point, but then builds a community and creates its own new, unique content. | |||
The creation of [[Wikivoyage]] after [[Wikitravel]] was sold to Internet Brands is a fork. Conversely, the various sites which provide a copy of [[Wikipedia]] content online (such as the "NationMaster Encyclopedia") without originating new content are mirrors. | |||
===On wiki farms=== | |||
Forking is common on [[:Category:Wikia|Wikia]], usually because of its constant [[:Category:Skins|skin]] changes, poor community support, [[global blocking]], social features, and / or independent servers being more versatile. Where this occurs, the [[:Category:GoalAbandoned|abandoned]] Wikia version of the site – invariably left [[:Category:OpenEdit|open]] and [[:Category:Dormant|dormant]], is commonly referred to as the '[[:Category:Spoon|spoon]]'. | Forking is common on [[:Category:Wikia|Wikia]], usually because of its constant [[:Category:Skins|skin]] changes, poor community support, [[global blocking]], social features, and / or independent servers being more versatile. Where this occurs, the [[:Category:GoalAbandoned|abandoned]] Wikia version of the site – invariably left [[:Category:OpenEdit|open]] and [[:Category:Dormant|dormant]], is commonly referred to as the '[[:Category:Spoon|spoon]]'. | ||