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![[:Category:ShoutWiki|ShoutWiki]]

|[[:Category:Advertising|adverts]]

|delete or [[ShoutWiki:ShoutWiki Hub:Wiki Adoptions|adopt]]

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![[:Category:Wikia|Wikia]]<br>(aka<br>Fandom)

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For all MediaWiki sites, a list of all wikis ''should'' also be available via the [[MediaWiki API]] ([[mw:API:Main page]]) database access facility at <span style=white-space:nowrap><code>/w/api.php?action=query&list=listwikis</code></span> (or <span style=white-space:nowrap><code>/wiki/api.php?action=query&list=listwikis</code></span>), and / or the WikiDiscover module at <span style=white-space:nowrap><code>/w/api.php?action=wikidiscover</code></span>, though some sites do not enable the required API modules or allow anonymous API read access.

*'''[[:Category:Editthis.info|EditThis.info]]:''' — this [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] host is 100% free.  However, it appears to have been abandoned by their system administrators (the feature requests page has little to no responses, and the village pump has been blanked and protected).  Also, this host is running an ancient version of MediaWiki, and thus is significantly lacking the latest features.

*'''[[:Category:Miraheze|Miraheze]]:''' — users should be aware that despite what is advertised, Miraheze developers do not allow wiki [[founder]]s to fully manage the configuration settings.  Some of the extensions are similar to that of the [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]], but many of them are strictly off-limits.  Miraheze staff have also been known to interfere with local community operations.

*'''[[:Category:ShoutWiki|ShoutWiki]]:''' — [[mw:Social tools|social tools]] are one of ShoutWiki's fields of expertise, though before one is allowed to create a wiki site on ShoutWiki, you need to be logged in and be [[:Category:ConfirmEmail|e-mail confirmed]].  A charge of $5.50 is required to remove [[:Category:Advertising|adverts]], which the site unfortunately relies on for one stream of funding.  Some highly technical features are available to staff only.  [[ShoutWiki:ShoutWiki Staff|ShoutWiki staff]] consists of highly experienced MediaWiki developers and editors.

*'''[[:Category:Wikia|Wikia]]:''' — this commercial behemoth of a host is prolifically [[:Category:Advertising|advert]]-spammed, with no paid removal option available, and the staff are not very open to founder configuration control.  Relying on a unique and heavily customised yet outdated version of MediaWiki, there are many features that are available to staff-only.

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