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Wiki farm

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A wikifarm or wiki hosting service is a website that allows users to create their own wikis without having to host their own sites. Often these are hosted on a subdomain of the farm, though there are sometimes paid options to host on a private domain.

History[edit | edit source]

The wikiweb.com wiki farm was founded in the year 2000 and by the end of the year hosted over 500 wikis. This was a year before Wikipedia launched and had no relation to Wikipedia. Nearly all these wikis appear to be lost to time.[1]

The WikiCities wiki farm was founded in 2004. By 2006 it rebranded to Wikia.[2] It is now called Fandom and focuses primarily on consumer multimedia and geek culture.

The Miraheze wiki farm was founded in 2015 by John Lewis. Since 2024, it has been run by the Wikitide Foundation, a United States based charity.[3]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20001010160343/http://www.wikiweb.com/wikiweb.cgi?useCase=WwSystemSearchUc&invokeUcWith=invokeSearch&searchString=e
  2. ↑ https://community.fandom.com/f/p/3544797075734531026
  3. ↑ https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Incorporation

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