Created page with "Sorry for rushing my posts & double posting, but there is an Anti-Wikia Alliance [http://awa.shoutwiki.com/wiki/ here]. There is an [http://awa.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Anti-Wikia_..."
New page
Sorry for rushing my posts & double posting, but there is an Anti-Wikia Alliance [http://awa.shoutwiki.com/wiki/ here].
There is an [http://awa.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Anti-Wikia_Alliance article] that explains why editors don't like Wikia much. Text:
"A skin changes the look and feel of a site without changing its core features.
Monaco was the skin before Wikia. "Wikia" (nicknamed Oasis) is a new mandatory skin on wikia which was instituted site wide November 3rd, 2010, despite massive objections.
After the wikia staff failed to compromise, the purpose of the Anti-Wikia Alliance changed - primarily to help editors transfer their site from wikia, and secondly to create a forum where wikia editors to discuss how the skin changes affect them. Comments are welcome."
And here's another comparison page; this time between Wikia & ShoutWiki: http://awa.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Wikia_v_Shoutwiki
Wikia tries to grow gigantic by the years from [http://awa.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Buy_outs buying out wikis]. $$$$$$
A former VSTF (Volunteer Spam Task Force) member Jack Phoenix was even banned from Wikia. [http://web.archive.org/web/20141216003039/http://ashleywiki.blogspot.com/2010/09/moving-your-wiki-from-wikia-to-another.html Article].
The article explains disasters with the move of Transformers Wiki & GisleWiki. A controversial thing about Wikia is that they do not remove wikis upon request, even if the entire community moves & the old Wikia is abandoned.