Forum:Moving wiki from Wikia to another hosting

Hello. I've read licensing issues in Wikia help, but didn't found neither direct permission nor prohibition to create wiki here, than make it's full dump, delete it from Wikia and move to another hosting. In other words, I want to use Wikia as a temporary hosting for my wiki. Is that possible? (Say honestly, I haven't asked our community yet, maybe they'll decide to leave it here) 89.179.127.129 16:20, October 31, 2009 (UTC)
 * You'll have to keep the license for every page intact; and you won't be able to delete a wiki. Other than that, yes.--AB 17:12, October 31, 2009 (UTC)
 * Why can't I delete it? I mean, I can delete all pages in wiki and forbid anyone to create new/rollback/edit pages. Am I right? 89.179.127.129 18:49, October 31, 2009 (UTC)
 * I would ask the staff about it. Killr Talk 19:38, October 31, 2009 (UTC)
 * You could delete all the pages manually, but if it's a big wiki with 1000+ pages, that probably wouldn't be the best option. ~JCM  00:20, November 1, 2009 (UTC)
 * Is staff who decides if the wiki will be deleted from wikia if you move, or remain here so other users can improve it. You can't delete all pages to force such a move - Staff will demote you and restore all pages in less time that you could take to delete them. --Ciencia Al Poder (talk) -WikiDex 16:32, November 1, 2009 (UTC)

Thank you everyone for replies, the conclusion is that moving wiki from Wikia is legal(keeping the same license), but staff can always decide to restore it here. --89.179.127.129 08:04, November 2, 2009 (UTC)
 * You haven't completely got it yet, so I'm going to step in to help understand this. You're under the impression that your move would resemble WikiFur's move, but it won't. WikiFur's name and logo were trademarked, so Wikia had to delete it when they moved out. In my opinion, your move would resemble Illogicopedia's move out of Wikia. The Illogicopedian community wanted to have the old Wikia site deleted, but Wikia wouldn't allow that and use the free license as leverage. Illogicopedia suffered from Wikia's decision to keep the old wiki up. For a long while, the new Illogicopedia was tore due to the confusion of having two wikis with the same name, appearence, and function. This ruined the new Illogicopedia's Google search results. The problem was resolved when Wikia renamed the old wiki to Wackypedia. When considering moving, always consider the downside. Wikia has a Alexa ranking of 236. When you move, the former Wikia site will most likely be located above the new wiki in Google search results. This would cause most unfamiliar newcomers to visit the old wiki instead of the new one. Prepare to lose traffic if Wikia doesn't delete the old wiki. You may be forced to rename your wiki in order for users to tell the difference between the two. Of course, moving has many advantages, and in many cases, the benefits of moving overweigh the risks. I moved a wiki out of Wikia myself. Just consider the downside and choose wisely, and use Special:Contact for help. --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 15:31, November 2, 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you for detailed reply, I understand all this above. I was mainly interested in licensing aspects of such move. I also understand, that stuff may reverse my every restriction or edition of any page. But would they do it among thousands of other Wikies larger then mine? My idea was - if migration to standalone host will really happen - to delete all pages here, forbid pages edition for users and place the link to the new wiki on the main page.--89.179.127.129 21:06, November 2, 2009 (UTC)