Board Thread:Support Requests - Getting Technical/@comment-4839035-20130218202430/@comment-188432-20130219163245

Lachlan5963 wrote: That's true I suppose, but most wikis who customise their interface to that extent will never need to be "adopted". Eh, nothin' lasts forever. People lose their jobs, and therefore their internet connections. Computers explode at just the moment you can't pay for a new one. Health issues flare up. The topic is cancelled (see ya Bionic Woman wiki), dies (hasta la vista, Mindy McCready wiki), or simply stalls (no more Hostess Twinkie wiki for you). Other contributors walk alway from a project for whatever reason, which causes the wiki itself to implode and the previously-active admin to leave, too. Or, maybe the admin spent a lot of time customising the interface right at the start but didn't pay that much attention to cultivating a community, so they end up with a beautifully-configured interface that ... no one uses.

There are any number of reasons why wikis fail. Never say never.