Admin Forum:How strict is Wikia about externally hosted files?

From the terms of use I gathered that Wikia frowns upon externally hosted files, but doesn't completely disallow them. Now I wonder on which side my situation falls. The wiki I founded is a game modding wiki and a considerable part of the articles will document the large number of that game's database tables. The documentation will be here on the wiki, but I want to host the tables myself, because So, do you guys think Wikia would be fine with me hosting these tables on my own server? Or: Do you think there's a chance I can host immutable HTML files here?
 * 1) they have odd formats; some tables have a huge number of columns; some have a huge number of rows; some have both; they hardly fit onto a computer screen as it is - let alone the small portion of it that Wikia let's me use; in other words: they simply require an empty browser window
 * 2) they're immutable; they're for reference only; there's no need whatsoever for anybody to change anything about them; in fact: they mustn't be changed

Pecoes 13:23, February 14, 2012 (UTC)

I should probably give you an example:

http://jade-empire-in-style.com/2das/appearance.2da

Pecoes 13:28, February 14, 2012 (UTC)
 * I don't see any problems with that, but I also don't see anything in the Terms of Use that prohibits linking to externally hosted files. If you want to make sure, I'd suggest sending a quick message to Special:Contact just to check, but I doubt they will have an issue. --  Random Time  13:41, February 14, 2012 (UTC)


 * I just reread the Terms of Use and you're right: It doesn't say anything about external data at all. There is however this article about Externally hosted images. That's the one that made me suspect I'm in a gray area here...
 * Pecoes 14:11, February 14, 2012 (UTC)