Forum:What are Wikia's policies on hosting semi-private/associated wikis?

Hi there. :)

I'm a staff member at a website named MafiaScene, which is the largest English language fansite dedicated to the game Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven and it's sequel, and we're looking into starting a wiki on the subject of the game. Ideally we wanted to start our own wiki and host it on our own server, but as often happens bandwidth limitations may rule that out as an option, which is why I'm here.

My question is, what are Wikia's policies on wiki independence? Can a wiki be "associated" with an external website such as ours, linked to from it, with a couple of our staff (people I can trust to be reliable) appointed as it's initial bureaucrats and sysops, (Additional sysops would be recruited from the wiki's users, if needed) or does the wiki have to be completely independent? The main benefit for the wiki itself would be that it would have an instant user base from our forum, which has been active since late 2002 and is growing quickly in the lead-up to the release of Mafia 2.

Looking forward to replies. Regards, MattyDienhoff


 * Hi Matty. We'd be pleased to host a wiki about the Mafia games. Essentially the community would still own the wiki, but you're welcome to make it associated with your forums and have your staff be the initial admins. The usual rules of Wikia would still apply though. For example, the wiki would need to be open to editing and the content would be released under a free license that anyone could use. If you're happy with this, you can request a new wiki here. If you're looking for a more formal partnership with Wikia, then Angie Shelton is the best person to talk to about that. Angela (talk) 01:29, 3 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi again, I've discussed the matter further with my fellow staff members and they raised a few additional advantages I hadn't thought of to hosting our own integrated wiki, such as bridging user accounts and skinning it to mirror the rest of the site. So we've concluded that to host our own wiki will be more suitable in the long run. Thanks anyway, for the prompt reply. :) --MattyDienhoff 01:59, 3 June 2008 (UTC)