Board Thread:Support Requests - Getting Technical/@comment-25523075-20150712101022/@comment-26847884-20150712131146

Gguigui1 wrote: You can create your own MediaWiki file by installing MediaWiki, but you won't be able to edit the Wikia LocalSettings.php. Editing this file without have the right to do so (here Wikia Staff have it) is considered as a hack, and it's illegal. It isn't technically a right. They just have the ability to access the server manually. Rights don't affect that.