Forum:Leaving Wikia

Hi! I've recently been considering starting a new wiki with Wikia but have been wondering how easy/difficult it would be to leave Wikia, if this was decided in the future, and move to a different URL while still keeping the same content. Is this something that would be problematic for Wikia, in any way? --81.79.249.81 11:51, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Please see Database download. It is possible to download data from an entire wiki and create a fork. --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 12:58, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Note the create a fork statement above. Wikia probably won't close the wiki if you/the contributors leave. --Ciencia Al Poder (talk) -WikiDex 14:27, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
 * To be more exact it will not do, as it has happend with other wikis that have leave like transformers.wikia.com, furwiki (i read they where moving). For leaving there is wikia database download, but only text content that will have a annoying div msg on every single page revision, for image you have to requests by Special:Contact --
 * The message is simple to remove from the database dump for anyone with programming skills. Do you need a standalone tool to do this?
 * Also, currently many of the database dumps on this page are woefully out of date. -- ◄mendel► 22:22, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, how would you actually, practically go about creating a "fork"? --81.79.249.81 14:54, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Please read Database download for details on retrieving the archived data and upload the archived data onto your own wiki. If you don't have the means to run your own wiki (with your own purchased domain name, servers, etc.), then there's little else I can tell you. --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 22:22, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Practically, you'd research how other Wikia wikis did it; you basically get a server including software etc., get the page dump, set everything up (importing the dump), check that it works, get a current page dump and an image dump from wiki, remove the wikia credits if so desired, import that (may take a few hours), grab the remaining images that somehow didn't get properly imported, post a farewell note on your wikia wiki and see Wikia demote all of the sysops and bureaucrats that no longer edit here. Then you advertise the move on web sites about your topic that have wikia links now and with persistence, you may outrank Wikia on google after a few months, especially if your wiki keeps expanding faster & better than the one remaining at wikia. -- ◄mendel► 22:34, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
 * If you're interested switching to a Creative Commons license, you may want to wait and see for the results of this discussion, switch licenses while at Wikia, and then create the fork. Attempting to switch the license after creating the fork isn't possible since the November 1 deadline already pasted. --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 22:50, 18 April 2009 (UTC)