Help:Database download

A good reason to use Wikia is that a MySQL database of every Wikia is available for download under the terms of the GFDL.

The database is available as an XML dump (this does not include private user data) which can be easily imported into any mediawiki installation, and which is easily broken down for general processing.

To access the download, go to:


 * http:// name of your wiki.wikia.com/dbdumps/pages_current.xml

for the current version of every page (the most recent revision for every page),

or to:
 * http:// name of your wiki.wikia.com/dbdumps/pages_full.xml

for the complete history of every page.

A list of all downloads can be found at dbdumps.html. This list includes details of when the last database dump was made.

Backups
Backups of all Wikia databases are saved to a file on the same hardware and copied (automatically) to a second server. Therefore, the backups exist on two different machines. All machines are in the same colocation facility, so it's not quite "off-site".

Images
Image backups are available at http:// /images/images.tar.

Restoring from Backups
Is there a way to import and SQL dump from another MediaWiki site into Wikia (provided the licensing is OK?)