Forum:Moving a wiki from Wikia to a local Mediawiki installation

Hi,

I am right at the beginning of a wiki project and I am wondering: If our project were to start out as a hosted Wikia wiki, would it be possible to move the whole thing to a local Mediawiki installation?

Best regards, Susanne Koch University of Oslo 129.240.200.54 14:07, 8 January 2007 (UTC)


 * You would be able to copy the articles and images, but the user database can not be made public as it would be shared across all 2000+ Wikia. Also, while the MediaWiki software is in the GFDL, some of the extensions Wikia uses are not released publically yet as they are still experimental (or part of the ad system). You would not be able to duplicate the Wiki 100%. And finally, you could copy the Wiki locally but not move it, as the Wiki would remain on Wikia unless there was a need to close (or merge) it. --Splarka (talk) 04:29, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

GFDL is a *documentation* license. I presume you mean GPL? And yes, if you move, Wikia does continue operating the old site at its original address in direct competition with your new domain.