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>>760

I remember that the new wiki was opened for some technical reason or such, but I don't remember exactly why: wasn't becouse we don't know for sure who was the admin of the other one?
I know that was a good reason indeed.

I would suggest maybe to save the datas of the new one, in the case the old wiki gone irremediabily messed up for some reason (Admin abandon it and such).

>>761
There were several reasons. We were unsure about the admin structure as you say, a new wiki would be able to give us increased freedom to modify it however we wanted, and I personally have a distaste for Wikia after seeing how they treat fan communities when they get profitable. (I was around as a lurker for the WowWiki vs Wowpedia split) It seemed like a logical decision for all those reasons to me. But there are of course disadvantages too. Like losing Wikia integration and the fact that a lot of people already have Wikia accounts and might feel more willing to contribute if they don't have to sign up again.

I should also mention this. If I do shut it down, I plan to do the following things:

1. Announce it on Funtasia Daily several weeks in advance so people have time to save any data they have saved on the website
2. Take an XML backup of the articles and post them here on Fillychan
3. Take a complete OS backup of the server and store it somewhere so we can spin it up again if need be
4. Take a separate backup of my code changes and addons and configuration that I used to make FillyWiki.com look like it does. This will be given out on request if someone wants to use them for a new wiki.
5. I will retain ownership of the domain name
6. The domain name will first be pointed to an page with text confirming information about the shutdown of fillywiki.com. Probably hosted either here on Fillychan or on Funtasia Daily. After a while (maybe a month), I'll instead point the domain name to the Filly Wikia.