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FiahOwl

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We need an official wiki.
« on: January 06, 2012, 06:18:25 PM »
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Re: We need an official wiki.
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2012, 07:22:59 PM »
Does it cost anything to make a wiki with Wikia?

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Re: We need an official wiki.
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2012, 08:14:43 PM »
Nope, its free to create a Wiki on Wikia.

Here is a link on how to make one.

http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Free-Wiki-with-Wikia

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Re: We need an official wiki.
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2012, 10:39:12 PM »
Does it cost anything to make a wiki with Wikia?

OFFICIAL. Somebody who is not active claimed the URL and name for Universe Sandbox on wikia.

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Re: We need an official wiki.
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2012, 04:13:29 AM »
There's already this one: http://universesandbox.wikia.com/wiki/Universe_Sandbox_Wiki

It's not official, but anyone can edit it. I don't remember who made it, possibly Atomic. In any case people can still edit it, and I guess Dan could make it official if it becomes good.

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Re: We need an official wiki.
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2012, 05:07:27 AM »
Wouldn't it be better if Dan just made a wiki on this server, so we get wiki.universesandbox.com ?

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Re: We need an official wiki.
« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2012, 08:33:58 AM »
There's already this one: http://universesandbox.wikia.com/wiki/Universe_Sandbox_Wiki

It's not official, but anyone can edit it. I don't remember who made it, possibly Atomic. In any case people can still edit it, and I guess Dan could make it official if it becomes good.

Some lowlife is admin, so we can't change a lot of things since the lowlife isn't active. That's the problem.

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Re: We need an official wiki.
« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2012, 09:33:46 AM »
There's already this one: http://universesandbox.wikia.com/wiki/Universe_Sandbox_Wiki

It's not official, but anyone can edit it. I don't remember who made it, possibly Atomic. In any case people can still edit it, and I guess Dan could make it official if it becomes good.
SuperNova made it.

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Re: We need an official wiki.
« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2012, 09:34:25 AM »
There's already this one: http://universesandbox.wikia.com/wiki/Universe_Sandbox_Wiki

It's not official, but anyone can edit it. I don't remember who made it, possibly Atomic. In any case people can still edit it, and I guess Dan could make it official if it becomes good.
SuperNova made it.

That's my point. He's the only admin, and he is not active at all.

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Re: We need an official wiki.
« Reply #9 on: January 07, 2012, 10:12:42 AM »
I can ask him to make you admin on it, if Dan doesn't want to make an official wiki.

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Re: We need an official wiki.
« Reply #10 on: January 07, 2012, 11:59:48 AM »
I can ask him to make you admin on it, if Dan doesn't want to make an official wiki.
Ok.

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Re: We need an official wiki.
« Reply #11 on: January 07, 2012, 01:35:19 PM »
Yeah... this is something I'm interested in setting up.

Any thoughts on the best wiki software or hosted solution to use?

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Re: We need an official wiki.
« Reply #12 on: January 07, 2012, 02:09:08 PM »
MediaWiki.

It's what Minecraft uses, and it's really popular.

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Re: We need an official wiki.
« Reply #13 on: January 07, 2012, 04:41:40 PM »
That looks good... Much better than Wikia.

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Re: We need an official wiki.
« Reply #14 on: January 10, 2012, 12:21:10 PM »
Wikia is pretty much the same. It just sets-up the whole MediaWiki for you, and hosts it on Wikia.

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Re: We need an official wiki.
« Reply #15 on: January 10, 2012, 12:47:53 PM »
Wikia is pretty much the same. It just sets-up the whole MediaWiki for you, and hosts it on Wikia.

But the directory for wikia is taken. That's the problem.

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Re: We need an official wiki.
« Reply #16 on: January 10, 2012, 12:58:29 PM »
What is it that is taken exactly? universesandbox.wikia.com?

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Re: We need an official wiki.
« Reply #17 on: January 10, 2012, 01:00:43 PM »
What is it that is taken exactly? universesandbox.wikia.com?

Yes.

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Re: We need an official wiki.
« Reply #18 on: January 10, 2012, 01:24:50 PM »
Wikia uses a different underlying wiki software than MediaWiki.

Here's a great site to compare the different options:
http://www.wikimatrix.org/

We need a history page, either on WYSIWYG, no on commercial support, either on hosting...

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Re: We need an official wiki.
« Reply #19 on: January 10, 2012, 02:22:19 PM »
Can't you just download the MediaWiki software and make wiki.universesandbox.com ? Of course, we would update the Wiki even though it's still on your server. I would love that!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki

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Re: We need an official wiki.
« Reply #20 on: January 20, 2012, 10:47:54 AM »
Can't you just download the MediaWiki software and make wiki.universesandbox.com ? Of course, we would update the Wiki even though it's still on your server. I would love that!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki

yes, Yes, YES!