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itsjxssica ( itsjxssica@lemm.ee )  to Free and Open Source SoftwareEnglish · 3 years ago

Miraheze (a free wiki farm) is shutting down

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Miraheze (a free wiki farm) is shutting down

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itsjxssica ( itsjxssica@lemm.ee )  to Free and Open Source SoftwareEnglish · 3 years ago
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STATEMENT FROM MIRAHEZE LIMITED'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS The Directors have met to consider where the future of Miraheze as a project lies - taking into account recent...
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  • kyrla ( kyrla@beehaw.org ) 
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    i’m so unbelievably pissed off that a petty discord drama over two people getting banned killed the only major non-fandom-wikia farm out there. and it wasn’t even financially unstable, they were fully funded.

    • Forkk ( Forkk@forkk.me ) 
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      Do you have a source on what happened? I hadn’t heard anything about this, and the linked article doesn’t say anything other than “recent events.”

      • BastingChemina ( BastingChemina@slrpnk.net ) 
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        I’m curious too. It was a very good service and I’m really sad to see them go.

      • brie ( brie@beehaw.org ) 
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        The Mastodon account has a bit more info, though it doesn’t go into the details.

    • itsjxssica ( itsjxssica@lemm.ee ) OP
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      there’s been a severe lack of volunteers for a while, there’s only 4 people left on the team after the recent fallout.

  • kotnik ( kotnik@lemmy.sdf.org ) 
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    Looks like it’s not shutting down after all.

  • Madiator2011 ( Madiator2011@lm.madiator.cloud ) 
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    Still great thing is that they plan to still provide existing backups and not just trash everything.

  • Haunting_Tale_5150 ( Haunting_Tale_5150@kbin.social ) 
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    Shit this is huge, any good alternatives? I feel bad for all the wikis that moved over looking for an alternative to fandom.

    • itsjxssica ( itsjxssica@lemm.ee ) OP
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      personally I’m moving to self hosting but that’s not viable for everyone. There doesn’t seem to be any direct replacement, other than wikitide but I wouldn’t trust that due to a few factors (ToS and Privacy policy ‘coming soon’ sounds legally dubious)

      • ipkpjersi ( ipkpjersi@lemmy.one ) 
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        I feel like self-hosting is genuinely the best option regardless. That way you have full control and you can ensure your wiki never goes down.

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