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== Download == | == Download == | ||
Like [[Wikipedia]], '''Wikia''' content is primarily available under a free content license | Like [[Wikipedia]], '''Wikia''' content is primarily available under a free content license, usually the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike license. Unlike Wikipedia, Wikia wikis don't enjoy from regular production of data dumps, so the possibility to reuse their content is rather limited and their survival is more at risk. | ||
XML dumps of the content of a wiki, when available, is linked from its ''Special:Statistics'' page (example for [http://starwars.wikia.com Wookieepedia]: [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Statistics Special:Statistics]). | |||
Dumps are produced only on demand, hence – normally – for a small minority of wikis. Users with appropriate rights (as of 2013, autoconfirmed users, sysops and higher) can request a dump at the same Special:Statistics; the request is processed with an unknown schedule (as of May 2013, it seems that only a couple dumps are produced every day, around 2-3 UTC, whatever amount of dumps is requested). If you request too many dumps, your account may be blocked from requesting more, without notice (the button to request a dump disappears). | |||
More information can be found at [[Wikia:Wikia:Database download|Wikia:Database download]]. | |||
There are two XML dumps per wiki (both in [[gzip]] format): | There are two XML dumps per wiki (both in [[gzip]] format): | ||
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* Last version dump (small) | * Last version dump (small) | ||
A directory list to access to all backups is | A directory list to access to all backups is http://dumps.wikia.net/ . All dumps (about 50k wikis) have been erased in July 2013 and have not been regenerated as of August 2013. | ||
== Moved wikis == | == Moved wikis == | ||
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* http://wiki-stats.wikia.com/ | * http://wiki-stats.wikia.com/ | ||
* [http://s23.org/wikistats/wikia_html.php Wikistats of Wikia dynamically sortable to any criteria, self-updating every six hours by cronjob] | * [http://s23.org/wikistats/wikia_html.php Wikistats of Wikia dynamically sortable to any criteria, self-updating every six hours by cronjob] | ||
{{Navigation box}} | {{Navigation box}} | ||
[[Category:Wikis]] | [[Category:Wikis]] | ||
Revision as of 16:45, 4 August 2013
| Wikia | |
 Wikia mainpage 2010-12-21 | |
| URL | http://www.wikia.com |
| Status | Online! |
| Archiving status | Not saved yet |
| Archiving type | Unknown |
| IRC channel | #archiveteam-bs (on hackint) |
Wikia is a website that allows the creation and provides hosting for several thousand user-made wikis under a wide variety of subjects.
For a list of wikis hosted in this wikifarm see: https://code.google.com/p/wikiteam/source/browse/trunk/listsofwikis
Download
Like Wikipedia, Wikia content is primarily available under a free content license, usually the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike license. Unlike Wikipedia, Wikia wikis don't enjoy from regular production of data dumps, so the possibility to reuse their content is rather limited and their survival is more at risk.
XML dumps of the content of a wiki, when available, is linked from its Special:Statistics page (example for Wookieepedia: Special:Statistics).
Dumps are produced only on demand, hence – normally – for a small minority of wikis. Users with appropriate rights (as of 2013, autoconfirmed users, sysops and higher) can request a dump at the same Special:Statistics; the request is processed with an unknown schedule (as of May 2013, it seems that only a couple dumps are produced every day, around 2-3 UTC, whatever amount of dumps is requested). If you request too many dumps, your account may be blocked from requesting more, without notice (the button to request a dump disappears).
More information can be found at Wikia:Database download.
There are two XML dumps per wiki (both in gzip format):
- Full history dump (large)
- Last version dump (small)
A directory list to access to all backups is http://dumps.wikia.net/ . All dumps (about 50k wikis) have been erased in July 2013 and have not been regenerated as of August 2013.
Moved wikis
There have been substantial numbers of wiki communities leaving Wikia for various reasons, including two ad-heavy forced reskins in 2008 and 2010 and censorship of images to a PG13 level in 2012. Wikia has a de-facto policy of leaving the old wiki open and editable after the community has gone elsewhere, as a direct competitor to the new sites. This leaves two (or more) forks of the same project.
Do *not* presume the Wikia version of a wiki is the only version or the most up-to-date version as it may be years out of date if the original authors left years ago. There is a partial list of moved wikis at awa.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Moved_wikis
Former Wikia projects which are now independent will need to be backed up individually from their new homes.