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If you came to this page because someone left the Wikisquatting tag on a page of yours, there's something you should understand. This wiki doesn't provide a technology: it's a community using a technology. If you're not here to participate in the community - and since this community discusses programming and related topics, it seems that you're not - please obtain your own wiki and start your own community. There are many freely-available wikis that you can use, and there are even community Web sites that provide free wikis. (See [[#Farms|other places to put your wiki]])
'''Wikisquating''' is making a wiki article that is solely for your own use, or the use of a group you associate with. A wikisquatter is not out to further the wiki, rather they are looking for a free place to 'host' a wiki of their own. On WoWWiki, it refers to making a page unrelated to the wiki, such as a guild page that is more of a 'guild website on a wiki' than a page describing the guild like you would describe a monster or spell or class. ''Please expand this...''
 
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''Consider a bulletin board set up in the computer science lab on a university. This isn't the type with a pane of glass and a lock, or even the type that requires that everything be stamped first. Anybody can post something up. Anybody can write in a correction, or a thought, or a disagreement with something that was posted. And anybody can rip down anything that was posted. Over time, the board accumulated many papers, essays, discussions on software, and everything relating to it.
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You're from the music department. One day, you come across this board. You're not really into computer science or anything, but you find the idea of this board quite intriguing; you want to bring this concept to your friends and peers; you believe that this is just what the music department needs. What's your best bet going to be?
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On the one hand, if you just set up a new billboard, there's no guarantee that it will take on the same form, the same magic, as the first one you saw. This would be bad. On the other hand, even though there may be some useful interaction, all those comp-sci geeks aren't likely to be thrilled about an influx of musical discussion, and everything relating to it. You make your decision.
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And somebody comes along, and puts little post-it notes all over your new comp-sci-cum-music pages, all saying the same things; something about Wikisquatting.
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Don't take this as an offense. Take this as an opportunity. We can help get you set up with a board all your own. We can give you advice on how to encourage activity, how to develop your board. We can even help you carry your pages to the new site. You, and anyone from your board, will always be welcome to share an insight with us; who knows, somebody might share some on your board as well. Leave a page letting us know how things are going. May they go well.''
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'''Wikisquating''' is making a wiki article that is solely for your own use, or the use of a group you associate with. A wikisquatter is not out to further the wiki, rather they are looking for a free place to 'host' a wiki of their own.
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Wikisquatting is when someone develops one's own separate community in the WoWWiki. Usually people doing this are not interested in other parts of Wiki. While unintentional, it is considered impolite. If "WikiSquatting" was added to one of your pages, you might consider setting up your own wiki. (See [[#Farms|other places to put your wiki]])
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==Farms==
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A '''Wikifarm''' is a place that hosts wikis (usually for free). If you are here to start a wiki, then one of these resources would be much better suited to your purposes. These use a variety of wiki software, and some have ads while others don't. We recommend that you fiddle with a couple of them and see what you think before you settle down with any one.
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*[http://www.wikicities.com/wiki/Wikicities Wikicities]
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*[http://pbwiki.com/ PBwiki]
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*[http://www.schtuff.com/ Schtuff]
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*[http://www.riters.com/ Riters]
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*[http://www.communitywiki.org/odd Oddwiki]
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*[http://www.seedwiki.com/ Seedwiki]
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*[http://www.wikispaces.com/ Wikispaces]
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*[http://www.xwiki.com/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome XWiki]

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If you came to this page because someone left the Wikisquatting tag on a page of yours, there's something you should understand. This wiki doesn't provide a technology: it's a community using a technology. If you're not here to participate in the community - and since this community discusses programming and related topics, it seems that you're not - please obtain your own wiki and start your own community. There are many freely-available wikis that you can use, and there are even community Web sites that provide free wikis. (See other places to put your wiki)


Consider a bulletin board set up in the computer science lab on a university. This isn't the type with a pane of glass and a lock, or even the type that requires that everything be stamped first. Anybody can post something up. Anybody can write in a correction, or a thought, or a disagreement with something that was posted. And anybody can rip down anything that was posted. Over time, the board accumulated many papers, essays, discussions on software, and everything relating to it.

You're from the music department. One day, you come across this board. You're not really into computer science or anything, but you find the idea of this board quite intriguing; you want to bring this concept to your friends and peers; you believe that this is just what the music department needs. What's your best bet going to be?

On the one hand, if you just set up a new billboard, there's no guarantee that it will take on the same form, the same magic, as the first one you saw. This would be bad. On the other hand, even though there may be some useful interaction, all those comp-sci geeks aren't likely to be thrilled about an influx of musical discussion, and everything relating to it. You make your decision.

And somebody comes along, and puts little post-it notes all over your new comp-sci-cum-music pages, all saying the same things; something about Wikisquatting.

Don't take this as an offense. Take this as an opportunity. We can help get you set up with a board all your own. We can give you advice on how to encourage activity, how to develop your board. We can even help you carry your pages to the new site. You, and anyone from your board, will always be welcome to share an insight with us; who knows, somebody might share some on your board as well. Leave a page letting us know how things are going. May they go well.


Wikisquating is making a wiki article that is solely for your own use, or the use of a group you associate with. A wikisquatter is not out to further the wiki, rather they are looking for a free place to 'host' a wiki of their own.

Wikisquatting is when someone develops one's own separate community in the WoWWiki. Usually people doing this are not interested in other parts of Wiki. While unintentional, it is considered impolite. If "WikiSquatting" was added to one of your pages, you might consider setting up your own wiki. (See other places to put your wiki)

Farms

A Wikifarm is a place that hosts wikis (usually for free). If you are here to start a wiki, then one of these resources would be much better suited to your purposes. These use a variety of wiki software, and some have ads while others don't. We recommend that you fiddle with a couple of them and see what you think before you settle down with any one.