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you can find cheap servers [https://lowendbox.com/ on lowendbox.com]. <small>—Preceding unsigned comment added by [[User:173.169.85.202|173.169.85.202]] ([[User talk:173.169.85.202|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/173.169.85.202|contribs]]) 21:52, May 14, 2017 (UTC) - [[Help:Signatures|Please sign your comments with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>]]</small> |
you can find cheap servers [https://lowendbox.com/ on lowendbox.com]. <small>—Preceding unsigned comment added by [[User:173.169.85.202|173.169.85.202]] ([[User talk:173.169.85.202|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/173.169.85.202|contribs]]) 21:52, May 14, 2017 (UTC) - [[Help:Signatures|Please sign your comments with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>]]</small> |
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This is not the first time where we have considered forking from Wikia. An example of one such discussion can be found at [[Forum:New Wikia layout discussion]]. There are benefits to forking, sure, but do they outweigh the countless consequences? Not saying that I like Wikia's recent developments — quite the opposite, actually — but unfortunately Wikia's best business practice is opening their doors to seem like a great choice and then "trapping" users so they can't escape without paying the consequences. —[[User:K6ka|'''<span style="color:#0040FF">k6ka</span>''']] <span title="Canadian!" style="color:red">🍁</span> ([[User talk:K6ka|<span style="color:#0080FF">Talk</span>]] · [[Special:Contributions/K6ka|<span style="color:#0B4C5F">Contributions</span>]]) 02:24, May 15, 2017 (UTC) |
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well i think its time for the sims wiki to consider leaving wikia/fandom as the direction being taken by wikia is not suitable for a wiki.
recently they have brought in new notifications that make the place seem like facebook and they are very pushy with advertising. you can't view the sims wiki on an iphone anymore without an ad interrupting your viewing.
now they are doing portable infoboxes and everybody hates it. they even ban people from wikia if they dare speak up or interfere.
i love the sims wiki and think it deserves better than fandom. i think you should get some servers in, install mediawiki and fork the database from wikia and start a new.
you can find cheap servers on lowendbox.com. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.169.85.202 (talk • contribs) 21:52, May 14, 2017 (UTC) - Please sign your comments with ~~~~
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This is not the first time where we have considered forking from Wikia. An example of one such discussion can be found at Forum:New Wikia layout discussion. There are benefits to forking, sure, but do they outweigh the countless consequences? Not saying that I like Wikia's recent developments — quite the opposite, actually — but unfortunately Wikia's best business practice is opening their doors to seem like a great choice and then "trapping" users so they can't escape without paying the consequences. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 02:24, May 15, 2017 (UTC)