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:Why there are wikis out of the wikia? It doesn't make any sense to me.--<tt><sup><font color="#7BA05B">[[User:Odysseas-spartan-53|Odysseas]]-[[User talk:Odysseas-spartan-53|Spartan]]</font></sup>[[Special:Contributions/Odysseas-spartan-53|<font color="#4B5320"><font size="5">53</font></font>]]</tt> 09:46, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
:Why there are wikis out of the wikia? It doesn't make any sense to me.--<tt><sup><font color="#7BA05B">[[User:Odysseas-spartan-53|Odysseas]]-[[User talk:Odysseas-spartan-53|Spartan]]</font></sup>[[Special:Contributions/Odysseas-spartan-53|<font color="#4B5320"><font size="5">53</font></font>]]</tt> 09:46, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
::It's like asking "Why are there custom personal blogs outside [www.blogspot.com Blogspot]? It doesn't make any sense". Nobody said that wikis belong to a monopoly or that Wikia should "own" the wikis of the world. For example Wikipedia is not a part of Wikia. It was not Wikia who invented wikis, it is just a service that '''provides''' wikis to its members who can't create a wiki on their own. But in reality anyone who wants, can create a wiki on his personal server with his own software and own rules. You can program your own wiki, own site, own forum or own blog, without being a member of a certain community. There is no "sense" to try to understand here [[User:Sage|Sage]] 11:35, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

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When I found this wiki, I thought I could use my account (with the same name) that I use in other wikis. I was surprised when I wasn't recognised in this site. However, I managed to create a new account there using the same username. As I expected, the sum of 4000 edits I've made in the rest of the wikis isn't recognised there.

Later, I found an other LOTR wiki with less pages (about 3500) and less information than ours that recognises me. My question is: how a site that is a part of the wiki community can work like it is separate from it?--Odysseas-Spartan53 08:44, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

We are not part of wikia. lotr.wikia is. There are several wikis out there that aren't wikia (but now, only TF wiki and Memory Alpha come to mind). -- Ederchil (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 09:14, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
Why there are wikis out of the wikia? It doesn't make any sense to me.--Odysseas-Spartan53 09:46, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
It's like asking "Why are there custom personal blogs outside [www.blogspot.com Blogspot]? It doesn't make any sense". Nobody said that wikis belong to a monopoly or that Wikia should "own" the wikis of the world. For example Wikipedia is not a part of Wikia. It was not Wikia who invented wikis, it is just a service that provides wikis to its members who can't create a wiki on their own. But in reality anyone who wants, can create a wiki on his personal server with his own software and own rules. You can program your own wiki, own site, own forum or own blog, without being a member of a certain community. There is no "sense" to try to understand here Sage 11:35, 24 May 2009 (UTC)