Forum:Another Tolkien Gateway - Revision history

http://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Forum:Another_Tolkien_Gateway&feed=atom&action=history Forum:Another Tolkien Gateway - Revision history 2013-05-23T19:28:31Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.17.0 http://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Forum:Another_Tolkien_Gateway&diff=83465&oldid=prev Odysseas-spartan-53 at 15:24, 24 May 2009 2009-05-24T15:24:18Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 15:24, 24 May 2009</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 14:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 14:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>:::A Wiki is a piece of software that anyone can use; Wikipedia was the original, whilst Wikia is another. Wikia is different because that's the point of the organisation, to have a collection of different wikis in one big community. There are many independent Wikis, we are one of them; Lostpedia used to be, but it has now merged with Wikia.--{{User:KingAragorn/sig}} 11:49, 24 May 2009 (UTC)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>:::A Wiki is a piece of software that anyone can use; Wikipedia was the original, whilst Wikia is another. Wikia is different because that's the point of the organisation, to have a collection of different wikis in one big community. There are many independent Wikis, we are one of them; Lostpedia used to be, but it has now merged with Wikia.--{{User:KingAragorn/sig}} 11:49, 24 May 2009 (UTC)</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">::::I didn't know that someone can make a wiki without requesting it from wikia. Thank you huys, I think that totally covers my question.--<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> 15:24, 24 May 2009 (UTC)</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Odysseas-spartan-53 http://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Forum:Another_Tolkien_Gateway&diff=83449&oldid=prev KingAragorn at 11:49, 24 May 2009 2009-05-24T11:49:59Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 11:49, 24 May 2009</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 12:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 12:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>: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)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>: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)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>::It's like asking "''Why are there custom personal blogs outside [http://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)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>::It's like asking "''Why are there custom personal blogs outside [http://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)</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">:::A Wiki is a piece of software that anyone can use; Wikipedia was the original, whilst Wikia is another. Wikia is different because that's the point of the organisation, to have a collection of different wikis in one big community. There are many independent Wikis, we are one of them; Lostpedia used to be, but it has now merged with Wikia.--{{User:KingAragorn/sig}} 11:49, 24 May 2009 (UTC)</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

KingAragorn http://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Forum:Another_Tolkien_Gateway&diff=83446&oldid=prev Sage at 11:36, 24 May 2009 2009-05-24T11:36:35Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 11:36, 24 May 2009</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 11:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 11:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>: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)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>: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)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>::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)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>::It's like asking "<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>Why are there custom personal blogs outside [<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">http://</ins>www.blogspot.com Blogspot]? It doesn't make any sense<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>". 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)</div></td></tr> </table>

Sage http://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Forum:Another_Tolkien_Gateway&diff=83445&oldid=prev Sage at 11:35, 24 May 2009 2009-05-24T11:35:56Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 11:35, 24 May 2009</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 11:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 11:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>: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)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>: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)</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">::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)</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Sage http://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Forum:Another_Tolkien_Gateway&diff=83424&oldid=prev Odysseas-spartan-53 at 09:46, 24 May 2009 2009-05-24T09:46:09Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 09:46, 24 May 2009</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 9:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 9:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>:We are not part of wikia. lotr.wikia is. There are several wikis out there that aren't wikia (but now, only [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Main_Page TF wiki] and [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Portal:Main Memory Alpha] come to mind). -- {{User:Ederchil/sig}} 09:14, 24 May 2009 (UTC)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>:We are not part of wikia. lotr.wikia is. There are several wikis out there that aren't wikia (but now, only [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Main_Page TF wiki] and [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Portal:Main Memory Alpha] come to mind). -- {{User:Ederchil/sig}} 09:14, 24 May 2009 (UTC)</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">: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)</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Odysseas-spartan-53 http://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Forum:Another_Tolkien_Gateway&diff=83422&oldid=prev Ederchil at 09:32, 24 May 2009 2009-05-24T09:32:29Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 09:32, 24 May 2009</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 8:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 8:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Later, I found an [http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page 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?--<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> 08:44, 24 May 2009 (UTC)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Later, I found an [http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page 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?--<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> 08:44, 24 May 2009 (UTC)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>:We are not part of wikia. lotr.wikia is. There are several wikis out there that aren't wikia (but now, only [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Main_Page TF wiki] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">comes </del>to mind). -- {{User:Ederchil/sig}} 09:14, 24 May 2009 (UTC)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>:We are not part of wikia. lotr.wikia is. There are several wikis out there that aren't wikia (but now, only [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Main_Page TF wiki] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Portal:Main Memory Alpha] come </ins>to mind). -- {{User:Ederchil/sig}} 09:14, 24 May 2009 (UTC)</div></td></tr> </table>

Ederchil http://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Forum:Another_Tolkien_Gateway&diff=83420&oldid=prev Ederchil at 09:14, 24 May 2009 2009-05-24T09:14:24Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 09:14, 24 May 2009</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Later, I found an [http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page 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?--<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> 08:44, 24 May 2009 (UTC)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Later, I found an [http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page 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?--<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> 08:44, 24 May 2009 (UTC)</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">:We are not part of wikia. lotr.wikia is. There are several wikis out there that aren't wikia (but now, only [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Main_Page TF wiki] comes to mind). -- {{User:Ederchil/sig}} 09:14, 24 May 2009 (UTC)</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Ederchil http://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Forum:Another_Tolkien_Gateway&diff=83415&oldid=prev Odysseas-spartan-53: New page: <div style="background: #eee; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px">'''Tolkien Gateway > Council > {{PAGENAME}}'''</div> Category:Council <!-- S... 2009-05-24T08:44:09Z

<p>New page: <div style="background: #eee; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px">'''<a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Main Page">Tolkien Gateway</a> > <a href="/wiki/Forum:Council" title="Forum:Council">Council</a> > {{PAGENAME}}'''</div> <a href="/wiki/Category:Council" title="Category:Council">Category:Council</a> <br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> Later, I found an [http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page 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?--<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> 08:44, 24 May 2009 (UTC)</div>

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