The following are our answers to frequently asked questions about wiki.gg
Questions
- Who manages wiki.gg?
- See Staff for the list of current Wiki Staff Members (backend coders/developers are not listed here).
- Who owns the wiki.gg brand?
- indie.io (formerly Freedom Games)
- When was wiki.gg founded?
- March 14, 2022
- Do you host other types of wikis besides gaming? For example, anime or TV series wikis?
- Yes.
- I have ad-blocker turned off; how do I support wiki.gg website?
- You can purchase games published in cooperation with indie.io on Steam, and/or subscribe to wiki.gg Plus on Discord.
- Is wiki.gg on any social media?
- Discord: https://discord.gg/rTnST57tuW
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/ggwikis
- Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Wikigg/ (community-run)
- Kbin: https://kbin.social/m/wikigg (community-run)
- How is wiki.gg funded?
- wiki.gg is fully funded through indie.io, the company that operates the platform. The ads for first-party games help to provide this funding.
- What version of MediaWiki is wiki.gg using?
- 1.41.1 (93a45c4).
- When do you choose which version to upgrade to?
- wiki.gg updates with every odd-numbered major version.
- How much can a wiki be customized?
- See Customization Policy for the do's and don'ts
- Is raw HTML allowed?
- No.
- I want to start my own wiki; how do I make one?
- Head to Help:Starting a Wiki and follow the steps.
- If my wiki exists on another platform, how do I bring it to wiki.gg?
- Head to Help:Migration and follow the steps.
- Is it possible to have a private wiki?
- No.
- Is it possible to have custom domain and remove the wiki.gg branding?
- No.
- I want to make a wiki from scratch, is this possible?
- If there is enough interest from the community to work on it, yes, a wiki can be spun up.
- If a developer is making a video game, can they contact wiki.gg to spin up a wiki for a bi-release?
- Having a wiki starting to be spun up prior to the game release is actually good, especially if it can be released along with the game. Note that you will have approximately one month to prepare for the wiki's release, so you may want to wait before requesting a wiki.
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