Forum:Anti-Wikia Skin Alliance newsletter

Hello former wikia members. Editors at the Anti-wikia skin alliance wanted to begin a newsletter to help build a bridge to the former wikias about what is currently happening on Wikia and what is going on at the Anti-wikia skin alliance.


 * 45 wikias have left wikia

As of December 17, 2010, an incredible Forty-five wikias with 7114 editors have signed the moved page stating they have left wikia. Other wikias are currently in the process of deciding whether to leave. In response, wikia has desysopped at least 38 administrators and banned 10, usually indefinitely. In a meeting with Wikia staff member Sannse reportedly said "Wikia underestimated the negative response to Oasis..."


 * Monaco available

Please let your friends who remained on wikia know that:


 * 1)  Wikifarm Shoutwiki has stated that Monaco would be available by the end of the year on Shoutwiki.
 * 2) Editor Dantman has created the Monaco skin which can be installed on your wikia in 10 minutes. Dantman states this is not a complete skin. It is missing a few features. But it is Monaco.


 * Javascript code to redirect your wikia site

This code redirects your Wikia site to a different URL address. :



if ( wgUserGroups === null || typeof( wgUserGroups ) != null && wgUserGroups.join(' ').indexOf( 'staff' ) == -1 && wgUserGroups.join(' ').indexOf( 'helper' ) == -1 && wgUserGroups.join(' ').indexOf( 'vstf' ) == -1 && wgUserGroups.join(' ').indexOf( 'sysop' ) == -1 && wgUserGroups.join(' ').indexOf( 'bureaucrat' ) == -1 ) { window.location = 'http://URLofYourNewWiki.example.com/wiki/' + wgPageName;
 * }


 *  Warning , you will be banned if you add this code to your wikia.


 * Help other wikis

If you have technical skills many wikis could use your help. For example, the new Monaco skin's "more" button does not work because none of the javascript has been ported. Other wikis who bravely left wikia are sorely in need of technical assistance. If you can volunteer your time, please sign up here.

If you need technical assistance, please explain your problem here.

We would like some help with the next newsletter. We would like to have an interview next time and we are looking for editors who would like to write a regular column. If you are interested, please see here.
 * Assistance with the next newsletter

Anno1405 (talk) 07:34, 18 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Serious question... has Wowpedia ever formally joined this organisation? If not, perhaps this forum thread should be adjusted slightly to make that distinction clear.  Leaving Wikia is one thing.  Participating in an organisation to actively act against Wikia (and consequently the other fork) is altogether something different, and in my opinion both unnecessary and unprofessional.  It would clearly fly in the face of recognizing Wikia's right to exist as a company and to maintain WoWWiki as independent (no matter how foolish or distruptive it may be for them to exercise that right). D.D. Corkum (T / C) 18:38, 23 December 2010 (UTC)


 * I got this email from WikiaVisitor who seems to be conducting some kind of spam campaign against Wikia for a similarly commercially-run website saying you can only have monaco there if you PAY for it... This spam on Wowpedia seems to be done by the same website people for their for-profit competitor to Wikia...


 * Dear Wikia administrator,


 * Do you and your community miss Monaco skin?


 * I want you to know that ShoutWiki has enabled the popular Monaco skin for all wikis.
 * The skin will be freely available for all users on all wikis until 1 July 2011, after which it will be made an ordinary premium (paid) feature.
 * More information: http://blog.shoutwiki.com/2010/12/merry-christmas/


 * You can also download and install the Monaco port (a port based on the Wikian skin Monaco) for your wikia. See details :::here: http://monaco.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Monaco_port
 * Best Regards,
 * WikiaVisitor
 * This e-mail was sent by WikiaVisitor to XXXREDACTEDXXX by the "E-mail user" function at Community Central (http://community.wikia.com).
 * On that note this should probably be all deleted as spam. It's for a commercial site, not a genuine open altruistic site as they try to make out. You can only use monaco if you PAY for it there the email says. Seems to be something they deliberately don't mention much in the message they are spamming on wikis... --Kittymew (talk) 22:45, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
 * This e-mail was sent by WikiaVisitor to XXXREDACTEDXXX by the "E-mail user" function at Community Central (http://community.wikia.com).
 * On that note this should probably be all deleted as spam. It's for a commercial site, not a genuine open altruistic site as they try to make out. You can only use monaco if you PAY for it there the email says. Seems to be something they deliberately don't mention much in the message they are spamming on wikis... --Kittymew (talk) 22:45, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
 * On that note this should probably be all deleted as spam. It's for a commercial site, not a genuine open altruistic site as they try to make out. You can only use monaco if you PAY for it there the email says. Seems to be something they deliberately don't mention much in the message they are spamming on wikis... --Kittymew (talk) 22:45, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
 * On that note this should probably be all deleted as spam. It's for a commercial site, not a genuine open altruistic site as they try to make out. You can only use monaco if you PAY for it there the email says. Seems to be something they deliberately don't mention much in the message they are spamming on wikis... --Kittymew (talk) 22:45, 5 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Got that message, too, since I'm a wikia admin in 3 Spanish wikias.
 * I simply lol'd, they come back acting as "good", yeah, you can have your Monaco back, but then they tell me I'll have to pay for it?
 * Fuck them.--Lon-ami (talk) 19:46, 7 January 2011 (UTC)