Wikifarm

Educators interested in experimenting with wiki projects should check out the many “wikifarms” that host wikis for free or for a small fee.

Wikifarms offer wiki software and hosting services for those who do not have the facilities or technical ability to create and host their own wiki.

We reviewed a range of wikifarms for suitability for our department’s needs. Methods: We referred to the list of wikifarms as listed in Wikipedia. By trial and comparison, we identified the features necessary for a departmental wiki. We selected a wikifarm based on these criteria.

Wowpedia.org is a project fork of Wowwiki.com. […] This forking occurred in October 2010 after a dispute between most of the Wowwiki administration—including the wider community—and Wikia, the wikifarm hosting Wowwiki.

Popular knowledge graphs such as DBpedia and YAGO are built from Wikipedia, and therefore similar in coverage. In contrast, Wikifarms like Fandom contain Wikis for specific topics, which are often complementary to the information contained in Wikipedia, and thus DBpedia and YAGO.