Music:Moving your music wiki to Wikia

What's better about Wikia?
At Wikia, you are part of a large wiki community and have the support of staff and helpers whenever you need it.

Wikia is free! Free in terms of money, and also in terms of freedom. All content on Wikia is released under a free license - the company does not claim any copyright over the content - it will always belong to the community who are free to use it, edit it, download it, redistribute it, or whatever they like.

Wikia runs on the latest version of MediaWiki and has a lot of extra features developed especially for our wikis.

Wikia is run on stable servers with offsite backups so you never to worry about losing all the content you've worked so hard on.

There are no limits to the size your wiki can be at Wikia. WoWWiki has more than 50,000 articles about the World of Warcraft game and is freely hosted by Wikia. We hope your wiki will also grow to that size! You are welcome to upload images, or even upload multiple images at once.

Wikia can promote your wiki across other wikis to drive more readers and potential contributors to your site.

What new features are there?
Inside Wikia details some of the new and upcoming features.

A few examples:
 * 1) Widgets! Drag these to your sidebar to view lists of the most popular articles, the top users, latest edits, or even the weather.
 * 2) No spam! Wikia has about 20 different ways of fighting spam, so you can focus on the content and not on reverted the spammers.
 * 3) Embed YouTube videos in articles.
 * 4) Edit count tool to find out how many edits you or others have made.
 * 5) displays a random image (like the one at the top of this page).
 * 6) Image gallery shows all the newest images uploaded here.
 * 7) Simple page creation - especially good for new wiki users since you don't need to know wiki-markup to use this. The category cloud makes it really easy to add categories.
 * 8) Problem reports shows you when a reader has noticed a problem that they can't fix themselves.
 * 9) Webtools lets you find out what people searched for in Google that led them to your wiki.
 * 10) String functions and parser functions for making complex and powerful templates.

How can I move my wiki to Wikia?
If you and your community are ready to move to Wikia, contact Angela who will help with this. You can contact her on her talk page or by email to angela at wikia.com.

It doesn't matter whether or not you have direct access to the database - we can still move your wiki. We can integrate any extensions you are using and make sure the wiki continues to work in the same way it does now.

If my wiki moves to Wikia, will all my content still be there?
Yes, all of the text and images from your wiki will be transferred, including user pages and templates. If we import your user database, or if you make an account under the same name, your old edits can be attributed to you and you'll be able to check how many edits you've made using the edit count tool.

Can I change the design?
There are a variety of skins you can choose in preferences once you log in, including the traditional monobook (wikipedia) skin. If you choose one of the new quartz skins, you'll have access to extra features, like widgets that you can drag to your sidebar. There are a few different quartz designs, including sapphire and gaming.

Who will control the wiki?
Wikia claims no ownership over your wiki. Each Wikia site is managed by the communities that create them. Whilst we're here to help with any problems you have, staff do not interfere with the content or policies of your wiki.

Will there be advertising on the wiki?
Logged in users rarely see adverts on Wikia sites, especially if using one of the new quartz skins. See inside.wikia.com for an example of how the wiki looks to registered users. Unregistered users will see a single advert in the top right corner of the wiki, which does not interfere with the content on the page.

Will the URL of my wiki change?
Exceptions can be made for very large wikis, though most Wikia sites can be found on a subdomain of wikia.com. If you own another domain, the quickest and easiest solution is to redirect that to the new URL at Wikia. There are a few advantages to using Wikia's domain. Firstly, it means you're automatically logged in to the other 5000 wikis on Wikia.com which makes it easier to edit across different wikis, and makes it more likely you will get casual editors dropping in from the other wikis. Secondly, it can help to improve your google page rank since sites on wikia.com are generally ranked quite high.