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Plaintext is forever, so I know a lot of people who use regular word processors plus markup or rtfs. Word docs and Google docs are also both very versatile.

Like you said images aren't easily editable, so it's better to include an occasional image in the body of a document.

Other ways you could document your conlang are on a personal wiki (a lot of conlangers use frathwiki or miraheze), directly in a LaTeX document, in an Excel or Google spreadsheet (tbh I don't recommend this since it's not very versatile), or directly in a notebook, old-fashioned style.

Holy shit, I didn't think you could create a wiki experience worse than Fandom, but Fextralife seems to be giving it a jolly good go.

It would be wonderful if more wikis were independent and followed UESP's example. The MediaWiki software is free, and allows for the creation of professional looking wikis. And even if you would rather use a wiki farm (which is what Fandom is), there are ones which provide a much better user experience, like Miraheze (which uses MediaWiki).

> Not sure if it's relevant, but when uploading an image you have to select a usage/rights category of some sort, which I put as "sourced from another Wiki or Wikipedia", since that's what I've been doing. Don't know if that helps prevent the DMCA issue though.

That's unlikely to help with anything. Really just there to prevent blatant copyright violation, and help the community source even more permissibly-licenced alternative images. Standard feature of MediaWiki – it's also on Wikipedia for example.

> Is there another free Wiki I could use for hosting temporarily until it gains some momentum?

Miraheze. The Crappy Games Wiki, which was deleted by Fandom for "not being a good fit" migrated there.

That aside, how would your wiki actually differ from TCRF? More structured like a database, so the data is queriable through an API? If that, then maybe TCRF could simply add Wikidata to their wiki.

I don't see anything about pornographic content on Miraheze's terms of service, though I suspect that something Reddit don't allow wouldn't be welcome in many other places either. You can make wikis there inaccessible to the public if you want, too. But each wiki needs to be approved by their staff before it's opened, so you can explain in your application exactly what you want to put there, so that if it's something they don't want they'll presumably just reject it before you put in the work.

Miraheze migrated to a new server host yesterday and had to disable all file uploads while they did so, so it may be related to that. And actually yeah, their discord has an announcement that says:
"We are aware of issues where some wikis are unable to upload files, or are experiencing issues in thumbnail rendering. We are trying to resolve this as fast as we can, but we don't currently have an estimated time as to when this will be resolved. We apologise for the inconvenience this may cause, and thank you all for your patience"
Discord is here: https://miraheze.org/discord

I agree, a wiki is a terrific platform for collaborative genealogical research (or, rather, as is more common: a place for the family genealogist to put stuff and hope that other family members will add more!). It can house all scans and research etc., and handles things such as alternate names really well (via redirects).

If you want an easier to set-up installation of MediaWiki you can get a free one at https://miraheze.org/

One cool thing about using MediaWiki is that it's then easier to add material to Wikipedia (for any notable members of the family, or places, buildings, etc.).

Miraheze is an entirely free, open, feature-rich and democratically run wiki hosting network--basically like fandom/wikia without the million ads and the corporate. If you need to run a (media)wiki, they'll hook you up. The community is very helpful and invested. They're funded by donations wikipedia-style.

Miraheze already exists and is a phenomenal MediaWiki-based alternative to Fandom that's free and open-source and actually acts as a proper wiki hosting service. Miraheze is also immune to all the shitty changes that Fandom constantly forces upon its users without their consent.

Good luck taking control of and merging these wikis. Wikia (fandom) is a bit... extra special.

Wayward free had a bot populated wiki page: https://www.unlok.ca/wayward/documentation.html

Im sure if someone were to make a bot and hand it to Drathy he wouldnt mind hosting such a wiki. The other option is to make your own wiki using one of the many wiki alternatives, sadly Gamepedia was absorbed by Wikia so isnt a option anymore either.

Check out https://miraheze.org/

Cool!Though I'm curious as to why a wiki isn't used for this, where you'd have more control over the appearance and presentation. Isn't there an r/lewdgames fandom? Better yet a more customizable free mediawiki service like miraheze.org

Still, these sheets take a lot of work to setup, thanks!

EDIT: Must admit, the form setup is hard to beat

Flickr works well for photos: it supports approximate dates, people can add comments, and the full-resolution original scan is always available.

Or, for more control and flexibility, a wiki (hosted yourself or somewhere like Miraheze.org) works really well, but is perhaps more annoying for less technical people in the family.

You could get a MediaWiki wiki at https://miraheze.org, then it'd be just like Wikipedia. It's free too, unless you get huge and then you'd probably have enough contributors to start asking for donations.

I use a wiki with a second one for family only. It works really well, and allows others to contribute if they want to. Miraheze is a good free wiki host.

OK, I found it. I have to go to this Subreddit's Wiki link over to Miraheze.org. Then, it's not in the actual wiki page, but on another sidebar of that Wiki's page. That's not confusing at all.

I don't have a lot of experience for making comparisons, but I use Miraheze. It doesn't have ads cluttering the page like in Wikia. If you request a wiki there and don't want others to be able to edit it, you should(if I understood correctly) set it as private while making the request.