Comment on Game wikis just aren't as popular anymore?
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 9 months agoHow is it a monopoly when mediawiki is FOSS? Lots of fan wikis use that instead.
Comment on Game wikis just aren't as popular anymore?
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 9 months agoHow is it a monopoly when mediawiki is FOSS? Lots of fan wikis use that instead.
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Monopolies aren’t defined by the availability of alternatives. It’s based on the market share captured by a single entity. We’d need to see statistics to determine if it’s a total monopoly, but I’m not aware of many other hosting platforms for game wikis. Maybe fextralife?
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
Yeah I think hosting is the thing that they’ve captured, far more than the notion of a domain-specific wiki. Of course, there’s nothing stopping an aspiring wiki admin from hosting on a platform that isn’t targeted at game wikis.