Thread:Ḡwẵine Ḹٍٍkƨ Ĺiĸe Ͼềлȑềd/@comment-807326-20121210064106/@comment-4773671-20121210102823

It happens quite often; users become unhappy with the changes Wikia make, so they import the Wikia wiki data onto an independently hosted web server. These wikis generally run on MediaWiki (up to the host).

The problems with this: It costs money, someone has to pay for the domain and the server. WIkia makes its money with advertising. Second [main] problem is Google results, you'd need a pretty large userbase in order to compete with the whole of Wikia.

There also wouldn't be any Wikia features; message walls, chat, achievements... Though, I wouldn't call that a problem ^-^