ShoutWiki
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| Type of business | Private limited company |
|---|---|
Type of site | Wiki hosting service |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Country of origin | England, United Kingdom |
| Founder(s) | Lewis James Cawte |
| Key people | Lewis James Cawte (director) |
| Website | shoutwiki |
| Advertising | Yes |
| Registration | Optional; required to create a wiki |
| Launched | June 25, 2010 |
| Current status | Active |
ShoutWiki is a wiki hosting service, founded around 2007 by Lewis Cawte. It is provided by ShoutWiki Limited, and is run by a small group of volunteers. ShoutWiki hosts over 1000 wikis on the open-source MediaWiki software.
Wiki creation is currently suspended due to a issue with the admin system. As a result, only staff can create a wiki for now.
History[edit]
ShoutWiki was founded in 2007 by a group of experienced wiki editors and MediaWiki software developers. The site was being privately developed during this time, and at this point many things were yet to be done. ShoutWiki started the closed beta program on January 5, 2009 by inviting some trusted users from around the Internet to the site to find and report bugs.[1]
ShoutWiki was made open source on May 4th of 2009.
ShoutWiki was officially opened to the general public on June 25, 2010 after a period of semi-public beta, during which software bugs were reported by the beta testers and fixed by the technical staff.
Soon enough ShoutWiki gained the interest of the general public with many new wikis being created, as well as wikis from other hosting services choosing to move to ShoutWiki.
Version[edit]
As of April 2023, ShoutWiki uses MediaWiki version 1.35, which is the current long-term support for MediaWiki.[2]
Registration[edit]
The company, ShoutWiki Limited, was incorporated in the United Kingdom on August 25th, 2015. It is currently based at Saltdean, Brighton, United Kingdom.[3]
References[edit]
- ↑ "ShoutWiki Hub:About". ShoutWiki. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
- ↑ Cawte, Lewis (12 April 2023). "SW Update: April 2023". Retrieved 2023-05-13.
- ↑ "SHOUTWIKI LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House)". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
