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'''Why shouldn't the wiki just be on Wikia or Reddit?'''

While we have tried to create Hello Internet wikis on both Wikia and Reddit, both have major flaws that make them unsuitable platforms for the Hello Internet wiki.

Wikia was where the Hello Internet wiki was originally, and supports infoboxes, images, and other features that MediaWiki, the software that Timpedia runs on, supports. There are several problems with Wikia however. One is that Wikia does not allow editors of a wiki change how their wiki looks, making Wikia wikis not appear to be very unique from each other. Another is that Wikia is more of a social media website than a wiki in many ways, as Wikia users can leave comments on the same page as articles, which makes an article appear to be less encyclopedic. The major issue with Wikia is how much advertising there is on it, which is a problem that is only getting worse over time.

The Hello Internet wiki was eventually moved to the subreddit wiki of the Hello Internet subreddit. While there are benefits to the subreddit wiki system compared to Wikia, such as less advertising and no comments on articles, there are major issues with using the subreddit wiki system. One is that on Reddit you have to be the moderator of a subreddit in order to upload images to a subreddit to use in articles, or to change the CSS of a subreddit wiki. Another is the subreddit wiki system's lack of features, such as no infoboxes, no page renaming, and no redirects.

There are definitely issues with the Hello Internet wiki not being on Reddit or Wikia, such as the wiki not being as easy to find, and the fact that it isn't on Reddit, where people wouldn't have to go to leave the Hello Internet subreddit to look up information about Hello Internet. Benefits with the Hello Internet wiki using MediaWiki is that editors of the wiki can control the wiki's CSS and have more control over how the wiki is organized.