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Trying wikimedia commons
add more info that I'll eventually add
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== Latest Wikis ==
== Latest Wikis ==
Aviation ✈️
Aviation ✈️
* My First Discovery Flight
* Work
* Oshkosh


Furries 🐱
Furries 🐱


* The Start: Beginning of 2020:
* Watching MLP
* [[How I Became A Furry]]
* [[How I Became A Furry]]
* Traveling to furcons on non-rev standby
* Experience of Going to Furcons
* Experience of being a cishet desi dude in a majority white LGBT+ community
Finance 📈
*[[How To Become Financially Independent]]
* [[How to Start Investing in a Brokerage]]


Personal Opinions 📝
Personal Opinions 📝
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* [[Digital Minimalism]]
* [[Digital Minimalism]]


Finance 📈
*
 
*[[How To Become Financially Independent]]
* [[How to Start Investing in a Brokerage]]


= Am I Crazy For Wanting to Host my Own Wikipedia =  
= Am I Crazy For Wanting to Host my Own Wikipedia =  
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- [https://slider.wiki.gg/](https://slider.wiki.gg/)
- [https://slider.wiki.gg/](https://slider.wiki.gg/)
== Why I'm Doing This ==
=== Inspiration from Childhood Friend ===
=== I spend way too much time on Reddit where no one really reads what I write ===


=== My stance against Big Tech ===
=== My stance against Big Tech ===
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=== Interest in ActivityPub, Fediverse ===
=== Interest in ActivityPub, Fediverse ===
- Mastodon, self-hosting


=== How I'm hosting this ===
=== How I'm hosting this ===
- Mediawiki on a Google Cloud Platform VM instance
- I'm using LAMP stack for this and it's all self-hosted on my personal laptop at home. Here's the hyfetch UwU
- Free tier
 
- MariaDB for database
 
=== This can all easily be archived and backed up ===
 
* Edmodo
* Groupme, Discord hard to archive
 
In fact here you go:
 
=== Reflecting on myself ===


=== Why am I using MediaWiki if this is basically a blog ===
=== Why am I using MediaWiki if this is basically a blog ===
- I want to focus less on the coding aspect and more on writing
- I want to focus less on the coding aspect and more on writing
- Since I'm already so familiar with MediaWiki and syntax, I thought this would be a great option.
- Since I'm already so familiar with MediaWiki and syntax, I thought this would be a great option.
- Also wanted to challenge myself with hosting MediaWiki by itself since it's very customizable.
- Also wanted to challenge myself with hosting MediaWiki by itself since it's very customizable.
- Gives me old Internet vibes
- Gives me old Internet vibes
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There's great templates online for making your own blog page. But why should I reinvent the wheel when I can just do this?
There's great templates online for making your own blog page. But why should I reinvent the wheel when I can just do this?
- I want this to be a living page where I can update it at any time. Also it's great for viewing past history and changes.
- I want this to be a living page where I can update it at any time. Also it's great for viewing past history and changes.