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Type: Wiki farm
Founding date: October 2005[1]


EditThis.info is a wiki farm that was founded in October 2005 by Rob Kohr.[1]

Why It's Tiresome

  1. It's running MediaWiki 1.15, which is beyond outdated; consequently, there are a lot of exploits that are not present in newer versions of MediaWiki.[2]
  2. It's missing many features that other wiki farms have:
    • There are only 5 extensions installed,[3] which doesn't include extensions such as Cite, ParserFunctions, AbuseFilter, etc. This combined with the outdated link filter makes it very difficult to verify wiki content, create advanced templates, prevent vandalism, etc. and means that many features that users would normally take for granted have to be worked around.
    • CSS styling has been broken ever since EditThis.info added support for HTTPS; consequently, every wiki looks virtually the same and there's nothing that can be done about it.
  3. RobKohr, the owner of the farm, is very inactive, only making 1 or 2 edits for months or even years at a time.[4]
    • In fact, from July 2011 to July 2019, he only made two manual (not automatic) log actions and didn't even make a single edit. That's 8 years of almost no activity.[5]
    • There also isn't anyone else managing the wiki farm, which means that it's basically gone 18 years without any form of quality control. The central wiki isn't much better; even though there are other administrators (although they're named "spamfighters"), most of them are barely active (such as Stormraven) or completely inactive.[6]
  4. The wiki farm is full of annoying ads; a lot of them are placed in the actual content, which makes it annoying to read wikis without an ad blocker.

The Only Redeeming Quality

  1. It's one of only two wiki farms that allow you to actually make money off of your wiki, the other being Wikidot.[7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 User:RobKohr~enwiki - Wikipedia . Accessed 10 March 2024.
  2. Mediawiki » Mediawiki » 1.15.1 : Security Vulnerabilities, CVEs . Accessed 14 March 2024.
  3. Version - EditThis.info . Accessed 10 March 2024.
  4. User contributions for RobKohr - EditThis.info . Accessed 10 March 2024.
  5. All public logs - EditThis.info . Accessed 10 March 2024.
  6. User list - EditThis.info . Accessed 11 March 2024.
  7. Wikidot - Free and Pro Wiki Hosting . Accessed 10 March 2024.