Creating this wiki

Hello World!

My name is stoulram.

This isn't really a wiki but more like a blog site for documenting my own personal life, various tips/tricks, and just sharing cool stuff :3

Am I Crazy For Wanting to Host my Own Wikipedia

We live in crazy times in the digital world. We now have internet, we have LLMs, NFT, crypto. Technology has been changing at a rapid rate and the way we share information has also changed over time.

But one of the core parts of the internet has still remained the same: To share information online.

Wikipedia started all the way back in 2001 and it still exists to this day. It's become a central hub for sharing information online sort of like an online encyclopedia. I remember there were so many times in school where teachers would say "Don't cite Wikipedia as your source" but it's still nevertheless remains a fact that it's one of the best way to get introduced to a topic.

Since then, so many Wikipedia clones have been built. Fandom, wiki.gg, WikiFur, etc. and they all rely on the same software called MediaWiki.

How I got into wikis

I've been contributing to internet communities for a long time. One of the core reasons why I got into Computer Science and Software Engineering is because I love to share information with others. I've always been interested in hearing other people's stories and sharing life experiences. And now we have such a great means of doing so over the internet.

I actually created this alt account because I wanted to get more involved with internet fandoms I've been involved with (without my employer and irl friends knowing lol).

I've been on-and-off with editing various fandom wikis and later wiki.gg and really passionate about sharing information about games online with the whole Internet.

Some wikis I've worked on in the past include:

- [1](https://slarpg.wiki.gg/)

- [2](https://slider.wiki.gg/)

How I'm hosting this

- Mediawiki on a Google Cloud Platform VM instance - Free tier - MariaDB for database

Why am I using MediaWiki if this is basically a blog

- 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. - Also wanted to challenge myself with hosting MediaWiki by itself since it's very customizable. - Gives me old Internet vibes - Why reinvent the wheel? 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.