There have been some reports of old accounts on Wikidot becoming compromised and vandalizing popular wikis.

At this point, there is no evidence that this is directly caused by a Wikidot leak. However, it also can't be ruled out (compromised accounts could be caused by an unrelated website breach & those people using the same password on Wikidot).

We have reached out to Wikidot team for further clarification and will update you when we hear more.

In the meantime, it's always good security practice to:

1. Change your passwords regularly (every couple years, at least)
2. Use a unique password for each website and login

For now, the recommendation is to change your password on Wikidot, as a precaution. Also don't share your Wikidot password with any other website.

by leiger

Wishes You a blessed and joyful New Year 2024!

Really a better one than the last year…

Have an eye on you and your familiy!

Regards
Helmut

by Helmut_pdorf

There is a new Wikidot phrase waiting for translation as of 20th September, 2023.

If you check the history of changes, you'll notice the changed letter is:

Note that even if the stats for your language say 100%, you still have a new phrase to translate because the number is rounded up to 100%.

If you are a translator, please check your language summary page and have a look.

New to Wikidot?

Did you know? All of the menus and phrases used throughout Wikidot are translated into different languages by volunteers, and a large number of these are completely (or close to) 100% translated.

You can choose your language when you create a new wiki.

Or if you have an existing wiki, you can change this in the wiki settings:

General Settings -> Wiki Settings -> Language

Kind regards
Helmut

by Helmut_pdorf

There are new Wikidot - phrases waiting for translation in http://translate.wikidot.com/notifier:_template since June and December 2022!

Changed letters are: p

Please - even the stats http://translate.wikidot.com/stats say 100% this is not computed exact at the full numbers…

Can translators go to their language summary page and have a look?

For all newcomers: all the menues and phrases in Wikidot are translated in different languages by volunteers and many languages have their own language driven to 100 % translated.
This are the languages-Codes you can select by the creation of a wiki.

Kind regards
Helmut

by Helmut_pdorf

After an annus horribile ( quote from the english Queen Elisabeth II.) we can only hope that the world will recover from the great number of difficulties in the last year for all people.

Lets close the door behind the old year and open a new one for the coming year with the hope that we have learned a lot to overlive all the problems falling down from heaven.

Wishes You a blessed and joyful New Year 2023!

Take care of yourself and your loved ones!

Regards
Helmut

by Helmut_pdorf

There are new phrases waiting for translation in http://translate.wikidot.com/notifier:_template since May 2022!

Changes letters are: a, c, f, i, p, s, u,

Please - even the stats http://translate.wikidot.com/stats say 100% this is not computed exact at the full numbers…

Can translators go to their language summary page and have a look?

Kind regards
Helmut

by Helmut_pdorf

Wishes You a blessed and joyful New Year 2022!

A Better one than the last year - healthy and beautiful..

Take care of yourself and your loved ones!

Regards
Helmut

by Helmut_pdorf

A large number of accounts are being created as of late consisting of simply random alphanumeric characters in rapid succession. While this in its own right wouldn't necessarily warrant action (i.e. placement on the Spambot Death Wall), with how many of these accounts there are, we felt it would be beneficial to inform you should this become an issue in the near future.

I made a look on the http://community.wikidot.com/whatishot Screen to check the new users and accounts and find :

by Helmut_pdorf

Wishes You a blessed and joyful New Year 2021!

A Better one than the last year…

Have an eye on you and your familiy!

Regards

by Helmut_pdorf

He has found the reason why Wikidot Wikis over Custom Domain in Chrome is not working!

See the Thread from this user on Community forum http://community.wikidot.com/forum/t-13666058/login-problems-with-custom-domain#post-4755035

Here is the information copied for all who are in an emergency:

A) Question: **Login Problems with Custom Domain **
Hello!

I recently got a custom domain for one of my sites, but am unable to be logged in or edit anything when using it. What I mean by this is:

• When using http://lakeofrage.wikidot.com, I can edit, post, and access the admin dashboard.
• When using http://thelakeofrage.com, I am not logged in, cannot edit or post, and get the "You're not signed in or you are not an administrator of this Wiki" message.

This is quite frustrating. If any body has any ideas as to what I could to to resolve this, that would be great.

B) The answer:
Found the answer to the problem here on the SCP Wiki, for anybody who is curious.

On February 10th, 2020, the Chromium project¹ announced that they would be enforcing the SameSite cookie change. Instead of simply adding the flag "SameSite" to the cookie, it needs to be set as "SameSite=None" to allow the permissive cross-domain behavior Wikidot relies on.
…
Firefox does not have the underlying code change that causes this issue, and does not plan on implementing it in the near future. Alternatively, switching to it as your main browser for the wiki will allow you to use http://scpwiki.com/.

Note: As I've noticed that many people have asked about and experienced this problem before in the community forum, I'd advise that the link provided above be sent to them in the future.

Thanks again for this lasting problem with Custom domains !

C) Another findings by user Ereticopedio ( copied from mail down)

I discovered that we can disable the samesite cookie on chrome going to chrome://flags/#same-site-by-default-cookies
see also: https://support.siteimprove.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360007364778-Turning-off-Google-Chrome-SameSite-Cookie-Enforcement

by Helmut_pdorf

• Than you should block these users in your site manager from entering your wiki!

There is an old howto describing what to do for this: http://community.wikidot.com/howto:fight-spam

Also you should change perhaps your wiki security setup to closed (if not private) status.

Allowing membership only after applyment or asking for password - see also http://handbook.wikidot.com/en:site-manager-access-policy and http://handbook.wikidot.com/en:public-or-private !

by Helmut_pdorf

Since you're here, I thought I'd ask a question: Why do you use Wikidot?

To be specific: What features does Wikidot have, that make you use it over [competitor]?

Let's discuss what makes Wikidot unique!

…

Oh, and the blog is now getting the Bootstrap CSS facelift that the Forum and Homepage have had for a while. Let me know your thoughts!

by leiger

( Is this engine and its community still alive? )

Here are some of the forum posts of this threadcopied for a blog entry:

Is wikidot still worth a shot in 2019?
( user Norman Seversky )
Hi everyone. Not that far away i was looking for a wiki tool to create and manage a small portal for our small game-addicted community. Inspired by neat and concise darksouls.wikidot.com, i ended up with wikidots. Unfortunately almost whole subdomains including wikidot.com itself take ages to respond. For this reason It's hard to edit pages, check and observe them. It's not my local problem as i experiencing the same from working machine and even my smartphone. I also somewhat concerned that developers blog is outdated (the last message is almost a year old) and i'm not sure if the community still alive and the whole project is still getting supported.
Could you guys please provide me with some insight of actual situation around wikidot. Is it worth starting a wiki here right now or it's better to look for another tool and wikidot best days are gone?

Thanks in advance.

Re: Is wikidot still worth a shot in 2019?
(ed-johnson does not match any existing user name )
I wish I could answer this question. I have been a member of Wikidot for almost 12 years now Although Wikidot was good enough to make me a "community admin" (I have some extra super-powers that help keep the spammers at bay), I have been pretty disgruntled the several years since the developer(s) have essentially disappeared and abandoned their user base. I still monitor things around here and offer some support but I have a hard time recommending Wikidot to anyone looking to start something new.

This was a great platform back in its heyday and had a ton of potential. The active core of community users are gone and only a few of us stragglers are still hanging around.

If you can put up with limited support that only comes from the community and zero chance of feature improvements or bug fixes, then go for it. Personally, I've opted for cheap hosting and Wordpress for a few sites I goof around with these days.

Re: Is wikidot still worth a shot in 2019?
(Stooge )
No.

I hate to say that. I've been here for years. My sites were some of (if not the) heaviest number of web hits here. I love the place, and it was great before, but the developers / owners have basically just walked away and abandoned it. Though, they certainly have no problem processing payments for services that are not rendered.

So, no. Seek something elsewhere.

Re: Is wikidot still worth a shot in 2019?**
( user rsrdaman )
Wikidot has always been a great starting grounds for people due to it's ease of use relative to other wiki styles, however like Ed said, there's been problems with the site itself. Search functions broke on a wiki I edit for ages and recently seem to be working alright now. I've been getting a lot of "The ajax request failed. code 500" errors recently when editing. The owners really have let the site go and it's a real shame. Hopefully they'll kick it back into gear at some point.

Re: Is wikidot still worth a shot in 2019?**
( user cold_blood3d )
This is a difficult question. In many ways we are lucky that Wikidot didn't become (or get acquired by) a web giant. Far too many promising services went that route only to be shut down, have their functionality severely diminished, and end up as yet another black hole of dead links. If I used any other provider back in 2008, my sites would surely be long gone by now. Remember "Wetpaint" wiki-farm? It's now a celebrity gossip site. Wikidot has been running relatively reliably for 13 years and not destroyed itself or its users, which is something to be commended. Wikidot is underpinned by impressive technology. That said, in recent years it has fallen behind in terms of innovation and support, which has been deeply frustrating. It needs a push to be truly great. So many things would be possible "if only" some little feature worked or wasn't broken. It also hasn't kept up with the user-friendly interfaces that have become the norm. The choice really depends on your particular use-case and what you are trying to build.

Re: Is wikidot still worth a shot in 2019?**
( user kawina )
I completely agree with @cold_blood3d. In my case, I'm thankful for Wikidot's stability and reliability, compared to services I've used in the past. For my needs, Wikidot has been doing just fine (except for the problems we had with search, contact forms, and notifications, which were solved after a while). I really hope the maintenance team will become more responsive. They've created a great service and fostered a wonderful community, and it would be a pity if all that went to waste. By the way, my site is a digital library and academic hub. My needs may not be as sophisticated of heavy duty, so it all depends on what you expect to accomplish.

Re: Is wikidot still worth a shot in 2019?**
( user Helmut_pdorf )

Till today I have not found a better place for "simple" wikis … it is so easy to maintain a wiki - for "minecraft" stories (images, videos a.s.o), or sport-club log book.. private family-notes and logs.
I had a look on some other platforms and it is not so easy to get the same (web-browser only needed) solutions!

Feel free to comment here or on the thread in the forum:
http://community.wikidot.com/forum/t-12283308/is-wikidot-still-worth-a-shot-in-2019

by Helmut_pdorf

A Happy New Year and a cheerful and active life in 2019!

Wishes You a blessed and Joyful New Year 2019!

Regards

by Helmut_pdorf

Would be nice if the figures will be better soon.

Regards
Helmut

by Helmut_pdorf

Venryx

SimonHDickinson

[module ListUsers users="."]] [*http://community-playground.wikidot.com/listpages-for-logged-in-user-only1/created_by/%%name%% See your own pages] [[/module]] <<-- this is the important trick where you can built in an extra page "listpages-for-logged-in-user-only1" with a standard text of your ListPages module the used include with the variable logged in "Name" , and the called ( by link) page could use the ListPages using the found logged in user as a variable in the url: [[module ListPages order="created_at desc" category="*" created_by="@URL" separate="false" prependLine="||~ Title ||~ User ||~ at ||" appendline="||||||||~ ||" ]] ||%%title_linked%% || %%created_by%% || %%created_at%% || [[/module]]

So easy…and I have never seen this.

by Helmut_pdorf

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by Helmut_pdorf

Wishes You a blessed and Joyful New Year 2018!

Regards
Helmut_pdorf

by Helmut_pdorf

We've also taken the opportunity to clean up the content, making it simpler and straight to the point.

Try visiting community.wikidot.com on your mobile device! :)

by leiger

A "Clone" button on the start screen lets you built a "clean and pure" genealogy-wiki for your own usage with your own data - private or public - with only 2 persons prebuild: unknown father & mother.

Have a try!
Also setup in the Community Application

by Helmut_pdorf