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*After about one year, the site was opened to the public.
*After about one year, the site was opened to the public.
;April 4, 2007
*WikiIslam was inaccessible from 3/20 to 4/4 (about 2 weeks) basically due to security problems in the server (no data was lost).
;May 6, 2007
*Custom edit toolbar buttons were created for Islamic templates (Quran and Hadith).
;July 24, 2007
*Video tags were enabled.


;September 2, 2007
;September 2, 2007
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*The server hosting WikiIslam was hacked on September 11, 2007 due to which the site was down for almost a month. Editing was disabled for about one year due to server issues.
*The server hosting WikiIslam was hacked on September 11, 2007 due to which the site was down for almost a month. Editing was disabled for about one year due to server issues.
;August 25, 2008
*The site was moved to shared hosting and editing was enabled again. [[WikiIslam:Database Compaction|Database compaction]] was done for the first time to reduce the size of the database.
;February 22, 2009
*[[WikiIslam:Join the Team|Donations]] were collected on the website for the first time.
;March 18, 2009
*A [[WikiIslam:Administrators|lockdown mode]] was created for the wiki which protected against persistent vandalism


;May 4, 2011
;May 4, 2011
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*To maintain site integrity, the flagged revisions extension was installed so edits by new and IP users have to be approved by existing users.
*To maintain site integrity, the flagged revisions extension was installed so edits by new and IP users have to be approved by existing users.
;August 2012
*Occasional traffic spikes caused high CPU usage. Shared hosting was used from August 2008-2012 (4 years) but it could no longer support the site's traffic.
;October 2012
*WikiIslam upgraded from shared hosting to VPS in October 2012. Database compaction was done before the move for the second time to reduce the size of the database.


;February 2013
;February 2013


*WikiIslam was on a VPS hosting plan but was still using a lot of CPU (on average, 70% of the allotted CPU). WikiIslam then moved to a new VPS server setup for improved speed and growth opportunities.
*Work on the [[:ru:Заглавная страница|Russian]] sub-domain started and was then opened to the public.
*Work on the [[:ru:Заглавная страница|Russian]] sub-domain started and was then opened to the public.


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'''December 2015'''
'''December 2015'''


*WikiIslam came under the management of [https://exmuslims.org/ Ex-Muslims of North America] and steady clean up of the site begun.
*WikiIslam came under the management of [https://exmuslims.org/ Ex-Muslims of North America]
 
'''December 2018'''
 
*WikiIslam comprehensive cleanup begun


==See Also==
==See Also==

Latest revision as of 21:23, 19 January 2021

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Website News/History

October 27, 2005
  • WikiIslam was created. The URL was announced to a small group of potential editors who started work on the initial content.
September 4, 2006
  • After about one year, the site was opened to the public.
September 2, 2007
  • Anonymous IP address editing was enabled.
October 8, 2007
  • The server hosting WikiIslam was hacked on September 11, 2007 due to which the site was down for almost a month. Editing was disabled for about one year due to server issues.
May 4, 2011
  • WikiIslam's page was forcibly removed from Facebook
December 2011
  • To maintain site integrity, the flagged revisions extension was installed so edits by new and IP users have to be approved by existing users.
February 2013
  • Work on the Russian sub-domain started and was then opened to the public.
April 12, 2015

December 2015

December 2018

  • WikiIslam comprehensive cleanup begun

See Also

  • Site Map - Use to navigate WikiIslam and find the information you need
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