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;October 8, 2007
;October 8, 2007


*The FFI server was hacked on September 11, 2007 due to which our 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
;August 25, 2008


*We moved the site 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.
*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
;February 22, 2009


*[[WikiIslam:Join the Team|Donation page]] created.
*[[WikiIslam:Join the Team|Donations]] were collected on the website for the first time.


;March 18, 2009
;March 18, 2009
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;May 4, 2011
;May 4, 2011


*WikiIslam page removed by Facebook. Apologies to our Facebook fans.
*WikiIslam's page was forcibly removed from Facebook


;December 2011
;December 2011
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;August 2012
;August 2012


*Occasional traffic spikes caused high CPU usage. We had used shared hosting from August 2008-2012 (4 years) but it could no longer support our traffic.
*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
;October 2012


*We 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.
*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


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


;April 12, 2015
;April 12, 2015


*The [[:bg:Начална_страница|Bulgarian]] sub-domain was created.
*The [[:bg:Начална_страница|Bulgarian]] sub-domain was created.
'''December, 2015'''
* WikiIslam came under the management of [https://exmuslims.org/ Ex-Muslims of North America] and steady clean up of the site begun.


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

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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.
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
  • 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.
August 25, 2008
  • The site was moved to shared hosting and editing was enabled again. Database compaction was done for the first time to reduce the size of the database.
February 22, 2009
  • Donations were collected on the website for the first time.
March 18, 2009
  • A lockdown mode was created for the wiki which protected against persistent vandalism
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.
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
  • 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 Russian sub-domain started and was then opened to the public.
April 12, 2015

December, 2015

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