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==New Content==
'''Articles'''
{{WikiIslam:New Articles}}
'''Translations'''
{{WikiIslam:Latest Translations}}
== Announcements  ==
===Submit an Essay/Op-Ed!===
(30 December 2012) - Our submission form is live so what are you waiting for? [[Special:Form/Essay-oped-submission|Submit an essay/op-ed]] and get your "voice heard" by 250,000+ readers every month. Guideline are currently under construction, thus are not well defined, but have a look at our [[Featured_Essays/Op-Eds|Featured Essays/Op-Eds]] to get an idea of what we expect. Also make sure to save your work in a text file in case it doesn't make the cut.
==Website News/History==
==Website News/History==


;October 27, 2005
;October 27, 2005
*WikiIslam was created. The URL was announced to a small group of potential editors who started work on the initial content.
*WikiIslam was created. The URL was announced to a small group of potential editors who started work on the initial content.


;September 4, 2006
;September 4, 2006
*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
;September 2, 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).
 
*Anonymous IP address editing was enabled.
 
;October 8, 2007


;May 6, 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.
*Custom edit toolbar buttons were created for Islamic templates (Quran and Hadith).


;July 24, 2007
;May 4, 2011
*Video tags were enabled.


;September 2, 2007:
*WikiIslam's page was forcibly removed from Facebook
*Anonymous IP address editing was enabled.


;October 8, 2007:
;December 2011
*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.


;August 25, 2008
*To maintain site integrity, the flagged revisions extension was installed so edits by new and IP users have to be approved by existing users.
*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.


;February 22, 2009:
;February 2013
* [[WikiIslam:Join the Team|Donation page]] created.


;March 18, 2009:
*Work on the [[:ru:Заглавная страница|Russian]] sub-domain started and was then opened to the public.
* A [[WikiIslam:Administrators|lockdown mode]] was created for the wiki which protected against persistent vandalism


;May 4, 2011:
;April 12, 2015
* WikiIslam page removed by Facebook. Apologies to our Facebook fans.


;December 2011
*The [[:bg:Начална_страница|Bulgarian]] sub-domain was created.
*To maintain site integrity, the [[WikiIslam:Pending Changes Protection|flagged revisions]] extension was installed so edits by new and IP users have to be approved by existing users.


;August 2012
'''December 2015'''
*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.


;October 2012
*WikiIslam came under the management of [https://exmuslims.org/ Ex-Muslims of North America]
*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.


;February 2013
'''December 2018'''
* 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
* Work on the [[:ru:Заглавная страница|Russian]] sub-domain started and it is now open to the public.


;April 12, 2015
*WikiIslam comprehensive cleanup begun 
* The [[:bg:Начална_страница|Bulgarian]] sub-domain was created.


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


*[[WikiIslam:Site Map|Site Map]] ''- Use to navigate WikiIslam and find the information you need''
*[[WikiIslam:Site Map|Site Map]] ''- Use to navigate WikiIslam and find the information you need''
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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