User blog:Krayfish/MediaWiki: Something to consider

I recently got a proposition from WikiBuilder the possibility of moving to MediaWiki. MediaWiki is essentially a Wikipedia-style wiki.

Advantages

 * We get to pick our own license. Opens up more possibilities for media adaptions.
 * Opportunity for another fresh, clean start without having to change older articles.
 * Complete control over site's coding.

Disadvantages

 * More difficult to advertise without wikia's assistance.
 * Domain owner must pay a monthly fee. (Of course, a donate button can be added.)

Procedures to moving
If we make the move, any articles that get transferred over to the new site would have to be deleted on wikia to maintain the licensing. The same goes for any images used as well. As MediaWiki gives more control over the coding, it may take up to several months to put the site together.

Should Omniverse ET be merged if the MediaWiki site is used?
From my own observations, Omniverse ET seems to be rather slow on activity, but its GC counterpart is far more active. It's far too late to merge it with the current version of this wiki, but if the move to MediaWiki is done, ET could be merged over easily.

In the future, this could also allow for multiple universes within it as well as a few alternate continuities.

Should our franchise be renamed to something else upon the move?
I know the argument against this would be that the title shouldn't be changed because that's what it always been. But in truth, from the very beginning, I've found the title very misleading. Omniverse refers to everything, not just what is in the canon which may confuse new users into thinking the site is meant to be a massive scale crossover like Hellcat Squadran. We can worry about the actual name later, but it's something to consider.