Telepedia

Telepedia (also known as Telepedia.net) is an independent, free wiki farm running on the MediaWiki engine, allowing users to create and host their own wiki projects. It is operated by Telepedia Ltd., a company registered in England and Wales with company number 14025644, whose registered office is at Suite A, 82 James Carter Road, Mildenhall, England, IP28 7DE. Telepedia® is a registered trademark of the company in the United Kingdom. Support enquiries are handled via community@telepedia.net. The platform positions itself as a community-first alternative to larger corporate wiki farms such as Fandom. Its stated mission is to create wikis "for, and by the community—free from corporate control." Telepedia offers a creation wizard that lets users start a wiki quickly without waiting for approval, and it will import existing wikis on request. Customisation is handled through ConfigCentre, an on-wiki tool that allows administrators to enable or disable extensions, change settings, and modify user groups and permissions without needing to ask staff. The platform is run by people with years of experience working with MediaWiki, both technically and as editors, and support is available through Discord. Telepedia does not have explicit language portals; instead, language variants are indicated by a prefix in the URL (for example, a Ukrainian-language wiki uses a uk/ prefix before wiki/ in the address). New wikis are provided as a "bare" MediaWiki installation, meaning administrators must manually configure .js and .css settings, though this can now be done conveniently with the help of artificial intelligence. The page editor on the platform does not allow insertion of external links, so readers must copy and paste URLs directly into the browser address bar to navigate to external sites. Telepedia has become a destination for users and administrators who have been blocked or banned on other, larger wiki farms. It offers tools for exporting dumps, and texts transfer correctly, though files must be moved one by one manually or with additional scripts. Edited articles can also be transferred to Wikipedia as ready content, provided the content meets Wikipedia's requirements, effectively allowing Telepedia to be used as a draft space for wiki editing. The platform's main advantages cited by users include a liberal policy and freedom of speech with minimal censorship, the absence of global moderators or overseers who can intervene in local community affairs, protection from unfounded mass complaints, a modern MediaWiki engine with normal extensions, and close proximity to the community through direct communication on Discord rather than a cold ticket system. Like any free wiki farm, Telepedia faces challenges. New wikis initially receive far less traffic than established competitors due to the latter's SEO dominance, so administrators must work to attract search engine attention. The resource base is not that of a multi-billion-dollar corporation, so there is always a risk of closure due to lack of funding or technical failures, making backups essential. The platform survives on advertising, which may be less intrusive than on Fandom but is still present. Development tools are more limited than on larger farms, requiring more manual configuration. The platform has also acquired a reputation as a "dumping ground" because users banned from larger resources migrate there, which can sometimes deter serious authors. Despite these drawbacks, Telepedia is positioned as an ideal option for users who want to build a wiki without fear of being blocked or having their content deleted, while accepting lower visitor traffic in the early stages.

Telepedia is an independent free wiki farm operating on the MediaWiki engine, allowing users to create independent wiki projects. It is operated by Telepedia Ltd., a company registered in England and Wales with company number 14025644, whose registered office is at Suite A, 82 James Carter Road, Mildenhall, England, IP28 7DE. Telepedia® is a registered trademark of the company in the United Kingdom. Support enquiries are handled via community@telepedia.net. The platform emerged as an alternative to larger corporate wiki farms, particularly Fandom. Its distinguishing features include a lack of explicit language portals (language variants are indicated by URL prefixes, such as uk/ before wiki/ for Ukrainian-language wikis), a homepage focused on wiki creation, community communication via Discord, and English-speaking administration due to its registration in England and Wales. New wikis are provided as a "bare" MediaWiki installation, requiring manual configuration of .js and .css settings, though this can now be done conveniently with artificial intelligence. The page editor does not allow insertion of external links, so readers must copy and paste URLs directly into the browser address bar. Telepedia has become a destination for users and administrators who have been blocked or banned on other, larger wiki farms. It offers tools for exporting dumps, and texts transfer correctly, though files must be moved one by one manually or with additional scripts. Edited articles can also be transferred to Wikipedia as ready content, provided the content meets Wikipedia's requirements, effectively allowing Telepedia to be used as a draft space for wiki editing. The platform's main advantages cited by users include a liberal policy and freedom of speech with minimal censorship, the absence of global moderators or overseers who can intervene in local community affairs, protection from unfounded mass complaints, a modern MediaWiki engine with normal extensions, and close proximity to the community through direct communication on Discord rather than a cold ticket system. Like any free wiki farm, Telepedia faces challenges. New wikis initially receive far less traffic than established competitors due to the latter's SEO dominance, so administrators must work to attract search engine attention. The resource base is not that of a multi-billion-dollar corporation, so there is always a risk of closure due to lack of funding or technical failures, making backups essential. The platform survives on advertising, which may be less intrusive than on Fandom but is still present. Development tools are more limited than on larger farms, requiring more manual configuration. The platform has also acquired a reputation as a "dumping ground" because users banned from larger resources migrate there, which can sometimes deter serious authors. Despite these drawbacks, Telepedia is positioned as an ideal option for users who want to build a wiki without fear of being blocked or having their content deleted, while accepting lower visitor traffic in the early stages.

Independent, community-first wiki farm free from corporate control, offering autonomy and minimal censorship as an alternative to Fandom and similar platforms.

• Free wiki hosting on MediaWiki

  Users can create and host independent wiki projects on the MediaWiki engine.

• ConfigCentre

  An on-wiki tool that allows administrators to enable/disable extensions, change settings, and modify user groups and permissions without needing to ask staff.

• Wiki creation wizard

  A quick and easy way to start a wiki without waiting for approval.

• Wiki import service

  Telepedia will bring over an existing wiki for users.

• Data export/dump tools

  Tools for exporting wiki dumps, allowing content to be transferred to other platforms.

1. 1Telepedia official websitetelepedia.net
2. 2Wikidata: Telepediawikidata.org
3. 3Wikipedia (Ukrainian): Telepedia.netuk.wikipedia.org
4. 4UK Companies House: Telepedia Ltd.find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
5. 5Telepedia Meta Wiki: FAQmeta.telepedia.net
6. 6Telepedia Meta Wikimeta.telepedia.net