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Telepedia
Suite A, 82 James Carter Road, Mildenhall, England, IP28 7DE, United Kingdom
What it is
Telepedia is a free web hosting service for public, community-run wikis about subjects such as television, movies, games, anime and manga, books and comics, and music. Users can create a wiki through a creation wizard without waiting for approval, or ask Telepedia to migrate an existing wiki. Hosted sites run on MediaWiki, free and open-source software. Administrators use ConfigCentre to manage settings, extensions, namespaces, user groups, and permissions. Available options include VisualEditor, MobileFrontend, YouTube, and interactive maps, with additional extensions available for evaluation on request. Telepedia also supports extensions and skins maintained by its own team, Wikimedia, and the community, while excluding tools such as Graph, Widgets, SemanticMediaWiki, SocialProfile, and chat or email extensions. Hosted wikis are searchable and expected to be public. Telepedia may place advertisements that owners cannot remove or modify. Staff support is available through a Support desk, and departing wikis receive XML dumps but not image dumps.
For and against
For
- Wiki creation needs no waiting approval
- Uses free, open-source MediaWiki
- ConfigCentre manages permissions and extensions
- Existing wikis can be migrated
- Revision history and API access available
Against
- Private or restricted communities generally unsupported
- Advertisements cannot be removed by owners
- Some extensions are not supported
- Departing wikis receive no image dumps
The verdict
Telepedia offers managed MediaWiki hosting for public communities, with administrative controls and migration assistance. Its public-hosting policy, advertising rules, and extension exclusions are important constraints for prospective wiki owners.
Who it suits
It suits communities building public wikis around entertainment and related topics. Administrators who want MediaWiki controls, permissions, extensions, and migration support may find it useful.
On the record
- Advertisements
- Telepedia may place and manage advertisements on hosted communities, and wikis cannot remove or modify them.meta.telepedia.net · read 5 Oct 2026
- Advertising
- Telepedia says it may install and manage advertisements on hosted communities, and wikis cannot remove or modify them.meta.telepedia.net · read 5 Oct 2026
- Company
- Telepedia Ltd. is registered in England and Wales under company number 14025644, with a registered address in Mildenhall, England.telepedia.net · read 5 Oct 2026
- ConfigCentre scope
- ConfigCentre supports editing wiki settings, extensions, namespaces, and user groups.meta.telepedia.net · read 5 Oct 2026
- Customization
- ConfigCentre lets wiki administrators enable or disable extensions, change settings, and modify user groups and permissions on-wiki.telepedia.net · read 5 Oct 2026
- Data retention
- The privacy policy says identifiable information is generally kept for a maximum of 90 days, with certain data-subject request records retained for one year.telepedia.net · read 5 Oct 2026
- Extension limits
- Telepedia says it does not support certain extensions, including Graph, Widgets, SemanticMediaWiki, SocialProfile, and chat or email extensions.meta.telepedia.net · read 5 Oct 2026
- Extension requests
- Administrators can request extensions that are not available in ConfigCentre, and Telepedia evaluates whether to add them.meta.telepedia.net · read 5 Oct 2026
- Extensions
- The platform lists extensions including VisualEditor, MobileFrontend, YouTube, and interactive maps; some can be enabled by local administrators.meta.telepedia.net · read 5 Oct 2026
- Extensions and skins
- Telepedia supports in-house, Wikimedia-maintained, and community-supported extensions and skins, with more extensions available on request.meta.telepedia.net · read 5 Oct 2026
- Hosting policy
- Telepedia says hosted wikis are public, searchable, and expected to be community-run; it does not generally host private or restricted group communities.meta.telepedia.net · read 5 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Telepedia describes its hosted wikis as public, community-run spaces and says it does not host private, personal, or restricted-group communities.meta.telepedia.net · read 5 Oct 2026
- Migration limits
- Telepedia says it offers XML dumps when a wiki leaves, but does not offer image dumps.meta.telepedia.net · read 5 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Telepedia hosts community-run wikis about games, television, and other subjects.telepedia.net · read 5 Oct 2026
- Security and privacy
- Telepedia says Cloudflare provides content delivery, security, and performance services, and its privacy policy describes collection of account details and technical data such as IP address and browser information.telepedia.net · read 5 Oct 2026
- Software
- Telepedia says its wikis use the free and open-source MediaWiki software.meta.telepedia.net · read 5 Oct 2026
- Support
- The homepage says its staff have MediaWiki experience and are available to support users; it links to a Support desk.telepedia.net · read 5 Oct 2026
- Topic limits
- Telepedia lists wikis about television, movies, games, anime or manga, books or comics, and music among the topics it hosts, while excluding several categories including pornography and misinformation.meta.telepedia.net · read 5 Oct 2026
