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-{{Wiki Farm
+{{Wiki company <!--see 'Template:Wiki company' for full detail and hidden help advice-->
-|name             = Curse, Inc.
+|name         = <s>Curse, Inc.</s>
-|URL              = https://www.Curse.com
+|URL          = https://www.curse.com
-|logo             = [[File:Curse logo.png]]
+|logo         = [[File:Curse logo.png|Curse logo|alt=]]
-|recentchanges URL= No <!--http://YourWikiURL.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges-->
+|wide logo    = y<!--insert 'y' when the logo is too wide AND / OR the title is too long-->
-|wikinode URL     = No <!--http://YourWikiURL.org/wiki/WikiNode--><!--If none, use No-->
+|about URL    = https://web.archive.org/web/20160721054958/https://www.CurseInc.com/company
-|about URL        = https://www.CurseInc.com/company
+|maintopic    = Wiki company<!--leave this as is, it can not be over-ridden-->
-|maintopic        = WikiFarm
+|founder      = Hubert Thieblot <small>(founder & CEO)</small><!--founder & other position(s)-->
-|CEO              = Hubert Thieblot
+|CEO          = Hubert Thieblot <small>(founder & CEO)</small>
-|status           = Active
+|engine       = MediaWiki
-|engine           = MediaWiki
+|company topic= Video games<!--main subject area of wiki farm; such as Games, Law, Health, Non-profit, Community, etc-->
-}}{{PopulateCategory}}
+|status       = Dead<!--'Active' if available, 'Dead' if not, 'Dormant' if available but no staff support-->
-'''Curse, Inc.''' is an {{tag|United States|American}} wiki farm specializing in hosting {{tag|Video games|video game}} wikis.  All wikis use the {{tag|MediaWiki}} wiki engine, but are heavily modified with a {{tag|custom skin}}, and are slowed down by flashy graphics and annoying adverts.  So like another version of [[:Category:Wikia|Wikia]] :p
+}}
+'''Curse, Inc.''' is a {{tag|Dead|former}} {{tag|wiki company}} headquartered in Huntsville, {{tag|Alabama}}, in the [[:Category:United States of America|United States of America]], which operated the former [[:Category:Gamepedia.com|Gamepedia.com]] wiki farm.  Gamepedia.com specialized in hosting [[wiki]] sites for (or of) {{tag|video games}}.  All wiki sites used the {{tag|MediaWiki}} wiki engine, but were heavily modified with a [[:Category:Custom skin|custom skin]] called [[:Category:Hydra|Hydra]], and were slowed down by flashy graphics and annoying [[:Category:Advertising|adverts]].  So like another version of {{tag|Wikia}}! :p
-;Links
+Ironically, Curse was subsequently taken over on 12 December 2018 by {{tag|Wikia|Wikia, Inc.}}, and their Gamepedia.com wiki sites are now part of their 'Fandom' brand.
-*[https://www.CurseInc.com/our-content Our content – Curse Inc]
-[[Category:United States| ]]
+;''External links
-[[Category:FoundedIn2012]]<!--https://www.CurseInc.com/our-content-->
+*[[Archive.org:20160723100141/https://www.CurseInc.com/our-content|Our content – Curse Inc]] — at CurseInc.com, via [[Archive.org]]
+[[Category:Founded in 2012]]<!--https://www.CurseInc.com/our-content-->