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Wikia is a collection of over 7000 wikis (a [[WikiFarm]]) run by | Wikia is a collection of over 7000 wikis (a [[WikiFarm]]) run by Wikia, Inc, founded by [[wikia:user:Jimbo_Wales|Jimmy Wales]], one of the founders of [[Wikipedia]], and [[Angela Beesley]] in October 2004. | ||
Wikia offers free {{tag|MediaWiki}} hosting for a community to build a free content wiki-based website. Hosting is free but users have little say over the advertisements t heir website displays. Requests for new wikis which have the potential to appeal to a wide audience are welcomed. Support on both the technical and community aspects of running a wiki community is provided. | Wikia offers free {{tag|MediaWiki}} hosting for a community to build a free content wiki-based website. Hosting is free but users have little say over the advertisements t heir website displays. Requests for new wikis which have the potential to appeal to a wide audience are welcomed. Support on both the technical and community aspects of running a wiki community is provided. | ||
Revision as of 14:49, 24 July 2008
Description
Wikia is a collection of over 7000 wikis (a WikiFarm) run by Wikia, Inc, founded by Jimmy Wales, one of the founders of Wikipedia, and Angela Beesley in October 2004.
Wikia offers free MediaWiki hosting for a community to build a free content wiki-based website. Hosting is free but users have little say over the advertisements t heir website displays. Requests for new wikis which have the potential to appeal to a wide audience are welcomed. Support on both the technical and community aspects of running a wiki community is provided.
In 2006, Gil Penchina became the CEO and hopes to take Wikia to a new level as he did with eBay.
If users get a new message on any Wikia wiki they will get a note about the message on any other Wikia wiki where they have a window open. If a user has different usernames for different Wikia Wikis then logging into a different account for one can change the account for all. Different computers react differently.
Wikia janitors
Wikia janitors will help with problems that any wiki develops. They help with bugs in the software. Janitors can also delete vandalism and block vandals. Janitors work mainly on wikis where there are too few sysops. They can also help if a wiki faces a sudden massive vandal attack. Wikia janitors deter vandals as well as dealing with vandalism when it happens.
Bureaucrats are not entirely independent
Wikia bureaucrats can promote an ordinary user to sysop. Bureaucrats can’t afterwards demote a sysop. Wikia central will demote a sysop only if there has been serious misconduct. This leads to a more equal relationship between bureaucrats and sysops. It can also make bureaucrats cautious about promoting sysops as this is a one way step. Caution can be a good thing. Demoted former sysops can feel so humiliated that they stop editing the wiki altogether. Wikia wikis may potentially have cautious bureaucrats and few sysops. The wikis may stay dependent on Wikia janitors and find it difficult to move if they ever want to.
Here is their list, for the fan of WikiIndex to add from!