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{{Wiki Farm | {{Wiki Farm | ||
|name = Wikia, Inc. | |||
|logo = http://images.wikia.com/central/images/b/bc/Wiki.png | |logo = http://images.wikia.com/central/images/b/bc/Wiki.png | ||
|URL = http://www.wikia.com | |URL = http://www.wikia.com | ||
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{{for|the Wikia community portal wikis in various languages|Wikia Community Central}} | {{for|the Wikia community portal wikis in various languages|Wikia Community Central}} | ||
{{for|those Wikia wikis who left Wikia to re-establish as an independent wiki or on another wiki farm|Category:Ex-Wikia}} | {{for|those Wikia wikis who left Wikia to re-establish as an independent wiki or on another wiki farm|Category:Ex-Wikia}} | ||
{{for|sub-categories of Wikia wikis by official language portals|Category:De.Wikia|Category:Es.Wikia|Category:Fr.Wikia}} | |||
See also the <code>{{tl|wikia}}</code> [[:Category:Templates|template]]. | See also the <code>{{tl|wikia}}</code> [[:Category:Templates|template]]. | ||
{{WikiEngineFeatures}} | {{WikiEngineFeatures}} | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
'''Wikia''', formerly '''Wikicities''', is now a [[wiki farm|collection]] of over 200,000[http://www.wikia.com/About] [[wiki]]s – aka a '{{tag|WikiFarm|Wiki Farm}}' – run by [http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Community_Central:Wikia,_Inc. Wikia, Inc], and founded by [http://community.wikia.com/wiki/User:Jimbo_Wales Jimmy Wales] – one of the founders of [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], along with [[Angela Beesley Starling|Angela Beesley]] in October {{tag|FoundedIn2004|2004}}. Its' tagline is ''"Create. Collaborate. Be Original."'' In 2006, [http://community.wikia.com/wiki/User:Gil Gil Penchina] became the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and hopes to take Wikia to a new level as he did with [[:Category:eBay|eBay]]. As of late 2011, the current CEO is [http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Craig_Palmer,_new_CEO_of_Wikia Craig Palmer] . | '''Wikia, Inc.''', formerly '''Wikicities''', is now a [[wiki farm|collection]] of over 200,000[http://www.wikia.com/About] [[wiki]]s – aka a '{{tag|WikiFarm|Wiki Farm}}' – run by [http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Community_Central:Wikia,_Inc. Wikia, Inc], and founded by [http://community.wikia.com/wiki/User:Jimbo_Wales Jimmy Wales] – one of the founders of [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], along with [[Angela Beesley Starling|Angela Beesley]] in October {{tag|FoundedIn2004|2004}}. Its' tagline is ''"Create. Collaborate. Be Original."'' In 2006, [http://community.wikia.com/wiki/User:Gil Gil Penchina] became the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and hopes to take Wikia to a new level as he did with [[:Category:eBay|eBay]]. As of late 2011, the current CEO is [http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Craig_Palmer,_new_CEO_of_Wikia Craig Palmer] . | ||
[[Wikia]] uses a unique and heavily modified creation of the {{tag|MediaWiki}} {{tag|Wiki Engine|wiki engine}}; and is visually different from regular MediaWiki sites in that it has its own {{tag|custom skin}}, and most notably, complete with a range and variety of embeded {{tag|Advertising|advertisements}}. Wikia offers free hosting for an individual or community to build a {{tag|free}} content [[WhatIsWiki|wiki]]-based website. New wikis can be created instantly at http://create.wikia.com. Hosting and 24 hour customer support is free, in return for advertising placed on the pages; but users have little say over the advertisements their website displays. Support, on both the technical and community aspects of running a wiki community, is provided at [[Wikia Community Central]] (or one of the [[Template:WikiaCommunityCentral|other]] [[:Category:Wiki Language|language]] Community wikis). | [[Wikia]] uses a unique and heavily modified creation of the {{tag|MediaWiki}} {{tag|Wiki Engine|wiki engine}}; and is visually different from regular MediaWiki sites in that it has its own {{tag|custom skin}}, and most notably, complete with a range and variety of embeded {{tag|Advertising|advertisements}}. Wikia offers free hosting for an individual or community to build a {{tag|free}} content [[WhatIsWiki|wiki]]-based website. New wikis can be created instantly at http://create.wikia.com. Hosting and 24 hour customer support is free, in return for advertising placed on the pages; but users have little say over the advertisements their website displays. Support, on both the technical and community aspects of running a wiki community, is provided at [[Wikia Community Central]] (or one of the [[Template:WikiaCommunityCentral|other]] [[:Category:Wiki Language|language]] Community wikis). | ||