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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
'''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, Inc.''', formerly '''Wikicities''', is now a [[wiki farm|collection]] of over 200,000<sup>[http://www.wikia.com/About]</sup> [[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). | ||
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===Licensing=== | ===Licensing=== | ||
The vast majority of Wikia wikis are currently released under one primary [[:Category:Wiki License|wiki license]] – the [[:Category:Wiki Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike|Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 license]] (CC-BY-SA). [http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Community_Central:Licensing] However, other licenses are available on Wikia; these include the [[:Category:Wiki Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial|Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial]] (CC-BY-NC) and the [[:Category:Wiki Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works|Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works]] (CC-BY-NC-ND) licenses. | The vast majority of Wikia wikis are currently released under one primary [[:Category:Wiki License|wiki license]] – the [[:Category:Wiki Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike|Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 license]] (CC-BY-SA). <sup>[http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Community_Central:Licensing]</sup> However, other licenses are available on Wikia; these include the [[:Category:Wiki Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial|Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial]] (CC-BY-NC) and the [[:Category:Wiki Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works|Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works]] (CC-BY-NC-ND) licenses. | ||
Historically, when Wikia was founded, it used the {{tag|Wiki GNU Free Documentation License|GNU Free Documentation License}}, just like [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] did. | Historically, when Wikia was founded, it used the {{tag|Wiki GNU Free Documentation License|GNU Free Documentation License}}, just like [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] did. | ||
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===Wikia backup=== | ===Wikia backup=== | ||
The entire Wikia project is available as a backup file [http://wikistats.wikia.com/w/wi/wikiaglobal/pages_full.xml.gz here] . Individual Wikia wikis may also backed up, and their backup files are available near the bottom of their relevant <tt>Statistics</tt> page. [http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Help:Database_download] However, whilst all Wikia wikis have a Statistics page, complete with the 'Database dumps' section containing their backup file links, those Wikia wikis which show 'unknown' for the URLs definately have <u>not</u> been backed up! | The entire Wikia project is available as a backup file [http://wikistats.wikia.com/w/wi/wikiaglobal/pages_full.xml.gz here] . Individual Wikia wikis may also backed up, and their backup files are available near the bottom of their relevant <tt>Statistics</tt> page. <sup>[http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Help:Database_download]</sup> However, whilst all Wikia wikis have a Statistics page, complete with the 'Database dumps' section containing their backup file links, those Wikia wikis which show 'unknown' for the URLs definately have <u>not</u> been backed up! | ||
===Stats=== | ===Stats=== | ||