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'''Wikia''', formerly '''Wikicities''', is now a [[wiki farm|collection]] of over 200,000[http://www.wikia.com/About] [[wiki]]s (a [[:Category:WikiFarm|WikiFarm]]) 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 eBay. As of late 2011, the current CEO is [http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Craig_Palmer,_new_CEO_of_Wikia Craig Palmer] . | '''Wikia''', formerly '''Wikicities''', is now a [[wiki farm|collection]] of over 200,000[http://www.wikia.com/About] [[wiki]]s (a [[:Category:WikiFarm|WikiFarm]]) 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 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 modified | [[Wikia]] uses a 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 advertisements. Wikia offers free hosting for an individual or community to build a 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 staff and helpers have [[sysop]] powers throughout <u>all</u> Wikia wikis, as well as several types of automated detection and blocking tools to help deal with vandals and spam on individual wikis. This can be helpful for [[:Category:Wikis with a strong viewpoint|controversial]] wikis like [[Liberapedia]] that attract vandals. | Wikia staff and helpers have [[sysop]] powers throughout <u>all</u> Wikia wikis, as well as several types of automated detection and blocking tools to help deal with vandals and spam on individual wikis. This can be helpful for [[:Category:Wikis with a strong viewpoint|controversial]] wikis like [[Liberapedia]] that attract vandals. | ||
Users with new 'talk' messages on ''any'' Wikia wiki will get a note about the message on ''any other'' Wikia wiki where they have a tab or 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. | Users with new 'talk' messages on ''any'' Wikia wiki will get a note about the message on ''any other'' Wikia wiki where they have a tab or 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. | ||
===Licensing=== | |||
The vast majority of Wikia wikis are released under one primary [[:Category:Wiki License|wiki license]] – the [[:Category:Wiki Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike|Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike]] (CC-BY-SA) license. [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. | |||
===Wikia portals=== | ===Wikia portals=== | ||
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====Ten largest wikis==== | ====Ten largest wikis==== | ||
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*[[LyricWiki]] – music lyrics | *[[LyricWiki]] – music lyrics | ||
*[[Wikianswers]] – general questions and answers | *[[Wikianswers]] – general questions and answers | ||