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|documentation URL= No<!--e.g. https://WikiFarmURL.com/Documentation, if none, use 'No'-->
|documentation URL= No<!--e.g. https://WikiFarmURL.com/Documentation, if none, use 'No'-->
|maintopic        = Wiki farm<!--leave this as is, it can not be overridden-->
|maintopic        = Wiki farm<!--leave this as is, it can not be overridden-->
|founder          = [[Jimmy Wales|Jimmy Donal 'Jimbo' Wales]]<br><small>(co-founder & [[:Category:Wikia staff|President]])</small><br>[[Angela Beesley Starling]]<br><small>(co-founder & [[:Category:Wikia staff|ex-VP]])</small>
|founder          = [[Jimmy Wales|Jimmy Donal 'Jimbo' Wales]]<br><small>(co-founder & [[:Category:Wikia staff|President]])</small><br>[[Angela Beesley Starling]]<br><small>(co-founder & [[:Category:Wikia staff|former VP]])</small>
|CEO              = [[Perkins Miller]] <small>(Fandom CEO)</small>
|CEO              = [[Perkins Miller]] <small>(Fandom CEO)</small><br>TPG Capital <small>(owner, from 2018)</small>
|engine          = MediaWiki
|engine          = MediaWiki
|farm topic      = Fans
|farm topic      = Fans
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[[File:WikiCities logo.png|left|frame|original [[Wikicities]] logo|alt=]]
[[File:WikiCities logo.png|left|frame|original [[Wikicities]] logo|alt=]]
[[File:WikicitiesLogo.png|left|frame|another [[Wikicities]] logo|alt=]]
[[File:WikicitiesLogo.png|left|frame|another [[Wikicities]] logo|alt=]]
'''<big>Wikia</big>''', currently branded as '''<big>Fandom</big>''', and originally known as '''<big>Wikicities</big>''', is a {{tag|Wiki farm|collection}} of over 250,000<ref name=About>[https://about.Fandom.com/about Fandom {{!}} About Us]; ''about.Fandom.com''; Fandom, [[Cambridge-Dictionary:incorporated|Inc.]]; accessed 19 December 2022.</ref> [[wiki]] sites.  Known as a '[[wiki farm]]', it is owned by its parent company '''[[WikiaSite:Wikia, Inc.|Wikia, Inc.]]'''<ref name=Terms>[https://www.Fandom.com/terms-of-use Terms of Use | Fandom]; ''Community.Fandom.com'' (originally: ''Community.Wikia.com''); Fandom, [[Cambridge-Dictionary:incorporated|Inc.]] (originally: Wikia, [[Cambridge-Dictionary:incorporated|Inc.]]); dated 24 May 2022; accessed 19 December 2022.</ref>  [[Wikicities]] was founded in October {{tag|Founded in 2004|2004}} by [[:Category:American|American]] internet entrepreneur [[Jimmy Wales|Jimmy 'Jimbo' Wales]] (who had previously founded [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]), and his then [[:Category:British|British]] business partner [[Angela Beesley Starling]] (now known as Angela Starling).<ref name=About/>  Its original tagline was ''"Create. Collaborate. Be Original."''  In 2006, [[WikiaSite:User:Gil|Gil Penchina]] became the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and hoped to take Wikia to a new level as he did with [[:Category:eBay|eBay]].  In late 2011, [[Craig L. Palmer]] was appointed as new Wikia CEO.<ref>[[WikiaSite:Forum:Craig Palmer, new CEO of Wikia|Craig Palmer, new CEO of Wikia]]; ''Community.Fandom.com'' (originally: ''Community.Wikia.com''); Fandom, [[Cambridge-Dictionary:incorporated|Inc.]] (originally: Wikia, [[Cambridge-Dictionary:incorporated|Inc.]]); date 20 October 2011; accessed 19 December 2022.</ref>  In late 2016, the entire Wikia site was rebranded from 'Wikia' to 'Fandom',<ref>[[WikiaSite:User_blog:Craiglpalmer/Wikia_is_now_Fandom_powered_by_Wikia|User blog:Craiglpalmer / Wikia is now Fandom powered by Wikia]]; ''Community.Fandom.com'' (originally: ''Community.Wikia.com''); Fandom, [[Cambridge-Dictionary:incorporated|Inc.]] (originally: Wikia, [[Cambridge-Dictionary:incorporated|Inc.]]); dated 26 September 2016; accessed 19 December 2022.</ref> and also launched the non-profit sister site [https://Wikia.org Wikia.org].  As of October 2021, the current Fandom CEO is [[Perkins Miller]].<ref name=About/>
'''<big>Wikia</big>''', currently branded as '''<big>Fandom</big>''', and originally known as '''<big>Wikicities</big>''' (until 27 March 2006), is a {{tag|Wiki farm|collection}} of over 250,000<ref name=About>[https://about.Fandom.com/about Fandom {{!}} About Us]; ''about.Fandom.com''; Fandom, [[Cambridge-Dictionary:incorporated|Inc.]]; accessed 19 December 2022.</ref> [[wiki]] sites.  Known as a '[[wiki farm]]', it is owned by its parent company '''[[WikiaSite:Wikia, Inc.|Wikia, Inc.]]'''<ref name=Terms>[https://www.Fandom.com/terms-of-use Terms of Use | Fandom]; ''Community.Fandom.com'' (originally: ''Community.Wikia.com''); Fandom, [[Cambridge-Dictionary:incorporated|Inc.]] (originally: Wikia, [[Cambridge-Dictionary:incorporated|Inc.]]); dated 24 May 2022; accessed 19 December 2022.</ref>  [[Wikicities]] was founded 18 October {{tag|Founded in 2004|2004}} by [[:Category:American|American]] internet entrepreneur [[Jimmy Wales|Jimmy 'Jimbo' Wales]] (who had previously founded [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]), and his then [[:Category:British|British]] business partner [[Angela Beesley Starling]] (now known as Angela Starling).<ref name=About/>  Its original tagline was ''"Create. Collaborate. Be Original."''  In 2006, [[WikiaSite:User:Gil|Gil Penchina]] became the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and hoped to take Wikia to a new level as he did with [[:Category:eBay|eBay]].  In late 2011, [[Craig L. Palmer]] was appointed as new Wikia CEO.<ref>[[WikiaSite:Forum:Craig Palmer, new CEO of Wikia|Craig Palmer, new CEO of Wikia]]; ''Community.Fandom.com'' (originally: ''Community.Wikia.com''); Fandom, [[Cambridge-Dictionary:incorporated|Inc.]] (originally: Wikia, [[Cambridge-Dictionary:incorporated|Inc.]]); date 20 October 2011; accessed 19 December 2022.</ref>  In late 2016, the entire Wikia site was rebranded from 'Wikia' to 'Fandom',<ref>[[WikiaSite:User_blog:Craiglpalmer/Wikia_is_now_Fandom_powered_by_Wikia|User blog:Craiglpalmer / Wikia is now Fandom powered by Wikia]]; ''Community.Fandom.com'' (originally: ''Community.Wikia.com''); Fandom, [[Cambridge-Dictionary:incorporated|Inc.]] (originally: Wikia, [[Cambridge-Dictionary:incorporated|Inc.]]); dated 26 September 2016; accessed 19 December 2022.</ref> and also launched the non-profit sister site [https://Wikia.org Wikia.org].  As of October 2021, the current Fandom CEO is [[Perkins Miller]].<ref name=About/>


'''<big>Wikia, Inc.</big>''', now '''<big>Fandom, Inc.</big>''', is a {{tag|Wiki company|company}} registered and [[Cambridge-Dictionary:incorporated|incorporated]] in the {{tag|Delaware|State of Delaware}}, [[:Category:United States of America|United States of America]] (corporate number C2935209).  Its registered office is at 130 Sutter Street, 4th Floor, {{tag|San Francisco|San Francisco County}}, [[:Category:California|State of California]] 94104, United States of America.<ref name=Terms/>
'''<big>Wikia, Inc.</big>''', now '''<big>Fandom, Inc.</big>''', is a {{tag|Wiki company|company}} registered and [[Cambridge-Dictionary:incorporated|incorporated]] in the {{tag|Delaware|State of Delaware}}, [[:Category:United States of America|United States of America]] (corporate number C2935209).  Its registered office is at 130 Sutter Street, 4th Floor, {{tag|San Francisco|San Francisco County}}, [[:Category:California|State of California]] 94104, United States of America.<ref name=Terms/>
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{{See also|:Category:Wikia.org}}
{{See also|:Category:Wikia.org}}
In late 2016, at the same time as the global rebrand from Wikia to Fandom, its parent company, Wikia, [[Cambridge-Dictionary:incorporated|Inc.]] also launched a non-profit sister site [https://Wikia.org Wikia.org].  '''Wikia.org''' also acts as a [[wiki farm]], and uses the identical custom-modified MediaWiki software as Wikia.com, but the most obvious difference is a lack of [[:Category:Advertising|advertising]].  Wiki sites hosted on Wikia.org continue to use the {{tag|Wiki Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike|Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 Unported license}} (CC-BY-SA 3.0), so whilst Wikia itself will not profit from hosting sites on Wikia.org, there is the potential to reuse content from Wikia.org on another external website (as is allowed under terms of the CC-BY-SA 3.0), and those external sites are able to monetise from said re-hosted Wikia.org content.
In late 2016, at the same time as the global rebrand from Wikia to Fandom, its parent company, Wikia, [[Cambridge-Dictionary:incorporated|Inc.]] also launched a non-profit sister site [https://Wikia.org Wikia.org].  '''Wikia.org''' also acts as a [[wiki farm]], and uses the identical custom-modified MediaWiki software as Wikia.com, but the most obvious difference is a lack of [[:Category:Advertising|advertising]].  Wiki sites hosted on Wikia.org continue to use the {{tag|Wiki Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike|Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 Unported license}} (CC-BY-SA 3.0), so whilst Wikia itself will not profit from hosting sites on Wikia.org, there is the potential to reuse content from Wikia.org on another external website (as is allowed under terms of the CC-BY-SA 3.0), and those external sites are able to monetise from said re-hosted Wikia.org content.
Retired November 2021.


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