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|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]] <small>(founder)</small><br>[[Angela Beesley Starling]] <small>(co-founder)</small> | |founder = [[Jimmy Wales]] <small>(founder)</small><br>[[Angela Beesley Starling]] <small>(co-founder)</small> | ||
|CEO = | |CEO = {{tag|Wikia}}<br><small>(parent company)</small> | ||
|engine = MediaWiki | |engine = MediaWiki | ||
|farm topic = Wiki farm<!--main subject area of wiki farm; such as Video games, Law, Health, etc--> | |farm topic = Wiki farm<!--main subject area of wiki farm; such as Video games, Law, Health, etc--> | ||
|farm license = GNU Free Documentation License | |||
|status = Wikia<!--'Active' if available, 'Dead' if not, 'Dormant' if available but no staff support--> | |status = Wikia<!--'Active' if available, 'Dead' if not, 'Dormant' if available but no staff support--> | ||
}}{{For|the category listing the current Wikia wiki sites, and the original Wikicities wiki sites|category: Wikia}} | }}{{For|the category listing the current Wikia wiki sites, and the original Wikicities wiki sites|category: Wikia}} | ||
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[[File:Wikicities wordmark.png|frame|'''Wikicities''' wordmark|alt=]] | [[File:Wikicities wordmark.png|frame|'''Wikicities''' wordmark|alt=]] | ||
'''Wikicities''', located at <tt>Wikicities.com</tt>, was a for-profit commercial [[wiki farm]] founded in October {{tag|Founded in 2004|2004}} by [[Jimmy Wales]] (who previously founded [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], and originally registered the Wikicities.com domain in 2001) and his then new business partner [[Angela Beesley Starling|Angela Beesley]].<ref name=News>[[archive.is:xj7Lt|News – Wikicities]]; ''Wikicities.com''; | '''Wikicities''', located at <tt>Wikicities.com</tt>, was a for-profit {{tag|commercial}} [[wiki farm]] founded in October {{tag|Founded in 2004|2004}} by [[Jimmy Wales]] (who previously founded [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], and originally registered the Wikicities.com domain in 2001) and his then new business partner [[Angela Beesley Starling|Angela Beesley]].<ref name=News>[[archive.is:xj7Lt|News – Wikicities]]; ''Wikicities.com''; 2004; via [[archive.is]] (archived 20 September 2014).</ref> | ||
Wikicities | The first '''Wikicity''' wiki site to be hosted on Wikicities was [[Wikia Answers|Wikianswers]], which launched on 2nd November 2004. On 4 January 2005, Wikicities was hosting fifty wiki sites. On 3 February 2005, its 500th [[user]] had registered, and was hosting one hundred wiki sites. Not all wiki sites hosted on Wikicities were founded on Wikicities -- existing wiki sites independently hosted were tempted to migrate to Wikicities -- with [[Memory Alpha]], a well-established and extensive site about ''Star Trek'' joining Wikicities on 10 February 2005.<ref name=News/> | ||
Wikicities from its foundation was owned by a [[:Category:Wiki company|wiki company]] called {{tag|Wikia}}; Wikicities subsequently changed its operating name to [[Wikia]], and all existing Wikicities wiki sites became a sub-domanin of <tt>Wikia.com</tt>. | |||
==Wikicities== | ==Wikicities== | ||
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Wikicities is a collection of [[WhatIsWiki|wikis]] run by various communities. A Wikicity is an {{Cambridge-Dictionary|informational}} site which anyone can [[edit]]. Every Wikicities wiki site runs on {{tag|Free MediaWiki wiki farm|MediaWiki}}, the same software used on many wikis, including [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]. | Wikicities is a collection of [[WhatIsWiki|wikis]] run by various communities. A Wikicity is an {{Cambridge-Dictionary|informational}} site which anyone can [[edit]]. Every Wikicities wiki site runs on {{tag|Free MediaWiki wiki farm|MediaWiki}}, the same software used on many wikis, including [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]. | ||
You can start a new Wikicity in [[:Category:Wiki language|any language]] today, or help to edit an existing one from the [[archive.is:hntwI|list of Wikicities]]. | You can start a new Wikicity in [[:Category:Wiki language|any language]] today, or help to edit an existing one from the [[archive.is:hntwI|list of Wikicities]].<!--10 Nov 2004--> | ||
Support on both the technical and social aspects of running a [[wiki community]] are provided. | Support on both the technical and social aspects of running a [[wiki community]] are provided. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
<References/> | <References/> | ||
==External links== | |||
*[[Archive.org:20050206005102/www.wikicities.com/wiki/List_of_Wikicities|List of Wikicities]] — at [[Archive.org]] on 6 February 2005 ([[archive.is:BtVQU|alternative archive]] at [[archive.is]]) | |||
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