Wikia
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| URL | http://www.wikia.com |
|---|---|
| Type of site | wiki |
| Need an account? | yes |
| Owned by | Jimbo Wales |
| Created by | |
| Date started | 2004 |
| Current status of site | Active |
Wikia is a website where people can make a wiki. Wikia was made in 2004 by Jimmy Wales (the man who made Wikipedia) and Angela Beesley. It used to be called Wikicities, and the name was changed to Wikia on March 27, 2006.
Wikis on Wikia must be about something which lots of people will like, so you can't just make a wiki about yourself. Everything on Wikia must be released under a free license, such as the GNU Free Documentation License or the Creative Commons, just like on Wikipedia. Anybody can change pages on wikis at Wikia, so that no single person "owns" or is "the boss" of a wiki, and so that large communities can be made. The software used is Mediawiki.
