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'''Wikia''' is a website intended to help people create [[wiki]]s devoted to their particular interests, where they can meet others that share that interest.<ref name=website/> Wikia was founded by [[Jimmy Wales]] in | '''Wikia''' is a website intended to help people create [[wiki]]s devoted to their particular interests, where they can meet others that share that interest.<ref name=website/> Wikia was founded by [[Jimmy Wales]] in 2004 and funded in part by advertising. A problem has been to keep people interested after the initial burst of excitement when their wiki is first created. Only 1% to 2% of these new wikis hang on after the initial rush.<ref name=Guardian/> | ||
Some users of Wikia have had disagreements with management, and an organization to help wikis migrate to other wiki farms has formed.<ref name= farm/> | Some users of Wikia have had disagreements with management, and an organization to help wikis migrate to other wiki farms has formed.<ref name= farm/> | ||
Revision as of 07:26, 18 October 2011
Wikia is a website intended to help people create wikis devoted to their particular interests, where they can meet others that share that interest.[1] Wikia was founded by Jimmy Wales in 2004 and funded in part by advertising. A problem has been to keep people interested after the initial burst of excitement when their wiki is first created. Only 1% to 2% of these new wikis hang on after the initial rush.[2]
Some users of Wikia have had disagreements with management, and an organization to help wikis migrate to other wiki farms has formed.[3]
References
- ↑ The help page for Wikia is found at Welcome to Wikia help!. Wikia. Retrieved on 2011-10-18.
- ↑ These numbers were stated by Wikia's vice president of product Angie Shelton, quoted in Jemima Kiss (November 2010). Jimmy Wales makes Wikia stickier with a social revamp. PDA: The digital content blog. The Guardian. Retrieved on 2011-10-18.
- ↑ Anti-Wikia alliance. Anti-Wikia Alliance. Retrieved on 2011-10-18.