On 1/3/08, Jens Frank jf@mormo.org wrote:
Wikia is a commercial company with no relations to the Wikimedia Foundation or the English Wikipedia. It just happens to be founded by the same person.
It's a bit more than that. From [[Wikia]]:
"Wikia, Inc. has ties in terms of personnel and resources with the Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia and other collaborative projects. Also, key players at Wikia simultaneously serve the Foundation in high-profile capacities — namely, Wales (Chairman Emeritus), Michael E. Davis (Treasurer until December 2007), and Beesley (serves on the Communications Committee of the Foundation and also chairs the Foundation's Advisory Board)."
In practical terms, Wikia also gets quite a few free kicks from Wikipedia, and is often the designated dumping ground for stuff that doesn't fit into Wikipedia.
Steve