On 1/3/08, Jens Frank <jf(a)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