On 1/3/08, Jens Frank <jf(a)mormo.org> wrote: 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

Of course not, why would it? and why would you suggest such a thing? On Jan 7, 2008 6:19 PM, Rolf Lampa <rolf.lampa(a)rilnet.com> wrote: -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 --- Note: This e-mail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails sent to this address will probably get lost.

On 1/8/08, Ian A Holton <poeloq(a)gmail.com> wrote: Would such a move benefit Wikipedia? I doubt it. If we had to choose between Jimbo and Angela working on both projects, or working only on Wikia, we would be crazy to choose the latter. Steve

On Jan 7, 2008 7:55 PM, Steve Bennett <stevagewp(a)gmail.com> wrote: In a year or two it probably won't matter anyway, as Wikia won't exist any more.

Use search terms "fair use parody" and see what you get. Nathan On Jan 7, 2008 8:26 PM, Ian A Holton <poeloq(a)gmail.com> wrote:

What really confuses me is not the links between Wikipedia and the SearchWikia, but the lack of them. I think they/we are missing an obvious possibility. When I search wikia for "example", two questions arise: 1) Why is the Wikipedia article on "example" not listed? It is rated third in Google, why not at all by wikia? Even when a type "example wikipedia" I don't get a hit? What on earth? Wikipedia seems to be excluded from most searches - or certainly undervalued. 2) Wikia search invites me to write a short article on "example", and release it under the GNU: We do not have a mini article about "example". Improve the search results for everyone by starting this article! What is point in creating a free content alternative article to the Wikipedia one? Surely the sensible thing would be to link to the Wikipedia/wikitionary article - and if that article is non-existent, invite the searcher to write one for Wikiasearch. That new article, written for Wikiasearch, could then be transposed back into wikipedia or wikitionary (although perhaps through some sort of human filter where a regular wikipedia/wiktionary editor will decide whether it benefits the project). If this was put into effect, it would help both projects. People, never connected previously with wikipedia, would be providing content for us. And free knowledge generally would increase. Doc

Search Wikia was a nonsense see this http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080111.wweb11/BNStory/… I was bit confused when I wrote the first post. Obviously Wikia is seperate from Wikipedia, but I am sure it is one of its biggest benefactors too. I saw a press release the day I saw "the grand opening" and checked the page for news and was shocked that I was already registered and able to edit. I tend to delete cookies after a day or two and hadn't visited Wikia in weeks. I was bit hungover and presumed the interwiki had begun! my bad. wikia can get you a top ten listing on google and I am not suggesting anybody try it as joke. like wikipedia there are vigilent b and sys there. search wikia is going to work on ratings? so no or not a lot of home spun raters going to be out there. is it just going to be a review site or an idea Jimbo sprung up for a bit of media? I'm still very confused. The last time i went there on Special:Wantedpages AltaVista was there with 5 entries. mike On 08/01/2008, geni <geniice(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Is that just a guess, or is Wikia in a financial bind? About Jimbo, that's crazy. There are tons of CEOs that are also on non- profit boards that have similar areas of interest. Jimbo's for-profit companies are what originally helped fund Wikipedia in the first place. For a guy who was so willing to put that money into Wikipedia instead of into his own pockets, I find it hard to believe there is any kind of conflict simply because his latest venture also uses MediaWiki software, or that it is even a viable business strategy. -- Ned Scott On Jan 7, 2008, at 6:21 PM, Anthony wrote:

On Mon, 2008-01-07 at 18:23 -0500, Casey Brown wrote: On the matter raised in the subject line, I was rather disappointed with the release (even if early alpha) of Wikia search. However, possibly this project will take off - depending on the willingness of people to work for free on a -afaik- for-profit project. Ian [[User:Poeloq]]