[WikiEN-l] The Age uses Wikipedia logo for Wikia

[Nick Wilkins]

On 2/13/07, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Not sure how long their front page will show this, but The Age
> newspaper (theage.com.au) is linking to a story about some
> magazine-style wikis at wikia.com with the Wikipedia logo. They do
> clarify the distinction between wikia and Wikipedia, but it's still a
> bit...odd. I wonder what it means...is the Wikipedia logo now
> associated with wikis in general?
>
> Steve



The article does begin with "The people behind Wikipedia bring their
user-driven publishing model..." and does make numerous comparisons (ads,
public confidence, etc.) with Wikipedia.

Not to mention the Wikipedia logo is much more recognizable than the Wikia
one...

-- Jonel