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'''Wikia, Inc.''' is a corporation that profits from ads hosted on content submitted by unpaid yet dedicated fans, particularly fans of videos and media. It was founded by Jimmy Wales (also the founder of [[index.php?title=Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]) and Angela Beesley in 2004. Until 2006, it was known as '''Wikicities'''. Over the course of its existence, many wiki communities left Wikia due to disagreements with Wikia over increases in ad size and changes in webpage design, including Wikifur, Illogicopedia, the Transformers wiki community (which become TFwiki.net), and the WoWWiki community (which became Wowpedia).<sup>[[#cite_note-1|[1]]]</sup> Although Wikia resembled Wikipedia in appearance in its early days, it greatly departed from its roots in order to generate profits from larger and more numerous ad spaces.
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'''Wikia, Inc.''' is a corporation that profits from ads hosted on content submitted by unpaid yet dedicated fans, particularly fans of videos and media. It was founded by Jimmy Wales (also the founder of [[Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]) and Angela Beesley in 2004. Until 2006, it was known as '''Wikicities'''. Over the course of its existence, many wiki communities left Wikia due to disagreements with Wikia over increases in ad size and changes in webpage design, including Wikifur, Illogicopedia, the Transformers wiki community (which become TFwiki.net), and the WoWWiki community (which became Wowpedia).<sup>[[#cite_note-1|[1]]]</sup> Although Wikia resembled Wikipedia in appearance in its early days, it greatly departed from its roots in order to generate profits from larger and more numerous ad spaces.
  
 
Wikia possesses a GamerGate wiki (gamergate.wikia.com) and is home to the Geek Feminism Wiki (geekfeminism.wikia.com). On December 13, 2014, Wikia, which has close ties to Jimmy Wales and Wikipedia, censored gamergate.wikia.com's &quot;Wikipedia&quot; article.
 
Wikia possesses a GamerGate wiki (gamergate.wikia.com) and is home to the Geek Feminism Wiki (geekfeminism.wikia.com). On December 13, 2014, Wikia, which has close ties to Jimmy Wales and Wikipedia, censored gamergate.wikia.com's &quot;Wikipedia&quot; article.
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* [[#References|6 References]]
 
* [[#References|6 References]]
  
== GamerGate.Wikia.com[[[index.php?title=Wikia&action=edit&section=1|edit]]] ==
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== GamerGate.Wikia.com[[[Wikia&action=edit&section=1|edit]]] ==
  
GamerGate.Wikia.com was created by &quot;Snowfox413&quot; on September 1, 2014.<sup>[[#cite_note-2|[2]]]</sup> Snowfox413 created an article entitled &quot;Wikipedia&quot; (a copy of which can be found [[index.php?title=Wikipedia|here]]).
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GamerGate.Wikia.com was created by &quot;Snowfox413&quot; on September 1, 2014.<sup>[[#cite_note-2|[2]]]</sup> Snowfox413 created an article entitled &quot;Wikipedia&quot; (a copy of which can be found [[Wikipedia|here]]).
  
 
On November 12, 2014, Jimmy Wales started the &quot;Proposed Wikipedia Entry&quot; and advertised it via Twitter:
 
On November 12, 2014, Jimmy Wales started the &quot;Proposed Wikipedia Entry&quot; and advertised it via Twitter:
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In the end, Jimbo and his &quot;Proposed Wikipedia Entry&quot; hardly made a difference in how Wikipedia documented GamerGate, but it did draw attention and new editors to GamerGate.Wikia.com for around a month or so.
 
In the end, Jimbo and his &quot;Proposed Wikipedia Entry&quot; hardly made a difference in how Wikipedia documented GamerGate, but it did draw attention and new editors to GamerGate.Wikia.com for around a month or so.
  
== Censorship and Wikipedia favoritism[[[index.php?title=Wikia&action=edit&section=2|edit]]] ==
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== Censorship and Wikipedia favoritism[[[Wikia&action=edit&section=2|edit]]] ==
  
 
On December 8, 2014, a Wikipedian asked Jimbo to ask Wikia to censor GamerGate.Wikia.com's &quot;Wikipedia&quot; article, which was called a &quot;shitlist&quot;.<sup>[[#cite_note-4|[4]]][[#cite_note-5|[5]]]</sup> Jimbo didn't seem to notice this suggestion, but on December 11, another Wikipedian resurrected the discussion, leading to Jimbo saying on 13 December that he contacted Wikia staff about the page.<sup>[[#cite_note-6|[6]]][[#cite_note-7|[7]]]</sup> Also on December 13, a Wikia asked the monitors of Wikia's Community Management board to delete the article, declaring it an &quot;attack page.&quot; They were advised to approach Wikia's Volunteer Spam Task Force for help.<sup>[[#cite_note-8|[8]]]</sup> Shortly after they asked the VSTF to delete GamerGate.Wikia.com's &quot;Wikipedia&quot; page.<sup>[[#cite_note-9|[9]]][[#cite_note-10|[10]]]</sup>
 
On December 8, 2014, a Wikipedian asked Jimbo to ask Wikia to censor GamerGate.Wikia.com's &quot;Wikipedia&quot; article, which was called a &quot;shitlist&quot;.<sup>[[#cite_note-4|[4]]][[#cite_note-5|[5]]]</sup> Jimbo didn't seem to notice this suggestion, but on December 11, another Wikipedian resurrected the discussion, leading to Jimbo saying on 13 December that he contacted Wikia staff about the page.<sup>[[#cite_note-6|[6]]][[#cite_note-7|[7]]]</sup> Also on December 13, a Wikia asked the monitors of Wikia's Community Management board to delete the article, declaring it an &quot;attack page.&quot; They were advised to approach Wikia's Volunteer Spam Task Force for help.<sup>[[#cite_note-8|[8]]]</sup> Shortly after they asked the VSTF to delete GamerGate.Wikia.com's &quot;Wikipedia&quot; page.<sup>[[#cite_note-9|[9]]][[#cite_note-10|[10]]]</sup>
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On the same day, a Redditor published a private e-mail from Jimbo that reveals Jimbo's strong feelings on GamerGate. Jimbo called people who investigate corruption in journalism and publish their findings online &quot;vicious assholes&quot; and questioned the decentralized, leaderless approach of GamerGate.<sup>[[#cite_note-19|[19]]]</sup> The email was confirmed by Jimbo on his talk page.<sup>[[#cite_note-20|[20]]][[#cite_note-21|[21]]]</sup>
 
On the same day, a Redditor published a private e-mail from Jimbo that reveals Jimbo's strong feelings on GamerGate. Jimbo called people who investigate corruption in journalism and publish their findings online &quot;vicious assholes&quot; and questioned the decentralized, leaderless approach of GamerGate.<sup>[[#cite_note-19|[19]]]</sup> The email was confirmed by Jimbo on his talk page.<sup>[[#cite_note-20|[20]]][[#cite_note-21|[21]]]</sup>
  
== Alternatives to Wikia and their GamerGate wiki[[[index.php?title=Wikia&action=edit&section=3|edit]]] ==
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Wikia is not the only wiki farm. Alternatives to Wikia include:
 
Wikia is not the only wiki farm. Alternatives to Wikia include:
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If you are viewing this article, then you probably know that GamerGate.Wikia.com is not the only GamerGate wiki out there, and unlike Wikia, Wiki.GamerGate.me will not delete content to spare the feelings of a few Wikipedians.
 
If you are viewing this article, then you probably know that GamerGate.Wikia.com is not the only GamerGate wiki out there, and unlike Wikia, Wiki.GamerGate.me will not delete content to spare the feelings of a few Wikipedians.
  
== See also[[[index.php?title=Wikia&action=edit&section=4|edit]]] ==
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* [https://archive.today/PiWTy Archive of the page prior to its deletion]
 
* [https://archive.today/PiWTy Archive of the page prior to its deletion]
  
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* [http://www.themarysue.com/jimmy-wales-not-taking-gamergate-crap/ Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales Isn’t Taking Any of Gamergate’s Threats, Tells Them Off Spectacularly | The Mary Sue] (anti-GamerGate piece)
 
* [http://www.themarysue.com/jimmy-wales-not-taking-gamergate-crap/ Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales Isn’t Taking Any of Gamergate’s Threats, Tells Them Off Spectacularly | The Mary Sue] (anti-GamerGate piece)
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* [https://encyclopediadramatica.se/Wikia Encyclopedia Dramatica's entry on &quot;Wikia&quot;] (NSFW)
 
* [https://encyclopediadramatica.se/Wikia Encyclopedia Dramatica's entry on &quot;Wikia&quot;] (NSFW)
  
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[[#cite_ref-21|↑]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales/Archive_179#Gamergate Jimbo Wales talk page archive]</li></ol>
  
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Wikia, Inc. is a corporation that profits from ads hosted on content submitted by unpaid yet dedicated fans, particularly fans of videos and media. It was founded by Jimmy Wales (also the founder of Wikipedia) and Angela Beesley in 2004. Until 2006, it was known as Wikicities. Over the course of its existence, many wiki communities left Wikia due to disagreements with Wikia over increases in ad size and changes in webpage design, including Wikifur, Illogicopedia, the Transformers wiki community (which become TFwiki.net), and the WoWWiki community (which became Wowpedia).[1] Although Wikia resembled Wikipedia in appearance in its early days, it greatly departed from its roots in order to generate profits from larger and more numerous ad spaces.

Wikia possesses a GamerGate wiki (gamergate.wikia.com) and is home to the Geek Feminism Wiki (geekfeminism.wikia.com). On December 13, 2014, Wikia, which has close ties to Jimmy Wales and Wikipedia, censored gamergate.wikia.com's "Wikipedia" article.

Contents

GamerGate.Wikia.com[[[Wikia&action=edit&section=1|edit]]]

GamerGate.Wikia.com was created by "Snowfox413" on September 1, 2014.[2] Snowfox413 created an article entitled "Wikipedia" (a copy of which can be found here).

On November 12, 2014, Jimmy Wales started the "Proposed Wikipedia Entry" and advertised it via Twitter:

I have an idea for pro #gamergate folks of good will. Go to http://gamergate.wikia.com/Proposed_Wikipedia_Entry and write what you think is an appropriate article.
— Jimmy Wales[3]

In the end, Jimbo and his "Proposed Wikipedia Entry" hardly made a difference in how Wikipedia documented GamerGate, but it did draw attention and new editors to GamerGate.Wikia.com for around a month or so.

Censorship and Wikipedia favoritism[[[Wikia&action=edit&section=2|edit]]]

On December 8, 2014, a Wikipedian asked Jimbo to ask Wikia to censor GamerGate.Wikia.com's "Wikipedia" article, which was called a "shitlist".[4][5] Jimbo didn't seem to notice this suggestion, but on December 11, another Wikipedian resurrected the discussion, leading to Jimbo saying on 13 December that he contacted Wikia staff about the page.[6][7] Also on December 13, a Wikia asked the monitors of Wikia's Community Management board to delete the article, declaring it an "attack page." They were advised to approach Wikia's Volunteer Spam Task Force for help.[8] Shortly after they asked the VSTF to delete GamerGate.Wikia.com's "Wikipedia" page.[9][10]

Shortly after, "Dragon_Rainbow" of the VSTF deleted the page without consulting its authors or the GamerGate.Wikia.com community at large,[11] and on the next day, Wikia staff member "DaNASCAT" protected the page in order to prevent recreation.[12] A few days later, on December 17, Dragon_Rainbow also deleted the discussion page for the Wikipedia article.[13] Jimbo revealed that although he had sent a message to Wikia's support team, the page was deleted before his inquiry was seen.[14] When Twitter users asked Jimbo to explain Wikia's actions, Jimbo defended Wikia and the deletion, questioned GamerGate's commitment to ethics in journalism.[15][16][17]

On December 18, Wikia staff member DaNASCAT published a public response to concerns raised by GamerGate.Wikia.com users:

Hello,

The Wikipedia page violated our w:Terms of Use. Our Terms of Use states that you may not use our service to "Abuse, harass, threaten or intimidate other Wikia users" and that you may not "Post or transmit any content that is .... profane, or otherwise violates any law or right of any third party, or content that contains homophobia, ethnic slurs, religious intolerance, or encourages criminal conduct."

Reviewing the list in question a number of representatives for Wikia confirmed, myself included, that the list, while having some "canon"-esque material, mainly encouraged harassment and intimidation of a number of Wikipedia users based upon how they handled the Gamergate page on Wikipedia.

Wikia does not tolerate content that compromises the online or offline safety of users, regardless of the topic or the reporter. For instance, I myself routinely delete content that stems from off-Wikia forums in which someone banned on that forum starts a wikia more or less to spread hate speech about those forum mods.

Due to the high traffic and history of no admin intervention on the issue, I ultimately decided to prevent it from easy re-creation. Any further questions may be directed to Wikia at Special:Contact.
— DaNASCAT[18]

On the same day, a Redditor published a private e-mail from Jimbo that reveals Jimbo's strong feelings on GamerGate. Jimbo called people who investigate corruption in journalism and publish their findings online "vicious assholes" and questioned the decentralized, leaderless approach of GamerGate.[19] The email was confirmed by Jimbo on his talk page.[20][21]

Alternatives to Wikia and their GamerGate wiki[[[Wikia&action=edit&section=3|edit]]]

Wikia is not the only wiki farm. Alternatives to Wikia include:

If you are viewing this article, then you probably know that GamerGate.Wikia.com is not the only GamerGate wiki out there, and unlike Wikia, Wiki.GamerGate.me will not delete content to spare the feelings of a few Wikipedians.

See also[[[Wikia&action=edit&section=4|edit]]]

External links[[[Wikia&action=edit&section=5|edit]]]

References[[[Wikia&action=edit&section=6|edit]]]


  1. Moved wikis - Anti-Wikia Alliance

  2. User contributions for Snowfox413 - Gamergate / Quinnspiracy Wiki

  3. Jimmy Wales twitter - 12 November 2014

  4. Jimbo Wales talk page edit - 8 December, 2014

  5. Jimbo Wales talk page archive

  6. Jimbo Wales talk page edit - 11 December, 2014

  7. Jimbo Wales talk page archive

  8. A wiki being used as an attack page for Wikipedia - Wikia Community Central

  9. VSTF vandalism report edit - 13 December, 2014

  10. VSTF vandalism report page history - 15 December, 2014

  11. gamergate.wikia.com "Wikipedia" deletion log

  12. gamergate.wikia.com "Wikipedia" protection log

  13. gamergate.wikia.com "Wikipedia" talk page deletion log

  14. Jimbo Wales talk page edit - 14 December, 2014

  15. Jimmy Wales twitter - 11:48 17 December 2014

  16. Jimmy Wales twitter - 11:56 17 Decemer 2014

  17. Jimmy Wales twitter - 4:00 17 December, 2014

  18. gamergate.wikia.com - Dragon Rainbow talk page

  19. KotakuInAction - So I decided to email Jimbo...

  20. Jimbo Wales talk page edit - 22 December, 2014

  21. Jimbo Wales talk page archive

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