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The Wikia Community Team are members of the Wikia Staff who help to support and grow all of our wiki communities. We work on a variety of projects and are who you can turn to with questions or concerns. Meet the members of the team below!
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The Wikia Community Team are members of the Wikia Staff who help to support and grow all of our communities. We work on a variety of projects and are who you can turn to with questions or concerns. Meet the members of the team below!
   
 
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The '''Community Team''' are Wikia staff members who can help with any issues on any [[Wikia]] site.
 
The '''Community Team''' are Wikia staff members who can help with any issues on any [[Wikia]] site.
   
Contact us using [[Special:Contact]] and let us know how we can help you with your wiki and community.
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Contact us using [[Special:Contact]] and let us know how we can help you with your wikia and community.
   
 
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|valign="top"|[[File:JenBurton.png|100px|Jen Burton]]||<span style="font-size:150%">'''Jen'''</span><span style="font-size:125%"><br />''[[w:User:Jenburton|User:Jenburton]]''</span>
 
|valign="top"|[[File:JenBurton.png|100px|Jen Burton]]||<span style="font-size:150%">'''Jen'''</span><span style="font-size:125%"><br />''[[w:User:Jenburton|User:Jenburton]]''</span>
 
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|colspan="2"| '''[[w:User:Jenburton|Jen Burton]]''' is Wikia's VP, Community Support and will help our Community Support team as we work to support all of Wikia’s community members -- editors, founders, admins, readers, and visitors. She occasionally posts amazing photos of her dog Falkor at [http://Falkor.me Falkor.me].
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|colspan="2"| '''[[w:User:Jenburton|Jen Burton]]''' is Wikia's VP, Community works to ensure our Community organization support all of Wikia’s community members -- editors, founders, admins, readers, and visitors. She occasionally posts amazing photos of her dog Falkor at [http://Falkor.me Falkor.me].
 
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|valign="top"|[[Image:Sannse.png|100px|Sannse]]||<span style="font-size:150%">'''Sannse'''</span><span style="font-size:125%"><br />''[[w:User:Sannse|User:Sannse]]''</span>
 
|valign="top"|[[Image:Sannse.png|100px|Sannse]]||<span style="font-size:150%">'''Sannse'''</span><span style="font-size:125%"><br />''[[w:User:Sannse|User:Sannse]]''</span>
 
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|colspan="2"| '''[[w:User:Sannse|Sannse Carter]]''' is the longest-standing member of the Community Support Team at Wikia. One of her passions (aside from wikis, of course) is making jewelry. She's collected hundreds of different beads, with lava stone among her favorites. You can find her hanging out on [[w:|Community Central]] and visiting the amazing variety of wikis across Wikia. Feel free to say hello, and let her know what your favorite type of jewelry is -- she loves seeing new designs!
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|colspan="2"| '''[[w:User:Sannse|Sannse Carter]]''' is the longest-standing member of the Community Support Team at Wikia. One of her passions (aside from wikias, of course) is making jewelry. She's collected hundreds of different beads, with lava stone among her favorites. You can find her hanging out on [[w:|Community Central]] and visiting the amazing variety of communities across Wikia. Feel free to say hello, and let her know what your favorite type of jewelry is -- she loves seeing new designs!
 
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|valign="top"|[[Image:TimQKatahdin.png|"Timmy Quivy"|100px]]||<span style="font-size:150%">'''Tim Quievryn'''</span><span style="font-size:125%"><br />''[[w:User:daNASCAT|User:daNASCAT]]''</span>
 
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|colspan="2"| '''[[w:User:daNASCAT|Tim Quievryn]]''', commonly known as "Q", has been editing wikis since 2004 and been working here at Wikia since mid-2009. Stock car racing, photography, and hiking are his main hobbies, but he loves staying to learn a little bit about the topic of each wiki he helps out. Seek him out via [[Special:Contact|email support]], [[w:User talk:daNASCAT|talk page]], or [http://c.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Chat?useskin=wikia Community Central Chat]. He'll be glad to talk to you!
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|colspan="2"| '''[[w:User:daNASCAT|Tim Quievryn]]''', commonly known as "Q", has been editing wikis since 2004 and been working here at Wikia since mid-2009. Stock car racing, photography, and hiking are his main hobbies, but he loves staying to learn a little bit about the topic of each wikia he helps out. Seek him out via [[Special:Contact|email support]], [[w:User talk:daNASCAT|talk page]], or [http://c.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Chat?useskin=wikia Community Central Chat]. He'll be glad to talk to you!
 
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|valign="top"|[[File:Luis.jpg|x110px|Luis]]||<span style="font-size:150%">'''Luis'''</span><span style="font-size:125%"><br />''[[w:User:Mighty No. 9|User:Mighty No. 9]]''</span>
 
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|colspan="2"| '''[[w:User:Mighty No. 9|Luis]]''' is a a huge Soccer fan! He loves the FIFA series and likes spending time editing the [[w:c:fifa14|FIFA 14 wiki]]. After completing his military service, Luis spent many years working in the Video Game industry and absolutely loves video games. He had the pleasure of working on some really popular titles such as the Naruto, One Piece, Tales, SoulCalibur, Tekken, and Ace Combat series. He is also a huge fan of other sports, comics, movies, tv, and board games.
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|colspan="2"| '''[[w:User:Mighty No. 9|Luis]]''' is a a huge Soccer fan! He loves the FIFA series and likes spending time editing the [[w:c:fifa14|FIFA 14 community]]. After completing his military service, Luis spent many years working in the Video Game industry and absolutely loves video games. He had the pleasure of working on some really popular titles such as the Naruto, One Piece, Tales, SoulCalibur, Tekken, and Ace Combat series. He is also a huge fan of other sports, comics, movies, tv, and board games.
 
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|valign="top"|[[File:BrandonWikiaImage.jpg|100px]]||<span style="font-size:150%">'''Brandon'''</span><span style="font-size:125%"><br />''[[w:User:Brandon Rhea|User:Brandon Rhea]]''</span>
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|colspan="2"|'''[[w:User:Brandon Rhea|Brandon]]''' spends most of his time at Wikia helping users through community support, as well as working with adoption requests and other issues users need help with. In his free time, he is a Bureaucrat on the [[w:c:swfanon|''Star Wars'' Fanon wiki]], an awesome repository for fan-made ''Star Wars'' stories, and he's also building the [[w:c:alternativesaga|Alternative ''Star Wars'' Saga wiki]] to chronicle his own fan fiction. He's also involved with the Boy Scouts of America. If you need any help, feel free to let him know!
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|colspan="2"|'''[[w:User:Brandon Rhea|Brandon]]''' has been a Wikia user since 2006 and a member of Wikia Staff since 2010. He is a Senior Community Manager and focuses on user engagement, which includes working with programs like [[w:c:www:Stars|Wikia Stars]]. He is also the founder of [[w:c:starwars|''Star Wars'' Fanpedia]], a ''Star Wars'' news wikia, and an administrator on [[w:c:swfanon|''Star Wars'' Fanon]]. In case it wasn't clear, he's a pretty big ''Star Wars'' fan. Feel free to [[Message Wall:Brandon Rhea|leave him a message]]!
 
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|valign="top"|[[File:Bola-comic.png|100px|Antonio]]||<span style="font-size:150%">'''Antonio R.'''</span><span style="font-size:125%"><br />''[[w:User:Bola|User:Bola]]''</span>
 
|valign="top"|[[File:Bola-comic.png|100px|Antonio]]||<span style="font-size:150%">'''Antonio R.'''</span><span style="font-size:125%"><br />''[[w:User:Bola|User:Bola]]''</span>
 
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|colspan="2"| '''[[w:User:Bola|Antonio]]''' is focused in the Spanish communities. He's from Spain, and loves contributing to our [[w:c:videojuego|Spanish Gaming]] and [[w:c:es.entertainment|Entertainment wikis]] -- especially GTA wiki. If you need help in Spanish, he's your guy. He helps new wikis grow, and you can find him on [[w:c:es|Spanish Wikia Central]], or on any Spanish wiki. Stop by and say hola!
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|colspan="2"| '''[[w:User:Bola|Antonio]]''' is focused in the Spanish communities. He's from Spain, and loves contributing to our [[w:c:videojuego|Spanish Gaming]] and [[w:c:es.entertainment|Entertainment wikias]] -- especially GTA Wiki. If you need help in Spanish, he's your guy. He helps new wikias grow, and you can find him on [[w:c:es|Spanish Wikia Central]], or on any Spanish wikia. Stop by and say hola!
 
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|valign="top"|[[File:Kirkburn-GoApe.jpg|100px|Kirkburn]]||<span style="font-size:150%">'''Kirkburn'''</span><span style="font-size:125%"><br />''[[w:User:Kirkburn|User:Kirkburn]]''</span>
 
|valign="top"|[[File:Kirkburn-GoApe.jpg|100px|Kirkburn]]||<span style="font-size:150%">'''Kirkburn'''</span><span style="font-size:125%"><br />''[[w:User:Kirkburn|User:Kirkburn]]''</span>
 
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|colspan="2"| '''[[w:User:Kirkburn|Kirkburn]]''', sometimes known as George, joined the Community Support team in late 2012, having been a product manager at Wikia for several years. Kirkburn is ''not'' a recovering WoW-addict - indeed, he has not stopped playing since launch day in 2005, and it was joining WoWWiki a year later that got him into wikis. (He does play other games too.) He trained as a Civil Engineer, but is not going to make any jokes about 'building bridges with the community' here.
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|colspan="2"| '''[[w:User:Kirkburn|Kirkburn]]''', sometimes known as George, joined the Community Support team in late 2012, having been a product manager at Wikia for several years. Kirkburn is ''not'' a recovering WoW-addict - indeed, he has not stopped playing since launch day in 2005, and it was joining WoWWiki a year later that got him into wikias. (He does play other games too.) He trained as a Civil Engineer, but is not going to make any jokes about 'building bridges with the community' here.
 
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|valign="top"|[[Image:Mira_copy.jpg|100px|Mira84]]||<span style="font-size:150%">'''Mira84'''</span><span style="font-size:125%"><br />''[[w:User:Mira84|User:Mira84]]''</span>
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|valign="top"|[[Image:Ducksoup.jpg|100px|Ducksoup]]||<span style="font-size:150%">'''Andrew'''</span><span style="font-size:125%"><br />''[[w:User:Ducksoup|User:Ducksoup]]''</span>
 
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|colspan="2"| '''[[w:User:Mira84|Mira]]''' is focused on our German and International communities. Mira's background is gaming so he is excited to be contributing to his favorite game wikis. Besides gaming, he is a sport fanatic, so if you like Basketball or play NBA2k12/13 make sure to let him know!
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|colspan="2"| '''[[w:User:Ducksoup|Andrew]]''' is Wikia's Technical Community Manager. You have questions about new features and anything under the hood, ask him first. Originally from Chico, CA, Andrew's a sports fan, a proud UC Santa Barbara alum, and a Star Trek nerd. He has a bad habit of deciding to walk when it would make much more sense to drive.
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|style="text-align:center;width:150px;height:120px"|[[File:Lucho.jpg|100px|Lucho]]
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|align="center"|<span style="font-size: 150%">'''Lucho'''</span><br /><span style="font-size: 115%">''[[w:User:Luchofigo85|User:Luchofigo85]]''</span>
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|colspan="2"| '''[[w:User:Luchofigo85|Lucho]]''' is focused in both English and Spanish communities. Lucho is really excited to explore more the Wikia gaming communities since he used to work as part of the Community Support team for a video game publisher. He likes to explore new restaurantes to satisfy his palate and enjoys organizing things!
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|style="text-align:center;width:150px;height:120px"|[[File:Nick_1.jpg|100px|Nick]]||<span style="font-size:150%">'''Nick Friedland'''</span><span style="font-size:125%"><br />''[[w:User:Hotsoup.6891|User:Hotsoup.6891]]''</span>
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|colspan="2"| '''[[w:User:Hotsoup.6891|Nick Friedland]]''', also known as #Friedland or just 'Hashtag', celebrated his 1 year anniversary at Wikia in January of 2014. He recently transitioned from Spanish Community Development to English Community Support Manager. He is known for dressing exceptionally well, and having a calm, cool sensibility about him. His hobbies include language learning, camping and outdoor adventures, cooking, reading, and otherwise enjoying life in all of it's multifaceted glory.
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|valign="top"|[[File:Senapic.jpeg|100px|Sena]]||<span style="font-size:150%">'''Sena'''</span><span style="font-size:125%"><br />''[[w:User:Xean|User:Xean]]''</span>
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|valign="top"|[[File:Michael_Cooksey.jpg|100px|Michael]]||<span style="font-size:125%"><span style="font-size:21px;">'''Michael'''</span><br />[http://community.wikia.com/wiki/User:Cooksey.michael User:Cooksey.michael] </span>
 
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|colspan="2"|'''[[w:User:Cooksey.michael|Michael]]''' is the Director of Community Development, and has been with Wikia since May of 2013. Michael is a classical music fanatic, avid hiker and wannabe foodie, who can frequently be found lurking around the Lifestyles communities, searching for new recipes. 
|colspan="2"| '''[[w:User:Xean|Sena]]''' has been with Wikia for 3 years. She got the job mostly because when they asked what TV shows, movies, and books she liked, the email she sent back was so long it impressed them with its insane amounts of geekdom. She's also a writer whose book has its own wiki [[w:c:huntingbook|here]].
 
 
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|valign="top"|[[File:JoePlay.jpeg|100px|Joe]]||<span style="font-size:150%">'''Joe'''</span><span style="font-size:125%"><br />''[[w:User:JoePlay|User:JoePlay]]''</span>
 
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|colspan="2"| Before joining Wikia in 2007, '''[[w:User:JoePlay|Joe]]''' built and managed video game fansites while working in the retail industry. He also owned and operated a small retail business for a short time. These days, he is responsible for monitoring and fulfilling [[Community Central:Community Development Team/Requests|requests for help]] from wiki admins.
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|colspan="2"| Before joining Wikia in 2007, '''[[w:User:JoePlay|Joe]]''' built and managed video game fansites while working in the retail industry. He also owned and operated a small retail business for a short time. These days, he is responsible for monitoring and fulfilling [[Community Central:Community Development Team/Requests|requests for help]] from wikia admins.
 
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|colspan="2"| '''[[w:User:XD1|Scott Abbott]]''', commonly know to staff as "Abbott" or "bot-bot," joined the Community Development team in March of 2010 after being discovered grammar-policing by [[w:User:Xean|Sena Hineline]] (then, Roth). Originally from California's central coast, and now hailing from central Oregon, unlike [[w:User:Kirkburn|Kirkburn]] Abbott ''is'' a recovering WoW-addict, having played WoW off and on (currently off - for good?) for a total of about 5 years. He has been computer gaming since 1979, has been online since 1987, and online gaming since 1988 (Air Warrior). Raised on Apple and Macintosh, Abbott is now the only member of his family who is a "PC." Having family near SF means fairly regular trips to the SF office, usually around the holidays.
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|colspan="2"| '''[[w:User:XD1|Scott Abbott]]''', commonly know to staff as "Abbott," joined the Community Development team in March of 2010 after being discovered grammar-policing by [[w:User:Xean|Sena Hineline]] (then, Roth). Originally from California's central coast, and now hailing from central Oregon, he has been computer gaming since 1979 ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II_series Apple II+]), has been online since 1987 ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEnie GEnie]), and online gaming since 1988 ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Warrior Air Warrior]). Raised on Apple and Macintosh, Abbott is now the only member of his family who is a "PC."
*Favorite hobby: quad-line stunt kiting.
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*Favorite hobby: [http://www.youtube.com/user/revkites quad-line stunt kiting]
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*Favorite beer: [http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/63/197 Obsidian Stout] ([http://www.deschutesbrewery.com/ Deschutes Brewery])
 
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|valign="top"|[[File:MarkvA.jpeg|100px|Mark]]||<span style="font-size:150%">'''Mark van Alphen'''</span><span style="font-size:125%"><br />''[[w:User:MarkvA|User:MarkvA]]''</span>
 
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|colspan="2"|'''[[w:User:MarkvA|Mark]]''' joined Wikia's Community Development Team in December 2009, after having edited various wikis the year before that. Mark's especially interested in western role-playing games, as well as stealth-focused action games. Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, Hitman and Splinter Cell are among his favorite games. If you'd like to get in touch with him, feel free to [[Special:EmailUser/MarkvA|e-mail him]] or [[User talk:MarkvA|leave a message on his wall]].
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|colspan="2"|'''[[w:User:MarkvA|Mark]]''' joined Wikia's Community Development Team in December 2009, after having edited various wikias the year before that. Mark's especially interested in western role-playing games, as well as stealth-focused action games. Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, Hitman and Splinter Cell are among his favorite games. If you'd like to get in touch with him, feel free to [[Special:EmailUser/MarkvA|e-mail him]] or [[User talk:MarkvA|leave a message on his wall]].
 
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|colspan="2"|'''[[w:User:JAlbor|Jorge Albor]]''' joined Wikia in March of 2012, but he's been writing and podcasting about video games for many years. He studied games in college too. Frankly, it's freakish how much time he spends engaging with entertainment. No wonder he works on video game wikis.
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|colspan="2"|'''[[w:User:JAlbor|Jorge Albor]]''' joined Wikia in March of 2012, but he's been writing and podcasting about video games for many years. He studied games in college too. Frankly, it's freakish how much time he spends engaging with entertainment. No wonder he works on video game wikias.
 
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| colspan="2" | '''[[central:User:Matt_Hadick|Matt]] '''joined Wikia in 2013 and currently helps develop video game communities. He has been playing games since he was a kid and enjoys thinking, writing, and dreaming about all things gaming. He plays [http://ancur.wikia.com/wiki/Project_ANCUR_Wiki Netrunner] with [[w:User:JAlbor|Jorge]], makes a ton of [https://soundcloud.com/colorplanet video game music], and wants only to finally get his hands on The Last Guardian. His favorite game of all time is probably The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Or the original Metroid Prime. Or Ico. Or Rez. Or maybe Ikaruga. Wait, it's definitely Katamari Damacy. Actually, no, it's Earthbound. In addition to games, Matt likes weird music, science fiction, and riding his bike.'' (Note: He is infinitely better than Mike Grimm and Miguel Lopez at video games.)''
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|colspan="2"| '''[[w:User:Hotsoup.6891|Nick Friedland]]''' Also known to some as "Tin Tin" has been at Wikia for almost a year, and works as a Hispanic Community Development Associate. He is known for dressing exceptionally well, and having a calm, cool sensibility about him. His hobbies include Translating, Interpreting, Spanish, and not having time for additional hobbies.
 
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'''Nick Friedland''' también conocido como "Tin Tin" ha sido miembro de Wikia por casi un año, y trabaja como socio del equipo del desarrollo de la comunidad hispana. Se le conoce por vestirse excepcionalmente bien, y por tener una personalidad sereno y onda. Entre sus pasatiempos se incluyen traduciendo, Español, y el no tener más tiempo para pasatiempos adicionales.
 
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|colspan="2"| '''[[w:User:Asnow89|Ariana Snow]]''' joined Wikia's Community Development team in April 2013 as the Food & Drink representative. As you might be able to tell from her job title, she has a passion for food- whether it be baking pies at home, going out to her favorite neighborhood pizzeria, or browsing dozens of food blogs daily (her favorite is Smitten Kitchen). Aside from food, Ariana enjoys watching shows like Game of Thrones, True Blood, and The Mindy Project.
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|colspan="2"| '''[[w:User:Pseudobread|Michael]]''' joined Wikia in 2013, and is currently helping out with the Gaming side of things. This makes sense since he's a hopelessly addicted gamer who's been playing and writing about games as far back as he can recall. He loves music, automobiles/motorcycles, Earthbound, Dark Souls, and dark liquors. Enjoys making people laugh and disseminating funny links amongst the world.
 
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|valign="top"|[[File:Wagnike.jpeg|100px|Nic]]||<span style="font-size:150%">'''Nic Wagner'''</span><span style="font-size:125%"><br />''[[w:User:Wagnike2|User:Wagnike2]]''</span>
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|valign="top"|[[File:21e93a6.jpg|100px|Chen Shen]]||<span style="font-size:150%">'''Chen Shen'''</span><span style="font-size:125%"><br />''[[w:User:Cal-Boy|User:Cal-Boy]]''</span>
 
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|colspan="2"|'''[[w:User:Cal-Boy|Chen]]''' just recently joined Wikia (July, 2013) and works as a Chinese Community Development Associate. He was born in northern China and immigrated to the U.S. in 2008. Before joining Wikia, he worked in TV and fashion industry for a few years and then switched to digital media. When he is not at work, he loves art and likes creating stuff with wires and clay. He also loves coffee, tea and all kinds of desserts.
|colspan="2"| '''[[w:User:Wagnike2|Nic Wagner]]'''
 
 
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|valign="top"|[[File:Ariana-snow.jpg |100px|Ariana]]||<span style="font-size:150%">'''Ariana Snow'''</span><span style="font-size:125%"><br />''[[w:User:Asnow89|User:Asnow89]]''</span>
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|colspan="2"| '''[[w:User:Macherie_ana|Ana]]''' joined Wikia (November 2013) as a Portuguese Community Development Associate. She was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and moved to San Francisco in 2009. In her free time, she loves to take pictures and cook.
|colspan="2"| '''[[w:User:Asnow89|Ariana Snow]]''' joined Wikia's Community Development team in April 2013 as the Food & Drink representative. As you might be able to tell from her job title, she has a passion for food- whether it be baking pies at home, going out to her favorite neighborhood pizzeria, or browsing dozens of food blogs daily (her favorite is Smitten Kitchen). Aside from food, Ariana enjoys watching shows like Game of Thrones, True Blood, and The Mindy Project.
 
 
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|valign="top"|[[File:Michael_Grimm.jpg|100px|Michael]]||<span style="font-size:150%">'''Michael Grimm'''</span><span style="font-size:125%"><br />''[[w:User:Pseudobread|User:Pseudobread]]''</span>
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|colspan="2"| '''[[w:User:Knakveey|Nico]]''' started off his career at Wikia as an IT Assistant and quickly jumped at the opportunity to work with video games. He enjoys all types of games, but mostly sticks to the PC platform. Some of his current favorites are DOTA 2, CIV 5, and Path of Exile. When he's not playing games, he enjoys rock climbing, watching sports and tinkering with his motorcycle. Feel free to add him on [http://steamcommunity.com/id/byalamb Steam] to play some games!
|colspan="2"| '''[[w:User:Pseudobread|Michael]]''' has just recently joined Wikia (April 2013), and is currently helping out with the Gaming side of things. This makes sense since he's a hopelessly addicted gamer who's been playing and writing about games as far back as he can recall. He loves music, automobiles/motorcycles, Earthbound, Dark Souls, and dark liquors. Enjoys making people laugh and disseminating funny links amongst the world.
 
 
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|valign="top"|[[File:Matt.jpg|100px|Matt]]||<span style="font-size:150%">'''Matt Hadick'''</span><span style="font-size:125%"><br />''[[w:User:Mhadick|User:Mhadick]]''</span>
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|colspan="2"| Before there was a '''[[w:User:CzechOut|CzechOut]]''', there was just some anonymous guy editing Wikia back when it was WikiCities. So he's been around for the whole Wikia story, but only started working here in 2014. When not undercover on some secret Special Operations project, he can usually be found feeding a life-long ''[[tardis:Doctor Who|Doctor Who]]'' obsession at [[w:c:tardis|Tardis]], internally debating whether he better likes Irish whiskey or a good single malt, getting lost in a new city, or digging deep into the latest Apple<sup>®</sup> product.
|colspan="2"| '''[[w:User:Mhadick|Matt]]''' joined Wikia in the end of April 2013 to help with entertainment wikis. He can't help but devour movies, television, and comic books, with an extra special place in his heart for all things science fiction. He's also a rabid Simpsons and Futurama fan. Aside from entertainment-oriented things, Matt loves games, music, coffee, and pizza.
 
 
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|valign="top"|[[File:21e93a6.jpg|100px|Chen Shen]]||<span style="font-size:150%">'''Chen Shen'''</span><span style="font-size:125%"><br />''[[w:User:Cal-Boy|User:Cal-Boy]]''</span>
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|colspan="2"| '''[[w:User:Cal-Boy|Chen]]''' just recently joined Wikia (July, 2013) and works as a Chinese Community Development Associate. He was born in northern China and immigrated to the U.S. in 2008. Before joining Wikia, he worked in TV and fashion industry for a few years and then switched to digital media. When he is not at work, he loves art and likes creating stuff with wires and clay. He also loves coffee, tea and all kinds of desserts.
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|colspan="2"| Gretchen joined the Community Development Team in August, 2014 to focus on Spanish communities. She was born in Cuba and has lived in Venezuela, Spain and now San Francisco. She has experience in Mobile Marketing and Technology Consulting and loves tech, innovation and the Internet of Things (IoT).
 
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|colspan="2"| Jamie joined the Wikia Community Development team in 2014. She a Music Historian, Ethnomusicologist and pop culture fiend. She's worked with arts organizations like the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Smithsonian Folkways, The Kennedy Center and bands like Pomplamoose and The Family Crest. As a trained singer, she can also be found harmonizing with the ladies of Conspiracy of Venus. When not singing, she can be found falling into a YouTube time suck, reading Harry Potter (again) and watching anything on HBO. Feel free to drop her a line, especially if it’s about a band you’re really into!
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|colspan="2"| Kim joined the Community Development Team in October, 2014 and her area of expertise is in Videogames. She prefers MMORPG's but has been playing games of many genres and platforms since mid 80's. She took programming in collage but found she preferred PC Repair and Networking and pursued those areas as a career. She games with her husband, children and now grandchildren and is joined at home by two small dogs and four ferrets. Her other hobbies include singing, amateur photography and painting ceramics. From 1998 till 2014, she owned and rode her own Harley. She no longer has the motorcycle, but still enjoys traveling and meeting new people.
|colspan="2"| '''[[w:User:kanaokanako|Kanako]]''' has just recently joined Wikia(July 2013) and as a Japanese Community Development Associate. She was born in Japan and moved to San Francisco in 2010. In her free time, she loves to do printmaking and walk with her neighbor's dog to Ocean beach.
 
 
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Revision as of 00:13, 16 October 2014

The Wikia Community Team are members of the Wikia Staff who help to support and grow all of our communities. We work on a variety of projects and are who you can turn to with questions or concerns. Meet the members of the team below!

Community Support Team

The Community Team are Wikia staff members who can help with any issues on any Wikia site.

Contact us using Special:Contact and let us know how we can help you with your wikia and community.

Jen Burton Jen
User:Jenburton
Jen Burton is Wikia's VP, Community works to ensure our Community organization support all of Wikia’s community members -- editors, founders, admins, readers, and visitors. She occasionally posts amazing photos of her dog Falkor at Falkor.me.
Sannse Sannse
User:Sannse
Sannse Carter is the longest-standing member of the Community Support Team at Wikia. One of her passions (aside from wikias, of course) is making jewelry. She's collected hundreds of different beads, with lava stone among her favorites. You can find her hanging out on Community Central and visiting the amazing variety of communities across Wikia. Feel free to say hello, and let her know what your favorite type of jewelry is -- she loves seeing new designs!
Bert Hall Bert
User:BertH
Bert has past experience helping online communities use web-based software. He's focused on helping the voice of the community make it to the ears of the Wikia Product team, and ensuring that Wikia users are up to date on new developments. Favorite interests and activities include comics, science fiction, horror, comedy, pop music, life sciences, astronomy and cryptozoology.
"Timmy Quivy" Tim Quievryn
User:daNASCAT
Tim Quievryn, commonly known as "Q", has been editing wikis since 2004 and been working here at Wikia since mid-2009. Stock car racing, photography, and hiking are his main hobbies, but he loves staying to learn a little bit about the topic of each wikia he helps out. Seek him out via email support, talk page, or Community Central Chat. He'll be glad to talk to you!
Avatar Tim Bartel
User:Avatar
Tim Bartel is responsible for Wikia International, with a focus on Wikia Germany. In the online world, people usually know him as Avatar, a nickname chosen from the famous Ultima roleplay game series which he first played on his Commodore 64. He considers himself to be an early adopter, especially since he entered the realm of cyberspace back in the late '80s with an acoustic coupler. He's been interested in wikis for more than 10 years. In his free time, he enjoys eating very spicy Thai food and he loves his two cats.
Luis Luis
User:Mighty No. 9
Luis is a a huge Soccer fan! He loves the FIFA series and likes spending time editing the FIFA 14 community. After completing his military service, Luis spent many years working in the Video Game industry and absolutely loves video games. He had the pleasure of working on some really popular titles such as the Naruto, One Piece, Tales, SoulCalibur, Tekken, and Ace Combat series. He is also a huge fan of other sports, comics, movies, tv, and board games.
BrandonRhea Brandon
User:Brandon Rhea
Brandon has been a Wikia user since 2006 and a member of Wikia Staff since 2010. He is a Senior Community Manager and focuses on user engagement, which includes working with programs like Wikia Stars. He is also the founder of Star Wars Fanpedia, a Star Wars news wikia, and an administrator on Star Wars Fanon. In case it wasn't clear, he's a pretty big Star Wars fan. Feel free to leave him a message!
Wendy Wendy
User:Merrystar
Wendy loves gardening, particularly flowers and vegetables, although she seems to be growing an ever-increasing number of fruit bushes and trees as well! She lived in the Netherlands for a few years, and tulips have been her favorite flower ever since -- she as as many in my yard as the bunnies let her grow. At Wikia, you'll find her on Community Central or the Muppet Wiki, which she's been editing since 2005. Feel free to drop by with any questions or just to say hello!
Antonio Antonio R.
User:Bola
Antonio is focused in the Spanish communities. He's from Spain, and loves contributing to our Spanish Gaming and Entertainment wikias -- especially GTA Wiki. If you need help in Spanish, he's your guy. He helps new wikias grow, and you can find him on Spanish Wikia Central, or on any Spanish wikia. Stop by and say hola!
Sean Sean
User:Semanticdrifter
Sean comes to Wikia from the world of video game publishing, where he has applied his legal background in ways carefully calculated to let him have as much fun as possible. He loves all things geeky, including but not limited to, video games, comic books, movies, books, and gadgets. He also enjoys writing either at his blog Semantic Drift, brewing beer, or traveling.
Kirkburn Kirkburn
User:Kirkburn
Kirkburn, sometimes known as George, joined the Community Support team in late 2012, having been a product manager at Wikia for several years. Kirkburn is not a recovering WoW-addict - indeed, he has not stopped playing since launch day in 2005, and it was joining WoWWiki a year later that got him into wikias. (He does play other games too.) He trained as a Civil Engineer, but is not going to make any jokes about 'building bridges with the community' here.
Rappy Rappy
User:Rappy 4187
Rappy has been editing Wikia since 2008, and joined the VSTF in March 2012 and later hired on as a Community Support team member. You can find him playing Aion and editing at the Aion Wiki in his spare time.
Ducksoup Andrew
User:Ducksoup
Andrew is Wikia's Technical Community Manager. You have questions about new features and anything under the hood, ask him first. Originally from Chico, CA, Andrew's a sports fan, a proud UC Santa Barbara alum, and a Star Trek nerd. He has a bad habit of deciding to walk when it would make much more sense to drive.
Lucho Lucho
User:Luchofigo85
Lucho is focused in both English and Spanish communities. Lucho is really excited to explore more the Wikia gaming communities since he used to work as part of the Community Support team for a video game publisher. He likes to explore new restaurantes to satisfy his palate and enjoys organizing things!
Nick Nick Friedland
User:Hotsoup.6891
Nick Friedland, also known as #Friedland or just 'Hashtag', celebrated his 1 year anniversary at Wikia in January of 2014. He recently transitioned from Spanish Community Development to English Community Support Manager. He is known for dressing exceptionally well, and having a calm, cool sensibility about him. His hobbies include language learning, camping and outdoor adventures, cooking, reading, and otherwise enjoying life in all of it's multifaceted glory.
Andrea Andrea Voirin
User:ForestFairy
Andrea Voirin, is Wikia’s German Community Support Manager and will focus on the German communities. She is originally from Germany and has been living in the US for almost 10 years. Her experience includes bi-lingual customer support and fraud investigation in the banking, retail and antivirus industry. In her free time Andrea enjoys traveling to foreign countries, hiking and exploring the Bay Area.

Community Development Team

Michael Michael
User:Cooksey.michael
Michael is the Director of Community Development, and has been with Wikia since May of 2013. Michael is a classical music fanatic, avid hiker and wannabe foodie, who can frequently be found lurking around the Lifestyles communities, searching for new recipes. 
Joe Joe
User:JoePlay
Before joining Wikia in 2007, Joe built and managed video game fansites while working in the retail industry. He also owned and operated a small retail business for a short time. These days, he is responsible for monitoring and fulfilling requests for help from wikia admins.
Kate Kate
User:Kate.Moon
Kate Moon has been at Wikia for the past 2 years working in Entertainment and occasionally Lifestyles. She has an undying love of vampires (the cool kind, not Twilight), graphic novels, and fantasy like LOTR and Harry Potter. She's also an avid foodie and can/will spend hours arguing over whether Superman should be with Lois Lane or Wonder Woman.
Abbott Scott Abbott
User:XD1
Scott Abbott, commonly know to staff as "Abbott," joined the Community Development team in March of 2010 after being discovered grammar-policing by Sena Hineline (then, Roth). Originally from California's central coast, and now hailing from central Oregon, he has been computer gaming since 1979 (Apple II+), has been online since 1987 (GEnie), and online gaming since 1988 (Air Warrior). Raised on Apple and Macintosh, Abbott is now the only member of his family who is a "PC."
Mark Mark van Alphen
User:MarkvA
Mark joined Wikia's Community Development Team in December 2009, after having edited various wikias the year before that. Mark's especially interested in western role-playing games, as well as stealth-focused action games. Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, Hitman and Splinter Cell are among his favorite games. If you'd like to get in touch with him, feel free to e-mail him or leave a message on his wall.
Jorge Jorge Albor
User:JAlbor
Jorge Albor joined Wikia in March of 2012, but he's been writing and podcasting about video games for many years. He studied games in college too. Frankly, it's freakish how much time he spends engaging with entertainment. No wonder he works on video game wikias.
Doug Doug Trein
User:TheBlueRogue
Doug is a gaming-focused member of the Development Team who joined Wikia in August, 2012. Doug's passion for videogames would begin at the age of 5 with Sonic the Hedgehog and the Sega Genesis. Over the years, he would experience newer consoles and the joys of PC gaming. Doug enjoys the immersion that videogames can bring, along with exciting/emotional storytelling experiences. Taking an interest in game development, Doug joined an independent game company Lightborne Lore to create games of his own. Doug's favorite genres include JRPGs, first-person shooters, 2D fighters, and action/adventure games. Doug's interests also include music listening, anime/manga, paranormal/history topics, and hiking.
Grace Grace Cheung
User:Gcheung28
Grace Cheung joined Wikia's Community Development Team in September 2012. Aside from a passion for instagramming her fantastic meals, Grace loves watching shows like Once Upon a Time, Game of Thrones, Girls, and any animes that happen to catch her interest. Her love of entertainment covers books as well, and her obsession with Harry Potter will probably last until she is as old and wise as Professor Dumbledore (aka forever).
Thomas Thomas Meadows
User:Raylan13
Thomas Meadows
Tom has been with Wikia since late 2010, initially working solely on WoWWiki and covering Warcraft related news. Prior to that he worked as an editor for 38Studios with their Warcraft project, the now-defunct Azeroth Advisor. His education is with Counseling Psychology, meaning he has already diagnosed everyone on staff.

He is usually devoting the remainder of free time to his bubbly 2-year old girl and worrying about the next one on the way. His hobbies, aside from Warcraft, include reading voraciously, enjoying the outdoors, crafting liqueurs, and working on various manuscripts.

Matt Matt Hadick
User:Matt_Hadick
Matt joined Wikia in 2013 and currently helps develop video game communities. He has been playing games since he was a kid and enjoys thinking, writing, and dreaming about all things gaming. He plays Netrunner with Jorge, makes a ton of video game music, and wants only to finally get his hands on The Last Guardian. His favorite game of all time is probably The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Or the original Metroid Prime. Or Ico. Or Rez. Or maybe Ikaruga. Wait, it's definitely Katamari Damacy. Actually, no, it's Earthbound. In addition to games, Matt likes weird music, science fiction, and riding his bike. (Note: He is infinitely better than Mike Grimm and Miguel Lopez at video games.)
Ariana. Ariana Snow
User:Asnow89
Ariana Snow joined Wikia's Community Development team in April 2013 as the Food & Drink representative. As you might be able to tell from her job title, she has a passion for food- whether it be baking pies at home, going out to her favorite neighborhood pizzeria, or browsing dozens of food blogs daily (her favorite is Smitten Kitchen). Aside from food, Ariana enjoys watching shows like Game of Thrones, True Blood, and The Mindy Project.
Michael Michael Grimm
User:Pseudobread
Michael joined Wikia in 2013, and is currently helping out with the Gaming side of things. This makes sense since he's a hopelessly addicted gamer who's been playing and writing about games as far back as he can recall. He loves music, automobiles/motorcycles, Earthbound, Dark Souls, and dark liquors. Enjoys making people laugh and disseminating funny links amongst the world.
Chen Shen Chen Shen
User:Cal-Boy
Chen just recently joined Wikia (July, 2013) and works as a Chinese Community Development Associate. He was born in northern China and immigrated to the U.S. in 2008. Before joining Wikia, he worked in TV and fashion industry for a few years and then switched to digital media. When he is not at work, he loves art and likes creating stuff with wires and clay. He also loves coffee, tea and all kinds of desserts.
Thumbnail Ana Fleischmann
User:Macherie_ana
Ana joined Wikia (November 2013) as a Portuguese Community Development Associate. She was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and moved to San Francisco in 2009. In her free time, she loves to take pictures and cook.
Nico Nico Faraguna
User:Knakveey
Nico started off his career at Wikia as an IT Assistant and quickly jumped at the opportunity to work with video games. He enjoys all types of games, but mostly sticks to the PC platform. Some of his current favorites are DOTA 2, CIV 5, and Path of Exile. When he's not playing games, he enjoys rock climbing, watching sports and tinkering with his motorcycle. Feel free to add him on Steam to play some games!
CzechOut CzechOut
User:CzechOut
Before there was a CzechOut, there was just some anonymous guy editing Wikia back when it was WikiCities. So he's been around for the whole Wikia story, but only started working here in 2014. When not undercover on some secret Special Operations project, he can usually be found feeding a life-long Doctor Who obsession at Tardis, internally debating whether he better likes Irish whiskey or a good single malt, getting lost in a new city, or digging deep into the latest Apple® product.
GRG Gretchen
User:Rodriguez.g
Gretchen joined the Community Development Team in August, 2014 to focus on Spanish communities. She was born in Cuba and has lived in Venezuela, Spain and now San Francisco. She has experience in Mobile Marketing and Technology Consulting and loves tech, innovation and the Internet of Things (IoT).
JFreedman Jamie
User:Alwaysmore2hear
Jamie joined the Wikia Community Development team in 2014. She a Music Historian, Ethnomusicologist and pop culture fiend. She's worked with arts organizations like the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Smithsonian Folkways, The Kennedy Center and bands like Pomplamoose and The Family Crest. As a trained singer, she can also be found harmonizing with the ladies of Conspiracy of Venus. When not singing, she can be found falling into a YouTube time suck, reading Harry Potter (again) and watching anything on HBO. Feel free to drop her a line, especially if it’s about a band you’re really into!
Kimdeuel Kim Deuel
User:Pinkachu
Kim joined the Community Development Team in October, 2014 and her area of expertise is in Videogames. She prefers MMORPG's but has been playing games of many genres and platforms since mid 80's. She took programming in collage but found she preferred PC Repair and Networking and pursued those areas as a career. She games with her husband, children and now grandchildren and is joined at home by two small dogs and four ferrets. Her other hobbies include singing, amateur photography and painting ceramics. From 1998 till 2014, she owned and rode her own Harley. She no longer has the motorcycle, but still enjoys traveling and meeting new people.