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: Only wikis that are likely to be successful and will appeal to a wide range of editors will be created. Requests are not accepted for personal wikis or wikis for small groups. See [[Wikicity creation policy]] for details, and [[Wikibooks:Wiki Science:How to start a Wiki#.22Hosted wiki.22 and Wiki hosts|Wikibooks]] for a list of potential alternatives. |
: Only wikis that are likely to be successful and will appeal to a wide range of editors will be created. Requests are not accepted for personal wikis or wikis for small groups. See [[Wikicity creation policy]] for details, and [[Wikibooks:Wiki Science:How to start a Wiki#.22Hosted wiki.22 and Wiki hosts|Wikibooks]] for a list of potential alternatives. |
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;a place to advertise another website |
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+ | : Wikia is to be used for community editing, not just to put up links to another website. Non-official advertising is not permitted. See [[advertising]]. |
;a Wikimedia project |
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+ | : Although Wikia was founded by two of the directors of the [[Wikipedia:Wikimedia|Wikimedia Foundation]], it is not a Wikimedia project. Wikias is owned by [[Wikia, Inc.]]. |
;a link farm |
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+ | : Wikis on Wikia should contain actual content, not just be a link repository pointing to other sites. |
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Wikia is not:
- purely a hosting company
- Only wikis that are likely to be successful and will appeal to a wide range of editors will be created. Requests are not accepted for personal wikis or wikis for small groups. See Wikicity creation policy for details, and Wikibooks for a list of potential alternatives.
- a place to advertise another website
- Wikia is to be used for community editing, not just to put up links to another website. Non-official advertising is not permitted. See advertising.
- a Wikimedia project
- Although Wikia was founded by two of the directors of the Wikimedia Foundation, it is not a Wikimedia project. Wikias is owned by Wikia, Inc..
- a link farm
- Wikis on Wikia should contain actual content, not just be a link repository pointing to other sites.