Founder of Wikipedia creates a universal guide
Jimmy Wales founded the company Wikia Inc., which will create a "universal guide" called Wikia . This project is created in the image and likeness of Wikipedia, but is commercial.
On the pages of Wikia, you can post articles that can not enter into the main version of the folk encyclopedia. For example, fans of various TV shows or computer games can chat here and create their own “fan-made” versions of wiki pages. It also contains reviews of various consumer goods, reviews of movies and computer games.
Examples of such community pages include lost.wikia.com - the Lost TV television show fan site, as well as starwars.wikia.com , the Star Wars community.
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Of course, these articles are very biased. Actually, they should be so. But here no one declares the principles of objectivity and neutrality, as is customary in Wikipedia. It's the other way around.
If Wikipedia is a universal encyclopedia, Wikia is thought of as a universal guidebook (about the same as described in the book “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”). Wikipedia is a collection of facts, and Wikia will be a collection of opinions.
An alternative version of Wikipedia is managed by Wikia, which was founded by Jimmy Wales, who is also the founder of Wikipedia. His new company promises to be very successful. She has already received venture financing, and recently announced the employment of a renowned manager Gil Penchina, who previously held several positions at eBay, including the position of vice president, and worked there for eight years from 1998 to 2006. This person is appointed by the new CEO of Wikia.
So far, Wikia cannot boast such a large community like Wikipedia. Now they have about 1200 so-called “wikia”, that is, collectively edited pages on their website. The total number of registered users is about 30 thousand people, but, nevertheless, already now Wikia is the second largest hosting of wiki pages on the Internet after Wikipedia.
On the pages of Wikia, you can post articles that can not enter into the main version of the folk encyclopedia. For example, fans of various TV shows or computer games can chat here and create their own “fan-made” versions of wiki pages. It also contains reviews of various consumer goods, reviews of movies and computer games.
Examples of such community pages include lost.wikia.com - the Lost TV television show fan site, as well as starwars.wikia.com , the Star Wars community.
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Of course, these articles are very biased. Actually, they should be so. But here no one declares the principles of objectivity and neutrality, as is customary in Wikipedia. It's the other way around.
If Wikipedia is a universal encyclopedia, Wikia is thought of as a universal guidebook (about the same as described in the book “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”). Wikipedia is a collection of facts, and Wikia will be a collection of opinions.
An alternative version of Wikipedia is managed by Wikia, which was founded by Jimmy Wales, who is also the founder of Wikipedia. His new company promises to be very successful. She has already received venture financing, and recently announced the employment of a renowned manager Gil Penchina, who previously held several positions at eBay, including the position of vice president, and worked there for eight years from 1998 to 2006. This person is appointed by the new CEO of Wikia.
So far, Wikia cannot boast such a large community like Wikipedia. Now they have about 1200 so-called “wikia”, that is, collectively edited pages on their website. The total number of registered users is about 30 thousand people, but, nevertheless, already now Wikia is the second largest hosting of wiki pages on the Internet after Wikipedia.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/4072/
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