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[http://fandom.wikia.com/explore '''Wikia'''], also known as '''Fandom''' and '''FANDOM powered by Wikia''', is a wiki hosting service founded in late 2004 by [[Wikipedia|Jimmy Wales]] and Angela Beesley. It is notable for hosting many fanwikis, such as [[World of Warcraft|WoWWiki]] and [[Star Wars|Wookieepedia]]. However, [http://www.awa.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Moved_wikis many wikis have left the site] due to discontent over policies such as advertising and the (at the time) new "Oasis" skin, implemented against the majority of the community's will.
 
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* [[Awesome Personnel Carrier]]
* [[Broken Base]]: There's a long list of [http://awa.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Forked_wikis communities which have voluntarily left]. In most cases, Wikia leaves the old project open as a direct competitor, permanently fracturing the community.
* [[Censorship Bureau]]: The Wikia staff routinely censor info about splits from old wiki to prevent users from finding the new project.
* [[Censorship Bureau]]: All the news that doesn't offend the advertiser, we print. Among the communities thrown [[Thrown Under The Bus|under the bus]], some of whom were with Wikia almost from the beginning: Spanking Art (2008), Anime Bath Scene (2018), [[Fetish Fuel]] Wiki (2019) and roughly twenty-two languages of [[Uncyclopedia]] (2019).▼
* [[Content Warnings]]: Especially the spoiler warnings.
* [[Don't Make Me Destroy You]]: Admins.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Wikia [[Take That|retaliates]] in various subtle ways against communities who try to leave, but they're [[We Suck Less|utter angels]] compared to [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/10/business/media/once-a-profit-dream-wikitravel-now-bedevils-owner.html Internet Brands, who sued their own users] for trying to leave Wikitravel for Wikivoyage in 2012.
* [[Everyone Is Gay]]: Depending on the Wikia's topic...for example, in the Winx Wiki majority of the population are girls.
* [[Fair Use]]: Stretched pretty much to its limits or beyond. Most of the wikis are commentary on well-known copyrighted entertainment franchises, which use large numbers of images from the original work.
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* [[Reading Your Rights]]: Admins and Bureaucrats.
* [[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgement]]
* [[Screwed by the Network]]:
▲** Wikia [[Censorshipcan Bureau]]:and Allhas thedeleted newswhole thatwikis doesn'tout offendof the advertiser, we printblue. Among the communities thrown [[Thrown Under The Bus|under the bus]], some of whom were with Wikia almost from the beginning: Spanking Art (2008), Anime Bath Scene (2018), [[Fetish Fuel]] Wiki (2019) and roughly twenty-two languages of [[Uncyclopedia]] (2019).
* [[Stillborn Franchise]]: Wikia Search.
* [[Someday This Will Come in Handy]]: Has been known to cause attempts to invoke this trope.
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* [[Vitalizing Edit]]
* [[Walkthrough Mode]]: Especially in gaming wikis.
* [[Take That]]: A heavy reliance on search engine duplicate content penalties to utterly crush communities who try to take their content elsewhere and leave Wikia. Staff routinely [[Censorship Bureau|censor info about the split]] on the old wiki to prevent users from finding the new project.
* [[Tropes Will Ruin Your Life|Wikia Will Ruin Your Life]]: Of course, the same can be said for other wiki hosts (such as Shoutwiki or Miraheze).
* [[Wiki Magic]]
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