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Despite all these connections, Jimmy Wales nonetheless has the audacity to [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Jimbo_Wales&oldid=332910918 declare on his Wikipedia user page] that "Wikia <nowiki>[is]</nowiki> a completely separate organization, unrelated to Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation."
Despite all these connections, Jimmy Wales nonetheless has the audacity to [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Jimbo_Wales&oldid=332910918 declare on his Wikipedia user page] that "Wikia <nowiki>[is]</nowiki> a completely separate organization, unrelated to Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation."
==Wikia 2.0 leads to defections==
In late 2010, the Wikia company forced a new format and style called ''Oasis'' on all of its wiki communities. Many of the leading members of these communities were so outraged by the lack of space for content and the lack of customization left to wiki hosts, they formed an [http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Anti-Wikia_Alliance Anti-Wikia Alliance] and began defecting with their content to new domains that they would host themselves. Even one of Wikia's top wikis, the one that supports the "World of Warcraft" community, has dumped Wikia for a new site, [http://www.wowpedia.org/Portal:Main Wowpedia.org]. Even as 90% of the contributor base had already left, Wikia was not beneath trying to [http://www.wowwiki.com/index.php?title=Forum:Future_of_WoWWiki&t=20101027172800 bribe anyone] remaining to stay.
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