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[[File:Wikia.png|thumb|The now out of date Wikia logo]]
[[File:Wikia.png|thumb|The now out of date Wikia logo]]
'''Wikia''' (formerly '''Wikicities''' and rebranded to '''Fandom''' since 2019) is a [[wiki farm]] founded and formerly run by Wikipedia co-founder [[Jimmy Wales]] and Wikimedia Foundation board member Angela Beesley.<ref>http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/04/wikia_adds_new_.html</ref> It has raised millions in investments and used to enjoy preferential treatment by Wikipedia.<ref>http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/28/wikipedia-special-treatment-for-wikia-and-other-wikis/</ref> At one point Wikia was slowly declining, to where many wikis were abandoned and received few edits.
'''Fandom''' (formerly '''Wikicities''', then '''Wikia''' until 2019) is a [[wiki farm]] founded and formerly run by Wikipedia co-founder [[Jimmy Wales]] and Wikimedia Foundation board member Angela Beesley.<ref>http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/04/wikia_adds_new_.html</ref> It has raised millions in investments and used to enjoy preferential treatment by Wikipedia.<ref>http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/28/wikipedia-special-treatment-for-wikia-and-other-wikis/</ref> At one point Wikia was slowly declining, to where many wikis were abandoned and received few edits.
==Fandom rebrand==
==Fandom rebrand==
As of early 2019, Wikia entirely rebranded to Fandom, and their url was updated to fandom.com. Around the same time, the company acquired Curse LLC and their services, one of them notably being another wiki host, Gamepedia.
As of early 2019, Wikia entirely rebranded to Fandom, and their URL was updated to fandom.com. Around the same time, the company acquired Curse LLC and their services, one of them notably being another wiki host, Gamepedia.
In 2021, Fandom's TOU was updated recently to ban "deadnaming" (i.e., referring to someone the original birth-given name of) people suffering from [[gender confusion]] (i.e. [[transgender]]s), and blocking anyone who dares to refer to someone by their birth gender.<ref>https://archive.ph/sW0ll</ref>
In 2021, Fandom's TOU was updated recently to ban "deadnaming" (i.e., referring to someone the original birth-given name of) people suffering from [[gender confusion]] (i.e. [[transgender]]s), and blocking anyone who dares to refer to someone by their birth gender.<ref>https://archive.ph/sW0ll</ref>