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Well, the real point is "Why should they when somebody else can?" Especially since I don't strongly believe that Wikipedia will necessarily be "ad free" in, say, five or ten years. Time rolls on. Wikipedia should be focusing on making the best Wikipedia they can; let other focus on making the best community sites they can. We don't have to bundle everything into one organization.


Wikipedia is copyleft, and has a preemptive immuninty to ads. Is wikia?


Most Wikia sites seem to use some form of Creative Commons licensing: http://www.wikia.com/Licensing

I think fans contribute to Wikia more out of convenience and inertia.




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