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Wikia is a copyleft search engine which runs on wiki-style software, allowing users to add, remove or modify listings. The project replaced 3Apes in March 2004. This earlier project, which started in September 2002, had been a directory-style search engine. As of October 2004, Wikia is at a beta stage and has not been publicly launched.
Jimmy Wales, the founder of both Wikia and Wikipedia, claimed that one of its aims is to "prove that the organizational model of Wikipedia can be applied effectively to search". Sites are categorized by keywords assigned by users, and by ratings of "adult" or "family". Quality ratings and language can also be assigned.
The database of links will be available under a copyleft license, and the Wikiasari software it runs on under the GNU General Public License.
The website is run on a for-profit basis, with a percentage of revenue being donated to the Wikimedia Foundation.
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