User blog comment:Craiglpalmer/Wikia is now Fandom powered by Wikia/@comment-4568327-20161013141107

Well scrolling through some of the recent comments here, there seems to be some confusion about what the word "wiki" means.

Wiki is a common noun, much like the words tree, car, and tower are. A wiki, by definition, is any website that allows anyone to add, revise, or delete content with the use of a web browser. Wikipedia is the world's largest wiki, but it is by no means the only wiki out there, and as such it should not be abbreviated as "wiki" (see Wikipedia:WP:NOTWIKI). Doing so is just like calling the Eiffel Tower "tower" ("Tower looks magnificent this evening. I think I want to go up Tower.")

The word "wiki" is not trademarked by either Wikia, Wikipedia, or the Wikimedia Foundation. You are welcome to create your own website and call it a wiki.

Granted I'm still opposed to this whole ludicrous "Fandom" change because it's diluting all the real communities that have labelled themselves as wikis for so long, but I thought I'd clarify something.