Forum:Wikis with parnerships with other sites?

I was wondering if there are good examples of wikis who have some kind of partnership with non-wiki(a) sites. Any 'official' stance of Wikia on wikis partnering up with other (community-driven but privately owned) websites in a "You scratch my back..." fashion? --BramTalk/IGW 21:52, May 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * Not sure if this is what you mean, but WoWWiki is a Blizzard-recognized "official fansite". --Pcj (T&bull;C) 21:56, May 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, actually also those kind of things. Also interesting since Blizzard 'recognizes' a website that uses and "makes money with" something 'owned' by them, or am I mistaken? But I'm also wondering if more sites have more extensive links with other sites/companies, such as LyricWiki linking to iTunes (although I guess that's not a mutual 'partnership') --BramTalk/IGW 22:07, May 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * You mean like external links which generates commission for the wiki (or more accurately, whoever added the link)? I would say that would have to be very carefully managed as it would seem to me to be prone to hoarding by one particular user (or edit wars between users trying to switch who gets the commission).  WoWWiki policy, for one, prohibits links which generate commission in the interests of fairness.  But we do have a lot of external links to other sites. --Pcj (T&bull;C) 22:22, May 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * No not necessarily with commission or anything, more like I said, in a "you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours" fashion: a wiki not only 'endorsing' another subject-related website with a few external links, but maybe even extensive linking through a template or something like that (and probably getting linked back from that page in return). For example, I can imagine a music wiki with a lot of pages on music albums, each linking to a partner website with reviews on those albums.
 * I was just wondering if any wiki has something like that. Not because I'm not technically able to create such a template, but more to see if it's actually done, because it could be useful IMO --BramTalk/IGW 22:34, May 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * Bram, you seem to be a bit vague about what you are asking about. Several Wikia wikis have relationships with other sites, but the monetary issue is usually what prevents extensive formal linking policies. WoWWiki has an informal relationship with WoW.com in that both sites often link to each other, but there is not official tit-for-tat tracking between the 2 sites. LyricWiki:Permission describes some of the relationships with external sites that they have. Is this what you mean? -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 3:23 PM PST 26 May 2010
 * Just trying to get some good examples, getting ideas how to expand a wiki I'm working on via or with 'external' communities and/or projects, seeing some issues beforehand (such as the monetary issue you spoke of) etc. I'm not really searching for something overly specific, so that's why I'm a bit vague I guess. -BramTalk/IGW 07:36, May 27, 2010 (UTC)