Forum:Possible Affiliations

Hi. I've been wondering if wikia has rules about wikis affiliating themselves with official sites! As the founder of The X-Files Wiki, I was recently contacted by a web designer who is creating a new site for Frank Spotnitz, a frequent producer on The X-Files, and was wondering about a possible partnership between the wiki and the new site, re-skinning the wiki but leaving it as a site for fans to write information about the series and films. Would this be allowable, as far as wikia is concerned? Frankly, I don't see why not, since it would most likely boost traffic to the wiki, which surely can only be a good thing! Am I right? --Mulder 15:07, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Hey, Mulder. Several wikis on Wikia, both large and small, have formed "Official Friends" with outside websites, forums and whatnot via communication of some sorts. Policies on this type of thing are normally whatever the individual wikis want, so feel free to go for it. Greyman  [[Image:Logo-Sysop.gif|15px|This user is a Central administrator]] Talk &bull; Email 15:35, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I already have done, as I expected it wouldn't be a problem, so I was only double-checking. Could you give me an idea of which wikis you're referring to? Maybe I could gain a better insight into how exactly they've formed "official friends"! Thanks. --Mulder 15:40, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Sure thing. Darthipedia, Gonkipedia, Star Wars Fanon, Memory Alpha and Uncyclopedia all have either "Official friends" or "Sister/similar projects" listed. From my own experience throughout Wikia, administrators will communicate directly with another project's leadership, such as an admin at another wiki or moderator of a website, and simply state the benefits of being "friends" and thus linking to each other &mdash; it's what you indicated in your first post, that general traffic on both sites would increase. Hope that helps, Greyman  [[Image:Logo-Sysop.gif|15px|This user is a Central administrator]] Talk &bull; Email 15:47, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Agreed, we welcome it. You may wish to let us know if/when such affiliations occur via Special:Contact in case we can help out in any way (especially if it will affect the design/content of the wiki). 12:35, 14 April 2009 (UTC)