User blog comment:Eladkse/An Idea: URL Shortening/@comment-26686429-20110609132210/@comment-168424-20110610061543

For once I actually disagree with RT. The problem with bit.ly and tinyurl is that they can expand to URLs anywhere including malware sites. A Wikia specific shortener could be restricted to Wikia only sites and therefore make them more reliable.

The TLD .ki is available, so maybe it could be wi.ki? Too bad there isn't a .ia TLD. There's also just something longer like wikia.info/d32sf4kj which would still help shorten in the net effect.

I don't think Wikia would go for it, unless it was a service they could enable cheaply, however. Also, redirects work pretty well in most cases.