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short explanation

Each wiki has its own separate topic. - long explanation

A wiki is a particular type of website. The most well-known wiki is Wikipedia. Wikipedia is built using something called MediaWiki.

A farm is a server (i.e. computer/group of computers) that hosts (i.e. makes available) multiple websites. A hosting service is a farm that hosts websites for various people/groups other than the one that owns the server. Examples include Wordpress, Square Space, and GoDaddy.

Wikia is a company that runs two farms: Gamepedia and FANDOM/Wikia. These farms host MediaWiki wikis. Alternative MediaWiki wiki hosts include ShoutWiki and Miraheze. Among the 3, Wikia has been around the longest and was formerly called Wikicities.

Each wiki hosted by Wikia is considered independent of the other wikis (unless explicitly stated otherwise). Therefore, each wiki has its own topic, rules (within Wikia's larger policies), content, administrative team, and user community.