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HARRY POTTER FANS: BRUSH UP ON PREVIOUS PLOT LINES BEFORE DIVING INTO DEATHLY HALLOWS

With final book set to be released on Saturday, Harry Potter fans continue to build comprehensive, online information resource about the popular series

SAN MATEO, Calif., July 20, 2007 - Wikia, Inc. ( http://wikia.com ) the leading provider of community resources for building and organizing free content on every topic, invites wizards, witches, and of course all muggles, to visit, read and contribute to the Harry Potter Wiki ( http://harrypotter.wikia.com ), a fully editable website created and run by fans of the popular series.

The Harry Potter Wiki already includes more than 1,000 articles on everything you ever would want to know about Harry, Ron and Hermione, as well as details on the much anticipated final book in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. In addition, the site provides visitors with little-known details about the places, magical creatures and wizardly objects featured in the books, current news updates on all-things Harry Potter and details about the films and video games associated with the series.

For more information or to get involved, please visit: http://harrypotter.wikia.com

About Wikia, Inc. Since Wikia’s launch in November 2004, more than 700,000 articles on 2,700 topics have been created and edited by over 200,000 registered users in 70 languages. Wikia is currently home to several popular sites such as The Lord of the Rings Wiki ( http://lotr.wikia.com ).

Wikia enables groups to share information, news, stories, media and opinions that fall outside the scope of an encyclopedia. Jimmy Wales and Angela Beesley launched Wikia in 2004 to provide community-based wikis inspired by the model of Wikipedia -- the free, open source encyclopedia founded by Jimmy Wales.

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