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Questions of ownership on Wikia have several aspects:

• The site itself, and the Wikia trademarks, are owned by Wikia, Inc..
• The copyright of a particular edit is owned by the person who made that edit.
• The wikis are owned by the communities. No one user owns any wiki on Wikia. Founders are those who requested a wiki be created, but ownership of that wiki resides with the community as a whole, not only with the founder.

Be aware that you are editing a site which is open to edits from any other person. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly and redistributed at will, then do not submit it!

Believing that an article has an owner of this sort is a common mistake people make on wikis.

In terms of legal ownership, no one person owns the content in Wikia. The license is intended to ensure that everyone who can accept that license is an owner of the right to use and improve the article.

Many wikis have a policy about not signing content in the main namespace. This helps to make it clear that the text is open to editing and improvement. Comments on talk pages etc are usually signed.

See also Ownership of Wikipedia articles