Help:Wikia analogies

This is a list of analogies or metaphors used at Wikia which might help to explain some of the jargon used here. See also the glossary for a full list of jargon.


 * Central Wikia : urban core of the metropolis
 * Contact us : a post office or address book
 * Dead-end street : any street with only one junction to it; or a segment of a street that dead-ends despite other segments that make it contiguous to other streets
 * Featured Wikia : tourist trap of the metropolis
 * Scratchpad : a paper to test writing on
 * Main page : city hall
 * Piped link : bait for a location of the city
 * Redirect : a freeway or through highway to a certain location
 * Red link : undeveloped land of the metropolis
 * Sandbox : a playground or graffiti alley
 * Talk page : conference room of an office building
 * Wikipedia and other wiki projects : other metropolises in the country