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