In February 2005, Memory Alpha switched hosting servers and joined Wikia, a free for-profit wiki-hosting company started by Wikimedia Foundation board members Jimmy Wales and Angela Beesley. The site remained stable on Wikia, opening a Swedish site on May 5 and a French one on November 5. It also received several distinctions that year, such as the "Ex Astris Excellentia" award from Ex Astris Scientia, a "Star Trek" reference site, in September 2005, and it was featured as the Sci-Fi Channel's Site of the Week for October 10, 2005. ' and ' writer/producer Mike Sussman joined the community that year as well.