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Believe it or not, Wikipedia actually does use a single global account for all of its wikis. That includes Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikimedia Commons, and almost every other site listed on their website. The only one you have to create a separate account for is their test wiki where they test new versions of MediaWiki (the software they develop for their wikis).
Fandom was founded by Jimmy wales, who its current CEO. He is the cofounder of Wikipedia, so that's a bit ironic.
Jimmy Wales actually isn't as directly involved in Wikipedia as he once was. These days, he only holds the chair emeritus and the founder's seat on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees.
His chair position changed to a chair emeritus in 2006, and the site implemented the unified login feature in May 2008, though they'd been discussing implementing the feature since 2005.