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Two of the images associate Wikia with Wired (magazine). What's the connection? If there isn't one, we shouldn't imply that there is. But if there is, we should spell it out. yoyo ( talk) 04:32, 15 January 2016 (UTC)
Looking at it, this would be suited better if it were a Wikimedia project. It would serve as 'A collection of Wikis' or something like that. Analyi| (talk) 21:58, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
Hi there. My name is Greta, and I am disclosing up front that I have a COI around this article - I am currently working at Wikia. I was asked, along with my colleague Philippe (an employee of Wikia, who is also disclosing a COI related to this article) to work with the Wikipedia editor community to see if we could get the article on Wikia updated. There are several things on it that are quite outdated, and we believe that there is a strong "coatrack” effect. A number of details could potentially be cleaned up because they are no longer relevant.
We thought it might be easiest if we started with our edited version of the "ideal" article from our perspective, presented it, and then worked with anyone willing to reconcile the differences between the two. Philippe has put together our draft, and we welcome any comments or suggestions. We want to emphasize that we've made no attempt to "whitewash" anything - we haven't rewritten much, we've just trimmed and edited. Any additions are minor. We have the utmost respect for the Wikipedia process (as you all know, I'm sure, Philippe was on staff at the WMF for 6 and a half years) and want to work within the rules, and our management shares our commitment to this.
Please let us know if you have any feedback. In the meantime, what is the best way for us to proceed?
Gmartin1122 ( talk) 22:06, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
@ MorbidEntree: Thanks so much for your offer! My name is Nikki and I work at Wikia as well. I'd love to work with you on this if you're open to it (Greta has moved on from Wikia). As Greta mentioned, we have the utmost respect for the Wikipedia process. We have some upcoming fact-based updates that I think would make sense to include in the article. I want to be respectful of your time. Does it make sense to work together once we have that information? Thanks again!
The Wikia platform (the part with the wikis on it) is rebranding to "Fandom powered by Wikia" on October 4th. It's for corporate branding reasons more than anything else, but judging from their blog it also has a bit to do with internal organization.
In case anyone was considering it, I don't think that's enough to warrant a rename of this article. The rebranding received an extremely negative response from users on Wikia, so I find it very unlikely that anyone (on Wikia or elsewhere) will deign to call it "Fandom." The word Fandom also has existing (and often negative) meaning among the general public, so renaming this article would be confusing to the vast majority of readers - the word will never become truly associated with Wikia. Furthermore, Wikia is not changing their URL or the names of individual wikis.
Even if you ignore all that, the corporate name is going to remain "Wikia, Inc." So essentially, almost everything is staying the same - the page shouldn't be renamed, and Wikia should still always be referred to as Wikia because doing anything else is and will always be confusing to readers. — Atvelonis ( talk) 14:55, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
I don't like the change to fandom myself. However, looking at the article it seems the article is more about the platform Wikia itself, rather than Wikia, Inc. There are several places where they are used interchangeably. Due to Wikia, Inc officially renaming the wiki platform to "Fandom powered by Wikia" I think it is fitting to call it such if the article is meant to be about the platform itself. If this is the case the non-wiki news magazine, hosted under Wikia's umbrella that is also called Fandom would likely need to be differentiated or included in the article. I am not sure about the naming policy, this is just my feedback to state that since they are officially renaming the article (if about the platform not the company) may need to reflect the change. In Christ, Superdadsuper, Wikipedia Editor; Bible Wiki Administrator & Bureaucrat — Preceding unsigned comment added by Superdadsuper ( talk • contribs) 23:11, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
In my personal opinion, Fandom content in the company history should be moved to a new section with headings - considering that the rebranding is a symbolic diversification to the wiki hosting service that Wikia offers. I think the move should happen sometime from a neutral perspective, but the article needs more content to be split into "Fandom" and "Wikia". The reaction was rather mixed on the Fandom rebranding to be fair.
A suggestion for history sections:
The article's history section also needs limited objective information about the skin implementation - they weren't objectively absolute in controversy and there's no information on Oasis in the article at all. Including Discussions would be good, but more detail on products seems unfair.
Speeditor talk 23:33, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
I know that in the past there was some dispute about how Wikipedia's article about Wikia characterized its relationship with Wikipedia and/or the Wikimedia Foundation. There was a lot of argument back and forth about whether Wikipedia and Wikia were more closely tied than the Wikipedia article was letting on about. It seems that the inside leadership of the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikia eventually prevailed, so that the current reader does not get any strong idea that Wikia and the Wikimedia Foundation were at one time very closely affiliated. I'm kind of astounded, then, to see this recent video -- http://www.tubechop.com/watch/8452762 -- of Jimmy Wales nodding his head in confirmation that Wikia is "the for-profit arm of Wikipedia". If the co-founder of both project cannot himself interject and say "well, not exactly", what the heck is going on here? - Truth about MVNOs ( talk) 17:01, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
I'm not associated with Wikia and I'm a small volunteer editor for WMF. This was my first time reading the article, and the lead section feels harsh. I get it, it's "for-profit" and it "deriving its income from advertising and sold content" and yes, it's parent is a "for-profit Delaware company." I simply don't see the need to hammer that in during the lead section. Yahoo! is a "for-profit" company "deriving its income from advertising" but its article certainly doesn't open up that way. Truthfully, and this being my first read of the article, it came across as Wikipedia editors being vindictive. Just wanted to get the conversation going about it. Drewmutt ( talk) 07:34, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
Not done, the lead section is perfect as is. Better time would be spent expanding the lead rather than the for-profit sections of the article. Beansohgod ( talk) 13:18, 16 December 2021 (UTC)
Co domain Conguyen1993 ( talk) 07:22, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
What do you think about including in this article ranking of largest wikies? Dawid2009 ( talk) 07:29, 8 November 2017 (UTC)
Does Wikia support piracy? I often see many articles which contain obvious copyright infringement. Such as copyrighted images (obviously beyond fair use) as well as videos or ebooks. 2600:1:F15E:448C:A19E:4DD1:75AD:25C1 ( talk) 15:51, 12 February 2018 (UTC)
Today, Wikia announced that they would be changing the URL of the site from wikia.com to fandom.com for all wikis. Despite this, I believe it is in the best interest of readers not to rename this article, as has been established in previous consensus decisions on here.
The site has been known as Wikia for years now, and this is what everyone refers to it as off-site. It is only really called “Fandom” by some newer users on the site itself. The overall company is still called Wikia, Inc. Even MediaWiki pages like Wikia.css will apparently be unchanged. The URL switch isn’t even actually happening until at least 2019, perhaps later.
While the URL is indeed not unimportant, I don’t think its change is actually reason enough to rename this article. — Atvelonis ( talk) 18:02, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
In some wikis under that domain there is a little popup message that says "Attention: In the next few weeks we will migrate several communities to fandom.com including yours. Find out more in the FANDOM news blog" or "Attention: We've migrated your community's domain to fandom.com. Find out more in the FANDOM news blog."
How many wikis have been transferred to that domain exactly? Let's start with kids stuff first.
Nickelodeon: The channel itself Loud House Fairly Oddparents Rocko's Modern Life Rugrats Danny Phantom Jimmy Neutron Victorious Big Time Rush
Disney: Shake it Up Sonny With a Chance Hannah Montana Suite Life Bizaardvark Star vs the Forces of Evil Recess Kim Possible Wizards of Waverly Place
Cartoon Network: Teen Titans Go Dexter's Lab Ben 10 Courage the Cowardly Dog MAD Chowder Regular Show Clarence
International/Anime: Code Lyoko Martin Mystery Digimon Wakfu Mega Man Knowledge Database Arthur
Live Action TV
Drama: Game of Thrones Walking Dead Grey's Anatomy 24 Prison Break Scandal Criminal Minds
Comedy: The Big Bang Theory Friends
That's all for now, 67.81.163.178 ( talk) 01:13, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
In the Wikis section of the main article, Ciencia Al Poder has cited a forum post started by themself concerning controversies related to a dispute with Wikia on WikiDex, a wiki led by Ciencia Al Poder. This may be a conflict of interest or self-citation issue per WP:BIASED, WP:EXTERNALREL, and WP:SELFCITE, since Ciencia is not only citing their own post but also has a serious conflict of interest, being involved with conflicts with Wikia and generally advocating against the company (e.g. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sigue-la-fuga-de-wikis-en-fandom-wikia-jes%C3%BAs-mart%C3%ADnez-novo/) recently. In should be noted that I also have a slight conflict of interest in this topic, being an editor on Fandom/Wikia, so I'm leaving this up for discussion on whether this source and the small portions of the article also written by Ciencia are problematic from a COI/NPOV/RS perspective. Bananapedian ( talk) 06:13, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
As you might have noticed if you have used Wikia recently, all of their wikis have been migrated to "fandom.com", a move that many hate. Example here on the talk page for the page announcing the domain migration: https://community.wikia.com/wiki/Help_talk:Fandom_domain_migration Kevindongyt ( talk) 22:18, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: no consensus to move the page to the proposed title at this time, per the discussion below. Dekimasu よ! 19:38, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
Wikia → Fandom.com – Most Fandom wikis now have fandom, not wikia, in their URL. Georgia guy ( talk) 13:24, 3 February 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. SITH (talk) 16:37, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
Has Wikia stopped responding or ended its service? When I click any page, it says "502 Bad Gateway".-- CuteDolphin712 ( talk) 17:02, 16 June 2019 (UTC)
No, it was just a big that was fixed by Fandom's engineers The Fandom Councilor ( talk) 05:54, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
Autocorrect lol. I meant "Bug". The Fandom Councilor ( talk) 05:57, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: not moved. No prospect of consensus to move at this time. Andrewa ( talk) 07:15, 13 August 2019 (UTC)
Wikia →
Fandom (wiki hosting service) – Although I do have the ability to move pages, I am not doing so
boldly because it may be controversial. For a long time, Fandom has been called Wikia. Now, they have switched over to being called "Fandom". In addition,
Wikia is declining in searches and Fandom is increasing in searches. So it makes sense to move it.
Awesome
Aasim 02:32, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
Hi. I'm confused. For a time it seems that Fandom was the same as Wikia, it was sort of Wikia's new name. But why does this website still exist then: Wikia.org? And shouldn't we revert to calling Wikia Wikia again then? RhinoMind ( talk) 01:02, 14 August 2019 (UTC)
I think the very idea to maintain the previous name could appropriately be likened to a potential situation where it was Facebook that changed their name. I think nobody would oppose a change of the Wikipedia article about Facebook if the change of Facebook's name were actual, considering the website did change their name as a sign of their free will, and so without being compelled to. I strongly believe Wikipedia should aim to reflect things the way they are and in accordance to the reality, with no regard to one's sentiments or one's personal feelings about the change. I've enclosed everything I wanted to say. Mustafar29 ( talk) 19:23, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
Wikia, Inc. recently changed its legal name to Fandom, Inc. (according to statement placed here and global footer on Gamepedia wikis) what sound like a very good reason for moving this page to Fandom. Rail01 ( talk) 15:40, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
I don't have the time to edit right now but can someone note that all the wikia's moved from the .wikia.com domain to the .fandom.com domain? Thanks! (also if this is already in the article i'm a goofy goober) Dibbydib 💬/ ✏ 01:30, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Moved; there is consensus that "Fandom" is a better title and the disambiguator "(website)" can be replaced later if wished.( non-admin closure) Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 11:59, 13 November 2019 (UTC)
Wikia →
Fandom (website) – As of August 2019 the legal name of Wikia Inc. changed to Fandom Inc. Basically everything is run under the name Fandom by now and the wikis moved to fandom.com (except for the wikis that don't really work as a "Fandom" which moved to wikia.org). Because of that it would be better to move the article to Fandom, as Wikia is no longer the correct name.
MarkusRost (
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i would go:
Botuczy ( talk) 20:08, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
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Citation 81 is obsolete; the fandom page has been deleted. I suggest to replace it with ` citation needed` ShroomDispencer ( talk) 21:19, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
For future reference, this subsection of Controversies was removed in the next edit. It is a notable topic of its controversies and shouldn't be omitted completely. — Vipz ( talk) 17:30, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
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There are two SEAOFBLUEs in the article lead section:
...a [[for-profit]] [[Delaware General Corporation Law|Delaware company]] founded in...
— "...a
for-profit
Delaware company founded in..."Fandom uses the open-source [[wiki software]] [[MediaWiki]], the same one used by [[Wikipedia]].
— "Fandom uses the open-source
wiki software
MediaWiki, the same one used, the same one used by
Wikipedia."I think these should be re-worded in a way to avoid a sea of blue, such as:
...a [[Delaware General Corporation Law|Delaware company]] operated [[for-profit]], founded in...
— "...a
Delaware company operated
for-profit, founded in..."Fandom uses [[MediaWiki]], the open-source [[wiki software]] used by [[Wikipedia]].
— "Fandom uses
MediaWiki, the open-source
wiki software used by
Wikipedia."If there are better ways to reword these sections to avoid a Sea of Blue, by all means use them instead, but these are just some examples of possible replacements for them.
79.97.111.137 ( talk) 15:59, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
sometimes the page breaks Yesiminterestimg ( talk) 18:43, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
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"On November 4, 2020, Fandom announced that it will migrate all Gamepedia wikis to a fandom.com domain."
to
"On November 4, 2020, Fandom announced that it will migrate several Gamepedia wikis to a fandom.com domain. Until sometime in early 2021"
--we will be starting to migrate all Gamepedia wikis to a Fandom.com domain in early 2021.
Fandom
As it said, some Fandom wikis will get archived, and some will move when it is ready.
125.167.116.89 (
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A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Brickipedia. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 February 15#Brickipedia until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. signed, Rosguill talk 18:20, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
It was said 2 weeks ago that growth changed to the community so Brandon Rhea is actually VP of Community now not VP of Growth. Please change it. Justin Oh ( talk) 17:36, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
I get that fandom and wikia are the samething, but why are they used interchangeably in this article? Should we replace most references to wikia with fandom instead? Also, why is the image for wikia still up on the infobox? I think I might edit it DreamlessGlare ( talk) 22:38, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
With the merging of Gamepedia, Fandom, Wikia, and other events having occurred, the practices of Fandom Inc have grown a lot more user hostile.
For example, the persistence and insistent refusal to close and delete Wikias. For example, the FrackinUniverse Wiki, (now hosted on Miraheze) was one such Wiki that Fandom refused to close.
They even sent a liaison by the handle of Moviesign, who basically barged their way on the Discord of the project, thoroughly acted as a middle manager or pointy haired boss, doing nothing to aid the actual project staff while annoying them in a "Stan the Salesman" sort of way; loudly making useless suggestions. Eventually, due to the annoyance they; and the entire Fandom project was provided, Moviesign was removed from the Discord and a notice put onto the Wikia once a new host had been found. It has since then been rolled back by Moviesign, in spite of having no actual authorization over the project. 2601:540:8200:25F3:C1C7:D4C9:5BD9:B58B ( talk) 00:37, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
A similar case of dispute merges over the Zelda Wiki, which suffered from the blight of the Fandom/Gamepedia merger; with the ownership (as noted) being disputed. 2601:540:8200:25F3:C1C7:D4C9:5BD9:B58B ( talk) 00:37, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
backed by Private equity firm TPG Capital, acquired Fandom*..*[5] Miller was named Co-chairman
(in the "2018–present: New acquisitions and inclusivity section")....just pointing out — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:6011:9600:52C0:6594:3843:DA62:C33E ( talk) 05:22, 16 December 2021 (UTC)
This paper based on a survey conducted in 2020 criticizes Wikia/Fandom for monopolistic practices and exploiting the labor of its users. I am unsure how to put this information in the article, but I feel it is important. ~Opal of Arctic Circle System ( talk) 10:49, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
This edit by User:RandomCanadian (which doesn't seem to have been discussed anywhere) removed the entire section of controversy about domain name and skin assimilation. I think this is inappropriate. I suggest it be restored and expanded with more current secondary sources, including:
189.206.203.42 ( talk) 10:30, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
As angry as I am with the bloated direction "Fandom" is taking, these sources really do not support the removed text. These grievances about stealing skin code will need to be addressed by some sort of internet historian making a secondary source, but well I just don’t expect any "reliable" publisher to want to dig that deep for legal trouble. If only there’a some other sort of wiki where we could keep this stuff up...
On the other hand, these sources DO work well with the existing section on advertisement complaints. They provide new information about the wiki-exodus-SEO problem, while elaborating on how much worse ads have gotten. Artoria 2e5 🌉 01:30, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
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The note [c] in the Fandom(website) wiki refers to asari as a Japanese word, and I don’t agree. There is a verb asaru which means fishing or rummaging, and asari- is the stem of various verbs with this meaning. Entry: The name was derived from the Hawaiian word for "quick" and asari, Japanese for "rummaging search“. Suggested change: “ The name was derived from the Hawaiian word for "quick" and asari, stem of the Japanese verb asaru, "to rummage”. The information given appears to reference the following: https://mashable.com/archive/wikiasari-wikipedia-founder-launching-a-google-rival So if you prefer to just add a citation, use that. Reelmquist ( talk) 05:49, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
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Hi there. I'm posting this on the talk page rather than editing because a) it's semi-protected and I can't but more importantly b) I work at Fandom so I am declaring a conflict of interest. I just wanted to point out that the SF office address is over two years out of date (we left 360 Third Street in the fall of 2018). Our current office address is 130 Sutter Street, the Hallidie Building, which is listed in our privacy policy. - BrandonRhea ( talk) 16:43, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
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Does noone remember the Fandom.com that existed in the year 2000? They had a VR experience called Fandom Worlds that was substantial and one of the only high quality free forms of Active Worlds back then. I'm just surprised to come here and see nothing about it. It had 4 worlds(servers) that all had different themes. Anyway, the userbase was pretty large and it's a shame this was lost to time. 207.62.246.68 ( talk) 23:47, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
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Add "literature" to part of lead giving examples of entertainment topics covered by Fandom ("i.e. literature, video games, TV series, movies, entertainers, etc."). 58.107.92.169 ( talk) 20:09, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
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I would like to add to the infobox that http://wikicities.org redirects to FANDOM. Wikicities is also the older name for FANDOM before they changed it to Wikia. StealthTrooper36 ( talk) 20:25, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
I will preface this by saying I am a Minecraft Wiki editor pushing its fork. There are many examples of forks, why is this in-progress fork the only one to be documented on this page? Instead of having an entire section about a random fork, I think a sentence along the lines of "This incident is cited as the reason that many wikis, including the Minecraft Wiki, forked from Fandom" would work in the above grimace incident section. We were serious about forking before that incident ever happened, though we publicly state it as one of the reasons so the statement would be correct. Or if you want a section on forking, have it describe multiple forks. I'd edit this page but it is semi-protected. Harristic ( talk) 19:17, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
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I would like to remove a few words in this entry. BradOlsonBemidji ( talk) 05:48, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
In January 2022, Fandom announced their plans to remove all existing queer wikis, and replace them with a Fandom-managed "LGBTQIA+ wiki", which would only host established identities. The only exception was to be the Ezgender wiki, which would focus on lesser-known identities. This would notably remove the "LGBTA Wiki", known for its controversial inclusive principles, which were described by queer magazine Into as “important — and arguably invaluable, to [the queer community] and their online experience”. Fandom did not consult or seek the consent of any wiki maintainers beforehand. The announcement sparked backlash from the queer community, and a Change.org petition demanding Fandom to stop the removal of wikis garnered 3,100 e-signatures. The LGBTA and Ezgender wikis denounced Fandom and migrated to Miraheze, a non-profit wiki hosting service. By February, the LGBTA Wiki redirected to the Fandom-managed one. Its small selection of identities and use of 'medical' explanations for queer identities was criticized and considered exclusionary.
Is there any chance this situation could be added to the Controversies section? The source is Q.Digital's magazine Into, an independent secondary source which has been cited on Wikipedia many times already. https://www.intomore.com/the-internet/whats-happening-lgbtqia-wiki/ Lunyarna ( talk) 20:06, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
Hey I don’t have a wikipedia account but I wanna suggest something.
The redlink ChalkDrop.com should be changed to reflect the current destination, which is:
https://dough.tools/.
Thanks!
~Regina
2001:1970:568B:6900:F99D:C33B:50D:CB57 (
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so I'm a registered user, but it for some reason wont let me use it. I'm on the mobile app, running Android 7. DigitalKandra ( talk) 16:53, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
I am not sure when this started, but for at least the past two weeks Fandom has been blocked in Kazakhstan, accessible only through a VPN. 95.56.65.80 ( talk) 17:01, 20 November 2023 (UTC)
I added a mention to the browser extension to redirect users to independent wikis outside of Fandom. However, because of a lack of reliable secondary sources, so the edit was reverted. I leave the paragraph here for the future, in case new sources appear and it may be included again:
Cozyenby ( talk) 14:12, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
Today, April fools 2024, every picture is upside-down. So can you list all the April Fools jokes that Fandom made?? 2607:FEA8:DA0:3F00:28A6:628A:5851:2F26 ( talk) 18:58, 1 April 2024 (UTC)