Subject: TL;DR: Capitalism ruins another thing.
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Posted on: 2023-11-01 22:08:44 UTC

Basically, Fandom wikis have been overrun by ads and otherwise ruined by the management prioritizing profit and control over community experience and autonomy. Notably, there was an incident where the McDonalds wiki was turned into a giant ad for the Grimace shake, without the prior knowledge or consent of the wiki's admins.

That Fandom sucks now isn't news, exactly, but people are fed up enough that several large wikis (including the Minecraft wiki) have left the platform, and it seems more are likely to follow. Fandom doesn't make it super-easy to fork a wiki, naturally, but it is possible, and there are options, with more starting to appear.

~Neshomeh

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