Wikia

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Wikia is a silo for wikis that rebranded to Fandom in 2016 and is funded by advertising.

Criticism

• Why we're helping more wikis move away from Fandom

Trademarking Fandom

• Opposing trademark registrations that would claim private ownership of fandom

Monopolizing Fan Sites

• Giant Bomb, GameSpot, Metacritic And More Sold To Fan Wiki Company
• Layoffs Hit GameSpot, Giant Bomb Just Months After Fandom Buys Them

Ad-Heavy Pages

• Fandom without an adblocker is beyond parody
• Wikia is not good
• Stop Using Fandom

Unwanted Videos

• Fallout Fans Resist Wikia's Attempt To Pivot To Video
• Fallout Fans Continue To Struggle With The Company That Hosts Their Wiki
• Video Game Wikis Abandon Their Platform After Year Of Problems

NSFW Policies

• Monster Girl Encyclopedia Wiki Will Be Sacked By Host Due To ‘Fetish’ Content

Prohibiting Relocation

• Forking Policy
• Anti-Wikia Alliance: Retaliation
• TIL there's 2 Touhou wikis because the the older wiki's host refuses to close it due to ad revenue

Privacy Violations

• Fandom Disclosed Users’ Video-Viewing Habits to Meta Without Consent, Class Action Says

Alternatives

• BreezeWiki is an alternative front-end for Wikia. One of its popular instances, Antifandom, has been impacted by large language model traffic.

• Indie Wiki Buddy is a browser extension for redirecting to independent wikis.

See Also

• monoculture
• Miraheze