please, fandom is one of the worst sites on the internet
When the old school RuneScape wiki moved to a self hosted solution it was night and day the quality difference. I’d argue that OSRS (and probably regular RS) have some of the best wikis in gaming.
It used to be so decent, but man, it turned to crap. I hardly recognize what it once was.
The four horsemen of the video game Google search apocalypse are Fandom, IGN, Polygon, and GameRant
I’m pleased to hear that they’re moving. Fandom’s had a monopoly on the community-created wiki space for far too long, and it’s had a dire effect on the usability of so many wikis. It’s like they’re trying to make their site everything but a easily usable resource for community wikis.
On a related note, I highly recommend the “Indie Wiki Buddy” extension for Chrome and Firefox. When non-Fandom/Fextralife wikis are available, it’ll direct you to those instead; and when they’re not, it’ll allow you to view the Fandom wiki through a much more usable mirror.
Going to Fandom is like visiting a annoying dying person because they hold the hidden information.
Stardew Valley did the right thing by self hosting a wiki, makes it both official and independent
Several have, including the old school RuneScape wiki!
Now there’s two, and one is far more content full
Fandom is so utterly annoying with those unrelated videos. Really annoying website.
Fandom wikis are such bloated trash that I will always look elsewhere for info.
Lol, they moved out from Reddit and now they moved out from Fandom.
But their solution could be as simple as make their own wiki.
Imagine if we already had all the tools needed, and all that’s missing is a bit of hosting and a bit of moderation. If only there was a company with some extra cash behind this… haha.
But it’s seriously time people retake some kind of control over their online activity. All these “services” looking at every occasion to screw their user is getting annoying.
Fandom is a huge headache to even navigate, I couldn’t imagine what it’s like to maintain it
Just whatever you do, do not use Google docs to share information that belongs to a wiki. That’s is by far the most annoying option and 100 times worse than just having to deal with a fandom wiki.
Path of Exile did the same thing, going from fandom to https://poewiki.net/. And thank god they did, fuck fandom
Fandom is barely usable at this point. I feel like they’re just relying on no one wanting to put in the effort of coordinating a migration elsewhere.
Looks like the add-supported-free-stuff business model really is collapsing.
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A lot of people are moving to wiki.gg l. It has so many more features
Dead Cells wiki is great there. Far better than fandom
Deep rock galactic wiki looks much better on wiki.gg also
I’m an editor for a community wiki that moved off fandom a few years ago to Mireheze. When the recent discussion about Miraheze shutting down happened I briefly inquired about where we would migrate to, expressing my hope to not return to fandom, and was quite thouroghly assured that fandom is not somewhere that would even be considered returning to. I don’t think I’ve had a single positive experience on a fandom wiki ever, or at least not in over 8 years, with issues ranging from intrusive ads, to the comment section pop in making scrolling inconsistent, to even something as simple as it universally looking fucking ugly, I can’t wait for people to leave and am actively cheering on its slow death as a website.
Does anyone know how wiki.gg makes money? Wiki hosting side without stable income will just get bought out by bigger player or turn bad like fandom
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