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wake up babe, new reason to ditch FANDOM/Wikia just dropped
![Zelda Wiki twitter: Fandom refused to take this wiki down after we returned to independence and now it looks like they are using generative A.I. for "quick answers" which are spreading misinformation. Please stop using Fandom. We do not approve of our past work being used like this. [Screenshot of FANDOM Zelda Wiki with Quick Answers feature]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/55df791ecf5b885002a8ef164826ff07/cca355bad3b8715c-54/s1280x1920/948ce234abb745ea67c95d7bc58aade423eb7712.jpg)
ALT![Zelda Wiki twitter: IN one case, it provides "answers" for a completely unrelated franchise. [Screenshot of FANDOM Zelda Wiki with Quick Answers feature]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/dba0adad0a30f2d590ae05c4f7c0a839/cca355bad3b8715c-7d/s1280x1920/e7de260bae3d90e01cad8ae1a3e6032e202e3c79.jpg)
ALTPreviosuly
- corporate monster infested with ads which devoured Gamepedia and other companies (feat me on their shit policies, SEO and migration process)
- turning entire articles into ads if paid enough
- limited functionality preventing admins to even fight vandalism
- merging and removing of LGBT+ wikis (and forced domain change for educational [think serious] wikis to "fandom")
- official wiki status has no meaning in controlling shit
- very much censorship (same good ol' allergy to adult stuff)
- gets paid by US Navy to advertise their events (one, two)
Alternative free wiki hostings (aka wiki farms)
- Miraheze - started in 2015, non-commercial - no ads and runs on donations, wide array of MediaWiki features, wide array of allowed types of wikis and content, much autonomy for projects, custom domain and private wiki options
- wiki.gg - started in 2022 by former Gamepedia staff, limited to video games, accent on involvement of game devs and thus hosting official wikis, has ads for anons (but only of games having wikis here)
- Telepedia - started in 2022, limited to entertainment (although might allow other themes upon review), has ads for anons, replicates Miraheze structure
- WikiTide - started in 2023, no ads and runs on donations (but also tied w/ premium version called WikiForge), largely replicates Miraheze but has stricter content policies, custom domain option
Other free options I'm aware of are either too limited in allowed content or are very outdated/unstable in technical department to recommend here (or in case of Neoseeker - I'm completely unfamiliar with it, and can't say anything about it), but you still can check them out, alongside paid hostings, on this MediaWiki page.
If you (or your community) are brave and dedicated enough you can go with self-hosted MediaWiki instance (aka independent hosting), like JoJo Wiki (who started on Wikia and succeed at overtaking the SEO) or NIWA wikis. This option, of course, requires funding and technical knowledge, but it's still very much possible.
How to find existing alternative/independent wikis
- try to use "-fandom" filter for search query in Google, or use other search engines like Bing or DuckDuckGo
- Indie Wiki Buddy browser extension - it modifies search engine results and performs redirects based on its centralized list of independent wikis; a new indie wiki has to be requested/submitted to get added [ Firefox / Chrome ]
- Redirect to wiki.gg browser extension - same as IWB but for wikis moved to wiki.gg (as I understand, works automatically without dedicated listing) [ Firefox / Chrome ]
- (simple) Redirector browser extension - in case the wiki is neither on IWB or wiki.gg, and it doesn't filter out search results - only performs redirect on whatever you get; a redirect has to be set manually - see this tutorial [ Firefox / Chrome ]
Fuck FANDOM, support real people, support indie wikis
BEAUTIFUL HEART SHAPED ROCKS I WANT TO PUT THEM ALL IN MY POCKETS AND RUN AWAY AND THROW THEM IN THE SEA TO BE FOUND BY CURIOUS LITTLE GIRLS EVERYWHERE
ok was talking to a friend and now i’m crazy curious:
have you ever downloaded a fic on ao3?
yes, i do this often!
yes, a few times for special fics
no, but i don’t care that people do
no, that’s weird and uncomfortable
i…didn’t even know you could do that
expand on ur answer in the tags if you want & rb for more answers pls pls pls !!!!
Okay, as a fandom old, let me tell you something very very important: If you ever plan on reading that fic ever again in your life, Download the Damn Fic. The world is ever changing and there is no guarantee that the author won't delete it tomorrow, or that AO3 might be outlawed in your country, or that a solar flare will obliterate all electrical power on the planet... okay, getting a little dramatic there, dialing it back.
Download the fics, kids, remember the mantra of the fic writers that came before you:
I posted this a couple days ago and this morning the archive is down with technical issues and this just illustrates my point.
Me: Great what am I supposed to read with my coffee?
Also Me: One of the 700 fics on your iPad probably
Also Me: One of
the 700 fics on
your iPad probably
Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.