There's a new "Google Jail" for independent wikis

Re:There's a new "Google Jail" for independent wikis by amazingamazing on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @06:10AM (#49608201)

I am more confident fandom will exist than “weirdgloop”, 10 years from now. Who is laying the bills for weirdgloop?

This does not say. From how it is written seems to be a one man show:

https://weirdgloop.org/blog/why-were-helping-more-wikis-move...

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Re:There's a new "Google Jail" for independent wikis by dianliang233 on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @08:25AM (#49609397)

They do ads on the RuneScape Wiki[1]. A couple of their wikis are also official wikis funded by game studios, such as Jagex for the RuneScape Wiki, Riot Games for Leagues, 2xko and Valorant, and Digital Extremes for Warframe.

[1]: https://runescape.wiki/w/Forum:Funding_the_wikis

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Re:There's a new "Google Jail" for independent wikis by sph on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @09:21AM (#49609989)

I would bet $100 against your prediction.

There are multiple game studios with their official wikis on weirdgloop's infra. Runescape players basically live off its wiki, it's that mandatory, and Jagex is well aware and OK with that.

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Re:There's a new "Google Jail" for independent wikis by amazingamazing on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @04:34PM (#49616642)

How many are on fandom?

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Re:There's a new "Google Jail" for independent wikis by sph on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @05:22AM (#49623641)

How many are trying desperately to leave it?

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Re:There's a new "Google Jail" for independent wikis by amazingamazing on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @07:33PM (#49636133)

Very low percentage. Take a game of year like clair obscur. I will leave it as an exercise for you to see which wiki is biggest and most active.

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