Re:Humans will never again create a project like Wikipedia
by tancop on Monday November 09, 2026 @12:27PM
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> fan wikis have almost all consolidated onto the ad riden, unreadable monstrosity that is fandom
Minecraft, GTA, League of Legends, Valorant, Overwatch, Fortnite, Warframe and RuneScape (OSRS too) all moved off Fandom because they started forcing ads even harder. They're now hosted by a nonprofit that takes money from Riot to host their official wikis and uses it to pay for the rest.
Re:Humans will never again create a project like Wikipedia
by Forgeties79 on Monday November 09, 2026 @02:37PM
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I am so tired of people taking things 100% literally so they can make a counter point even though clearly I don’t mean literally every single one. Yes there are wikis that are not on fandom, do I really need to say that? The point is that the vast majority are. I said “almost all,” that should be sufficient. Fandom is massive and has gobbled up the once broader field of sites/wikis/etc. for games.
I really don’t want to do that thing where I have to couch every single statement I make with parentheticals and qualifiers explaining the exact meaning and making sure to add a dozen “not” and “to be clear” statements in anticipation of this kind of responses
OSM still has major gaps that seem to be getting worse actually, and fan wikis have almost all consolidated onto the ad riden, unreadable monstrosity that is fandom.