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Censorship

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	In early 2024, editor [https://www.reddit.com/r/titanfall/comments/1b1qlxl/about_the_migration/ The_Sniperstock] announced that Fandom had removed his admin rights before the fork was fully completed and informed users that Fandom is capable of revoking admin rights from anyone it considers to be moving.		In early 2024, editor [https://www.reddit.com/r/titanfall/comments/1b1qlxl/about_the_migration/ The_Sniperstock] announced that Fandom had removed his admin rights before the fork was fully completed and informed users that Fandom is capable of revoking admin rights from anyone it considers to be moving.

			In 2026, the official GTA wiki moved to Weird Gloop; editors of one of the largest video game wikis stated that Fandom was significantly disrupting its internal operations. Editor WildBrick142 stated that Fandom had previously stripped Admin452 of his administrative rights—who had spent a decade building the Saint’s Row wiki—when the company unilaterally decided to create its own wiki for the franchise’s reboot. He also mentioned how Fandom forces the inclusion of intrusive elements to turn the page into a “billboard” rather than a proper informational site.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2026 \|title=GTA Wiki: Moving from Fandom \|url=https://gta.wiki/w/GTA_Wiki:Moving_from_Fandom \|website=GTA Wiki via Weird Gloop}}</ref>

	==Incidents==		==Incidents==

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Online grooming and sexual harassment (November 2023)

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	Howard later posted videos explaining the inappropriate behavior of one of the administrators of Wikitubia and The Amazing Digital Circus Wiki, explaining that minors were being exposed, as well as publishing several documents detailing how minors were being harassed.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Howard \|first=Cristopher \|date=2024-10-26 \|title=Pred Concerns on YouTube Wiki & The Amazing Digital Circus Wiki \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXM_LRnWvTE \|access-date=2025-08-18 \|website=SlimeBeast via YouTube \|archive-url=https://preservetube.com/watch?v=EXM_LRnWvTE \|archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref> He also reported on Fandom Staff's handling of the situation, which had previously banned a victim of grooming for expressing concern about the safety of minors on the platform.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Wolf \|first=Cristopher \|date=2024-10-28 \|title=Fandom (The Company) Bans Grooming Whistleblower For Whistleblowing \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSGGVQwG1Is \|access-date=2025-08-18 \|website=SlimeBeast via YouTube \|archive-url=https://preservetube.com/watch?v=gSGGVQwG1Is \|archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref>		Howard later posted videos explaining the inappropriate behavior of one of the administrators of Wikitubia and The Amazing Digital Circus Wiki, explaining that minors were being exposed, as well as publishing several documents detailing how minors were being harassed.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Howard \|first=Cristopher \|date=2024-10-26 \|title=Pred Concerns on YouTube Wiki & The Amazing Digital Circus Wiki \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXM_LRnWvTE \|access-date=2025-08-18 \|website=SlimeBeast via YouTube \|archive-url=https://preservetube.com/watch?v=EXM_LRnWvTE \|archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref> He also reported on Fandom Staff's handling of the situation, which had previously banned a victim of grooming for expressing concern about the safety of minors on the platform.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Wolf \|first=Cristopher \|date=2024-10-28 \|title=Fandom (The Company) Bans Grooming Whistleblower For Whistleblowing \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSGGVQwG1Is \|access-date=2025-08-18 \|website=SlimeBeast via YouTube \|archive-url=https://preservetube.com/watch?v=gSGGVQwG1Is \|archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref>

			In 2026, user RubyDoesStuff0000 posted explaining how Fandom Staff was protecting another person who had sent inappropriate messages to minors, explaining that the company's staff had downplayed several of the issues, highlighting that a lot of drama had formed because of it and how the company's negligence made it easier for predators to harass children through Fandom Wikis.<blockquote>''"A demotion poll was made and dozens of people turned up to voice their support of it only for a fandom staff member to show up and accuse people of brigading the vote and saying "For the record, Love Robin has been a good and caring contributor for many years, and still has a good future on Fandom - if she chooses to stay after this. So many votes are a heavy thing to face, but I hope we can move forward with care and integrity from here."'' - Quote from [https://www.reddit.com/r/whenthe/comments/1qwd6kp/comment/o3os4kh/ RubyDoesStuff000] about the incident regarding predators on Fandom Wikis</blockquote>

	===AI translations (July 2025)===		===AI translations (July 2025)===

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 ===Censorship===
-<blockquote>''"The way Fandom displayed that they would permanently lock (and eventually delete) LyricWiki based on “We want Fandom to be a family friendly site…We also have some advertisers, for example Google, who have rules on what their ads can be shown next to” motivated us to censor content more aggressively.'' {{Citation needed}}</blockquote><blockquote>''Because we received no actual guidance from Fandom on what counts as e.g. “pornographic” or “obscene” besides a literal “I know it when I see it,” this led to a lot of inconsistency, a lot of back-and-forth, and a lot of headache for editors and readers alike."'' - From [https://vocaloidlyrics.miraheze.org/wiki/Vocaloid_Lyrics_Wiki:Fandom_Migration Fandom Migration] via Vocaloid Lyrics </blockquote><!-- Quotations should generally be explained in what they mean and/or why they're relevant to the topic at hand. -->[[File:Fandom Wiki - South Park Public Library Censorhip and Ads.png|alt=South Park Archives Fandom Wiki Censored Streaming Services (2025)|thumb|400x400px|Screenshot of the episode "Crippled Summer" along with intrusive ads for streaming services that were implemented without prior consent from users. Additionally, all profits from these affiliate links go to Fandom instead of the editors who wrote the original articles. ]]
+[[File:Fandom Wiki - South Park Public Library Censorhip and Ads.png|alt=South Park Archives Fandom Wiki Censored Streaming Services (2025)|thumb|400x400px|Screenshot of the episode "Crippled Summer" along with intrusive ads for streaming services that were implemented without prior consent from users. Additionally, all profits from these affiliate links go to Fandom instead of the editors who wrote the original articles. ]]
 Since Fandom is a company that relies on advertising to operate, part of the staff has to sanitize content to appeal to most of its brands and partners. This has caused certain clashes with editorial teams that discuss mature topics.
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 Later in 2025, the Siivagunner and Vocaloid Lyrics wikis migrated to different hosts, citing similar concerns where Fandom had removed a lot of content that could be controversial. The editorial team of the ''Siivagunner Wiki'' released a statement saying that part of the reason for moving the wiki to an independent host was due to the deliberate deletion of ''Mysikt Wiki'', another group dedicated to remixes and mashups, without prior notification from Fandom.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025 |title=Forking announcement |url=https://www.siivagunner.wiki/wiki/SiIvaGunner_Wiki:Forking_announcement |access-date=2025-08-22 |website=Siivagunner Wiki |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260118223334/https://www.siivagunner.wiki/wiki/SiIvaGunner_Wiki:Forking_announcement |archive-date=18 Jan 2026}}</ref>
 ===Anti-competitive practices===

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	===Anti-competitive practices===		===Anti-competitive practices===
	<blockquote>''"People on the fandom wiki are taking a bunch of new pages from ~~http~~://jojowiki.com that I and other editors spent lots of time creating just to have it on their site. They aren't explicitly plagiarizing (they tried to before) but the content and layouts are really similar. This time it's FANDOM's own employees getting paid to take our pages and replace words with synonyms. I wouldn't mind if they at least credited us (which they are supposed to do as per our copyright policy), but they have a filter that bans anyone who links to our site."'' - [https://archive.ph/rDtMx @Vishkujo], administrator of the JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia (2021) </blockquote>In a blog post published in 2025 by editor Violet, who had previously worked on moving Death Battle Wiki to the non-profit host ''Miraheze'', he explained that one of the reasons for moving the wiki to a different host was due to Fandom's attempts to remove links or mentions to wikis on different platforms, explaining that this has led to a lot of internal discussion regarding external links, where editors are forced to promote dead wikis that are still hosted on Fandom instead of independent options that are actively maintained.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025 \|title=Leaving Fandom \|url=https://deathbattle.miraheze.org/wiki/DEATH_BATTLE!_Wiki:Leaving_FANDOM \|access-date=2025-08-19 \|website=Death Battle Wiki! via Miraheze \|quote=Aside from this dodgy language being used to try and justify their anti-competitive practices, this also actively hinders our own editing by preventing us from providing external links to wikis that have migrated out of Fandom and are being actively supported, which means we are not "organically sharing" accurate information for franchises acknowledged by the show like, say, Terraria, Bendy, and Guilty Gear.}}</ref>		<blockquote>''"People on the fandom wiki are taking a bunch of new pages from https://jojowiki.com that I and other editors spent lots of time creating just to have it on their site. They aren't explicitly plagiarizing (they tried to before) but the content and layouts are really similar. This time it's FANDOM's own employees getting paid to take our pages and replace words with synonyms. I wouldn't mind if they at least credited us (which they are supposed to do as per our copyright policy), but they have a filter that bans anyone who links to our site."'' - [https://archive.ph/rDtMx @Vishkujo], administrator of the JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia (2021) </blockquote>In a blog post published in 2025 by editor Violet, who had previously worked on moving Death Battle Wiki to the non-profit host ''Miraheze'', he explained that one of the reasons for moving the wiki to a different host was due to Fandom's attempts to remove links or mentions to wikis on different platforms, explaining that this has led to a lot of internal discussion regarding external links, where editors are forced to promote dead wikis that are still hosted on Fandom instead of independent options that are actively maintained.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025 \|title=Leaving Fandom \|url=https://deathbattle.miraheze.org/wiki/DEATH_BATTLE!_Wiki:Leaving_FANDOM \|access-date=2025-08-19 \|website=Death Battle Wiki! via Miraheze \|quote=Aside from this dodgy language being used to try and justify their anti-competitive practices, this also actively hinders our own editing by preventing us from providing external links to wikis that have migrated out of Fandom and are being actively supported, which means we are not "organically sharing" accurate information for franchises acknowledged by the show like, say, Terraria, Bendy, and Guilty Gear.}}</ref>

	===Business Model===		===Business Model===

AnotherConsumerRightsPerson at 06:14, 20 October 2025

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	'''[[wikipedia:Fandom(website)\|Fandom]]''', formerly known as '''Wikia''', is a media conglomerate based in the United States. The website has more than 50 million user-generated pages, as well as other multimedia databases such as GameFAQs, Metacritic, and Gamepedia. It also owns entertainment outlets such as GameSpot and TV Guide, in addition to owning online video game retailers such as Fanatical.		'''[[wikipedia:Fandom (website)\|Fandom]]''', formerly known as '''Wikia''', is a media conglomerate based in the United States. The website has more than 50 million user-generated pages, as well as other multimedia databases such as GameFAQs, Metacritic, and Gamepedia. It also owns entertainment outlets such as GameSpot and TV Guide, in addition to owning online video game retailers such as Fanatical.

	In 2018, Fandom was acquired by private equity firm TPG Capital. In 2024, the Detailed.com blog, which analyzes web development with regard to SEO, categorized Fandom as one of the 16 companies that dominate global traffic for Google Search, noting that it had been one of the largest domains it had ever recorded with an estimated 800 million visits according to statistics provided by Semrush in the same year.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Allsopp \|first=Glen \|date=2024 \|title=How 16 Companies are Dominating the World’s Google Search Results (2024 Edition) \|url=https://detailed.com/google-control/ \|access-date=2025-08-21 \|website=Detailed.com}}</ref>		In 2018, Fandom was acquired by private equity firm TPG Capital. In 2024, the Detailed.com blog, which analyzes web development with regard to SEO, categorized Fandom as one of the 16 companies that dominate global traffic for Google Search, noting that it had been one of the largest domains it had ever recorded with an estimated 800 million visits according to statistics provided by Semrush in the same year.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Allsopp \|first=Glen \|date=2024 \|title=How 16 Companies are Dominating the World’s Google Search Results (2024 Edition) \|url=https://detailed.com/google-control/ \|access-date=2025-08-21 \|website=Detailed.com}}</ref>

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	'''Fandom''', formerly known as '''Wikia''', is a media conglomerate based in the United States. The website has more than 50 million user-generated pages, as well as other multimedia databases such as GameFAQs, Metacritic, and Gamepedia. It also owns entertainment outlets such as GameSpot and TV Guide, in addition to owning online video game retailers such as Fanatical.		'''[[wikipedia:Fandom(website)\|Fandom]]''', formerly known as '''Wikia''', is a media conglomerate based in the United States. The website has more than 50 million user-generated pages, as well as other multimedia databases such as GameFAQs, Metacritic, and Gamepedia. It also owns entertainment outlets such as GameSpot and TV Guide, in addition to owning online video game retailers such as Fanatical.

	In 2018, Fandom was acquired by private equity firm TPG Capital. In 2024, the Detailed.com blog, which analyzes web development with regard to SEO, categorized Fandom as one of the 16 companies that dominate global traffic for Google Search, noting that it had been one of the largest domains it had ever recorded with an estimated 800 million visits according to statistics provided by Semrush in the same year.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Allsopp \|first=Glen \|date=2024 \|title=How 16 Companies are Dominating the World’s Google Search Results (2024 Edition) \|url=https://detailed.com/google-control/ \|access-date=2025-08-21 \|website=Detailed.com}}</ref>		In 2018, Fandom was acquired by private equity firm TPG Capital. In 2024, the Detailed.com blog, which analyzes web development with regard to SEO, categorized Fandom as one of the 16 companies that dominate global traffic for Google Search, noting that it had been one of the largest domains it had ever recorded with an estimated 800 million visits according to statistics provided by Semrush in the same year.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Allsopp \|first=Glen \|date=2024 \|title=How 16 Companies are Dominating the World’s Google Search Results (2024 Edition) \|url=https://detailed.com/google-control/ \|access-date=2025-08-21 \|website=Detailed.com}}</ref>

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	===Business Model===		===Business Model===
	<blockquote>''"I briefly worked for Fandom last year, and I worked closely with GameSpot and TV Guide. After ten years in the editorial industry I had never seen editorial brands treated so poorly. Fandom is fundamentally a company that ONLY knows how to operate using an army of unpaid volunteer editors and have no clue whatsoever how to manage paid writers and editors. It was an absolute nightmare of mismanagement, and while I was going to bat hard for the editors (like what do I care about Fandom after a few weeks of working there, I literally only care about journalists being resourced well enough to keep their jobs and do great work) my management started drilling down on me pretty quickly. I wound up going on disability because the working conditions there exacerbated a mental health crisis (having to do with the nightmare layoffs at Condé that I'd just gone through), and eventually I left" -'' A former FANDOM Employee in the article [https://gemvidio-navi.neocities.org/Tech/fandom-working-environment Behind the moderation of Fandom Wikis: Controversies, incidents, and toxicity] </blockquote>[[File:Fandom Wiki - Path of Exile Ad Information.png\|alt=Fandom Wiki Ads Monetization Information\|thumb\|Using external tools, you can see which ads are being displayed and how much Fandom is paid to display them on the wiki. The people who write the articles do not receive any monetization for these ads, just as Fandom does not tell the people who work on its wikis how much they actually earn from monetizing their content. (Source: [https://forkfandom.com/ ForkFandom] by Jacques Corby-Tuech)]]		<blockquote>''"I briefly worked for Fandom last year, and I worked closely with GameSpot and TV Guide. After ten years in the editorial industry I had never seen editorial brands treated so poorly. Fandom is fundamentally a company that ONLY knows how to operate using an army of unpaid volunteer editors and have no clue whatsoever how to manage paid writers and editors. It was an absolute nightmare of mismanagement, and while I was going to bat hard for the editors (like what do I care about Fandom after a few weeks of working there, I literally only care about journalists being resourced well enough to keep their jobs and do great work) my management started drilling down on me pretty quickly. I wound up going on disability because the working conditions there exacerbated a mental health crisis (having to do with the nightmare layoffs at Condé that I'd just gone through), and eventually I left" -'' A former FANDOM Employee in the article [https://gemvidio-navi.neocities.org/Tech/fandom-working-environment Behind the moderation of Fandom Wikis: Controversies, incidents, and toxicity] </blockquote>[[File:Fandom Wiki - Path of Exile Ad Information.png\|alt=Fandom Wiki Ads Monetization Information\|thumb\|Using external tools, you can see which ads are being displayed and how much Fandom is paid to display them on the wiki. The people who write the articles do not receive any monetization for these ads, just as Fandom does not tell the people who work on its wikis how much they actually earn from monetizing their content. (Source: [https://forkfandom.com/ ForkFandom] by Jacques Corby-Tuech)]]
	In mid-2008, the British newspaper The Guardian published an article about the ''[https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/jul/31/wikipedia Transformer Wiki]'' migration, which was the first formal piece of criticism that the company described as “The typical digital sharecropping website is a capitalist's fantasy,” explaining that users who contribute to Fandom wikis do not receive rights, protections, or remuneration for the work they contribute to the website, ~~while Fandom claims 100%~~ of the ~~ad revenue generated by user~~-~~generated~~ content~~{{Citation needed}}~~.		In mid-2008, the British newspaper The Guardian published an article about the ''[https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/jul/31/wikipedia Transformer Wiki]'' migration, which was the first formal piece of criticism that the company described as “The typical digital sharecropping website is a capitalist's fantasy,” explaining that users who contribute to Fandom wikis do not receive rights, protections, or remuneration for the work they contribute to the website. The model used by Fandom was previously criticized by videographer [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqeNnutJUhE Blue Reevie] in 2019, who questioned the ethics of how the company was using unpaid volunteer labor to organize part of its structure. Later in 2024, former volunteer “Frisk” noted that he was concerned about how the company might be violating [https://frisk.space/posts/fandom-and-the-multimillion-business-of-monetizing-volunteer-work/FLSAemail.txt Fair Labor Standards Act Advisor] (FLSA) that dictate how much volunteers can contribute to a for-profit organization, questioning whether it is right for the company to use unpaid persons to moderate and update the content of its website.

			In early 2024, editor [https://www.reddit.com/r/titanfall/comments/1b1qlxl/about_the_migration/ The_Sniperstock] announced that Fandom had removed his admin rights before the fork was fully completed and informed users that Fandom is capable of revoking admin rights from anyone it considers to be moving.

	==Incidents==		==Incidents==

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	===User freedom===		===User freedom===
	The following message was posted by one of the [https://archive.ph/IWuY5 SOAP moderators] and was sent after a complaint from Fandom's automated system:<blockquote>''"Admin or not, the staff doesn't care about it, neither do the filters. If Fandom staff wants the word censored: you don't have any rights to be against it. Not even us"''</blockquote>[[File:Fandom Wiki - Zionist Ads.png\|alt=Fandom Wikia Zionist Ad\|thumb\|Users do not have the right to restrict or decide which advertisements appear on the pages. Fandom would sometimes insert advertisements from [https://archive.ph/KB8yo political organizations] without prior consultation with the editors involved.]]		The following message was posted by one of the [https://archive.ph/IWuY5 SOAP moderators] and was sent after a complaint from Fandom's automated system:<blockquote>''"Admin or not, the staff doesn't care about it, neither do the filters. If Fandom staff wants the word censored: you don't have any rights to be against it. Not even us"''</blockquote>[[File:Fandom Wiki - Zionist Ads.png\|alt=Fandom Wikia Zionist Ad\|thumb\|Users do not have the right to restrict or decide which advertisements appear on the pages. Fandom would sometimes insert advertisements from [https://archive.ph/KB8yo political organizations] without prior consultation with the editors involved.]]
	Users on Fandom have little control over the content they upload to the platform. Furthermore, Fandom staff clarify that all content uploaded by users to the platform is their property,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://~~www~~.~~reddit~~.com/r/TheOdysseyHadAPurpose/comments/1e1jahx/response_from_soap_members_in_regards_to_the/\|~~title~~=~~Response from SOAP members in regards to the Fandom Wiki vandalism~~\|date=~~2024~~\|website=Reddit\|quote=Admins can't give permission to destroy a wiki, and if they do, they will be demoted and blocked. Futher, The content on this platform belongs to fandom and not the admins}}</ref> and they can modify or alter it without the prior consent of the writers involved.		Users on Fandom have little control over the content they upload to the platform. Furthermore, Fandom staff clarify that all content uploaded by users to the platform is their property,<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2024 \|title=Response from SOAP members in regards to the Fandom Wiki vandalism \|url=https://redlib.catsarch.com/r/TheOdysseyHadAPurpose/comments/1e1jahx/response_from_soap_members_in_regards_to_the/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260321135345/https://redlib.catsarch.com/r/TheOdysseyHadAPurpose/comments/1e1jahx/response_from_soap_members_in_regards_to_the/ \|archive-date=21 Mar 2026 \|website=Reddit \|quote=Admins can't give permission to destroy a wiki, and if they do, they will be demoted and blocked. Futher, The content on this platform belongs to fandom and not the admins}}</ref> and they can modify or alter it without the prior consent of the writers involved.

	Fandom had previously replaced entire pages with advertisements without consulting the users involved. Among them are paid advertisements from corporations such as McDonald's to remove part of the historical data of their products for promotions.		Fandom had previously replaced entire pages with advertisements without consulting the users involved. Among them are paid advertisements from corporations such as McDonald's to remove part of the historical data of their products for promotions.
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	In early 2024, editor [https://www.reddit.com/r/titanfall/comments/1b1qlxl/about_the_migration/ The_Sniperstock] announced that Fandom had removed his admin rights before the fork was fully completed and informed users that Fandom is capable of revoking admin rights from anyone it considers to be moving.		In early 2024, editor [https://www.reddit.com/r/titanfall/comments/1b1qlxl/about_the_migration/ The_Sniperstock] announced that Fandom had removed his admin rights before the fork was fully completed and informed users that Fandom is capable of revoking admin rights from anyone it considers to be moving.

	In 2026, the official GTA wiki moved to Weird Gloop; editors of one of the largest video game wikis stated that Fandom was significantly disrupting its internal operations. Editor WildBrick142 stated that Fandom had previously stripped Admin452 of his administrative rights—who had spent a decade building the Saint’s Row wiki—when the company unilaterally decided to create its own wiki for the franchise’s reboot. He also mentioned how Fandom forces the inclusion of intrusive elements to turn the page into a “billboard” rather than a proper informational site.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2026 \|title=GTA Wiki: Moving from Fandom \|url=https://gta.wiki/w/GTA_Wiki:Moving_from_Fandom \|website=GTA Wiki via Weird Gloop}}</ref>		In 2026, the official GTA wiki moved to Weird Gloop; editors of one of the largest video game wikis stated that Fandom was significantly disrupting its internal operations. Editor WildBrick142 stated that Fandom had previously stripped Admin452 of his administrative rights—who had spent a decade building the Saint’s Row wiki—when the company unilaterally decided to create its own wiki for the franchise’s reboot. He also mentioned how Fandom forces the inclusion of intrusive elements to turn the page into a “billboard” rather than a proper informational site.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2026 \|title=GTA Wiki: Moving from Fandom \|url=https://gta.wiki/w/GTA_Wiki:Moving_from_Fandom \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260321134010/https://gta.wiki/w/GTA_Wiki:Moving_from_Fandom \|archive-date=21 Mar 2026 \|website=GTA Wiki via Weird Gloop}}</ref>

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	===Fandom Shop (September 2020)===		===Fandom Shop (September 2020)===
	[[File:Fandom Wiki - Bootleg Ripoff Online Shop Ad.jpg\|alt=Fandom Wiki Shop Ripoff Bootleg Store (2020)\|thumb\|During 2020, Fandom aggressively promoted a store on its wikis, with much of the merchandise consisting of poor-quality bootlegs/ripoffs. Additionally, users expressed concern about how Fandom was clearly selling and profiting from merchandise based on intellectual property that it did not own.]]		[[File:Fandom Wiki - Bootleg Ripoff Online Shop Ad.jpg\|alt=Fandom Wiki Shop Ripoff Bootleg Store (2020)\|thumb\|During 2020, Fandom aggressively promoted a store on its wikis, with much of the merchandise consisting of poor-quality bootlegs/ripoffs. Additionally, users expressed concern about how Fandom was clearly selling and profiting from merchandise based on intellectual property that it did not own.]]
	At the end of 2020, the company introduced links to "Fandom Shop" on various wikis, an initiative by the company to distribute merchandise. This measure was criticized by users, as the links were embedded in the site's navigation without prior consultation by administrators. In addition, some of the products included poor-quality bootlegs products.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2020-09-16 \|title=Wikia/FANDOM are rolling out a "Shop" tab on Wikis, filled with affiliate (for profit) links to stores. I would like to make folks aware that nearly 99% of items in this tab are UNOFFICIAL/BOOTLEGS. \|url=https://x.com/danganronpawiki/status/1306182977999732741 \|access-date=2025-07-17 \|website=Danganronpa Wiki via Twitter}}</ref>		At the end of 2020, the company introduced links to "Fandom Shop" on various wikis, an initiative by the company to distribute merchandise. This measure was criticized by users, as the links were embedded in the site's navigation without prior consultation by administrators. In addition, some of the products included poor-quality bootlegs products.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2020-09-16 \|title=Wikia/FANDOM are rolling out a "Shop" tab on Wikis, filled with affiliate (for profit) links to stores. I would like to make folks aware that nearly 99% of items in this tab are UNOFFICIAL/BOOTLEGS. \|url=https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/danganronpawiki/status/1306182977999732741 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260321133448/https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/danganronpawiki/status/1306182977999732741 \|archive-date=21 Mar 2026 \|access-date=2025-07-17 \|website=Danganronpa Wiki via Twitter}}</ref>

	===NFT Integration Plans (February 2022)===		===NFT Integration Plans (February 2022)===
	In early 2022, Fandom CEO Perkins Miller announced the possibility of integrating NFTs into the platform, despite backlash from user surveys and concerns about the environmental damage it could cause.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2022-02-16 \|title=Perkins Miller, the CEO of @getFANDOM, our Wiki host, has put out a statement on LinkedIN that the platform is considering getting into NFTs, despite the admitted extremely poor feedback from a community survey. \|url=https://x.com/danganronpawiki/status/1494105070220292098 \|access-date=2025-08-23 \|website=Danganronpa Wiki via Twitter}}</ref>		In early 2022, Fandom CEO Perkins Miller announced the possibility of integrating NFTs into the platform, despite backlash from user surveys and concerns about the environmental damage it could cause.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2022-02-16 \|title=Perkins Miller, the CEO of @getFANDOM, our Wiki host, has put out a statement on LinkedIN that the platform is considering getting into NFTs, despite the admitted extremely poor feedback from a community survey. \|url=https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/danganronpawiki/status/1494105070220292098 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260321133902/https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/danganronpawiki/status/1494105070220292098 \|archive-date=21 Mar 2026 \|access-date=2025-08-23 \|website=Danganronpa Wiki via Twitter}}</ref>

	===McDonald's Fandom Advertising (June 2023)===		===McDonald's Fandom Advertising (June 2023)===
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	===AI translations (July 2025)===		===AI translations (July 2025)===
	In July 2025, Fandom began experimenting with creating wikis in other languages using generative AI. The move was boycotted by users, citing concerns about replacing editors and translators who had previously worked on the website to provide high-quality translations manually, as well as the dismantling of international support for other languages.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-07-08 \|title=Fandom is planning to start translating English wiki articles into other languages using AI. If you log in to view comments on the blogpost announcing this, you can see this decision is extremely unpopular with Fandom editors. \|url=https://x.com/mossbag69/status/1942656734146777248 \|access-date=2025-08-17 \|website=Mossbag69 via Twitter}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-07-07 \|title=Apparently @getFANDOM is planning to launch AI generated non English wikis, and I cannot stress enough how bad this idea is, and how disrespectful it is to the people who create the content on their platform. \|url=https://x.com/SEJordanWilson/status/1942405776267419777 \|access-date=2025-07-17 \|website=Jordan Wilson via Twitter}}</ref> In response, a petition was launched to halt the process of automating translations with generative AI, with approximately 390 different editors signing up to have the project canceled.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-07-11 \|title=We are now over 390 editor signatures against Fandom's new plan to use AI to translate wikis from English to other languages. This replaces human editors with AI, and if Fandom is serious about supporting foreign languages, invest in people. Not machines. \|url=https://x.com/SEJordanWilson/status/1943777100982628579 \|access-date=2025-08-17 \|website=Jordan Wilson via Twitter}}</ref>		In July 2025, Fandom began experimenting with creating wikis in other languages using generative AI. The move was boycotted by users, citing concerns about replacing editors and translators who had previously worked on the website to provide high-quality translations manually, as well as the dismantling of international support for other languages.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-07-08 \|title=Fandom is planning to start translating English wiki articles into other languages using AI. If you log in to view comments on the blogpost announcing this, you can see this decision is extremely unpopular with Fandom editors. \|url=https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/mossbag69/status/1942656734146777248 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://megalodon.jp/2026-0321-2242-06/https://nitter.us.catsarch.com:443/mossbag69/status/1942656734146777248 \|archive-date=21 Mar 2026 \|access-date=2025-08-17 \|website=Mossbag69 via Twitter}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-07-07 \|title=Apparently @getFANDOM is planning to launch AI generated non English wikis, and I cannot stress enough how bad this idea is, and how disrespectful it is to the people who create the content on their platform. \|url=https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/SEJordanWilson/status/1942405776267419777 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260321133952/https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/SEJordanWilson/status/1942405776267419777 \|archive-date=21 Mar 2026 \|access-date=2025-07-17 \|website=Jordan Wilson via Twitter}}</ref> In response, a petition was launched to halt the process of automating translations with generative AI, with approximately 390 different editors signing up to have the project canceled.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-07-11 \|title=We are now over 390 editor signatures against Fandom's new plan to use AI to translate wikis from English to other languages. This replaces human editors with AI, and if Fandom is serious about supporting foreign languages, invest in people. Not machines. \|url=https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/SEJordanWilson/status/1943777100982628579 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260321134004/https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/SEJordanWilson/status/1943777100982628579 \|archive-date=21 Mar 2026 \|access-date=2025-08-17 \|website=Jordan Wilson via Twitter}}</ref>

	===Stowarzyszenie Minecraft Wiki Polska (August 2025)===		===Stowarzyszenie Minecraft Wiki Polska (August 2025)===