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===User freedom=== | ===User freedom=== | ||
{{Quote|''"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"'' - Message posted by one of the [https://archive.ph/IWuY5 SOAP moderators], which was sent following a complaint from Fandom's automated system.}} | |||
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 name=":0" /> 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 name=":0" /> and they can modify or alter it without the prior consent of the writers involved. | ||
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===Portable Infoboxes (May 2017)=== | ===Portable Infoboxes (May 2017)=== | ||
{{Quote|''"Remember the Portable infoboxes? They didn't think of inserting official tabbers in them when they first introduced them. It took several months before tabbers in PIs finally became a thing."'' - Quote from [https://archive.ph/UUvUT @QueenPinksweets], former Vocaloid Wiki Moderator (2021)}} | |||
In mid-2017, Spanish programmer Jesús Martínez Novo, who had been working on the WikiDex project since 2006, published a note discussing his experience with the platform as well as the forking of the largest Pokémon wiki in Spanish. Martínez explained that in 2017, Fandom had forced users to abruptly change the code of some of their templates. This decision was not previously consulted with the users who had previously coded much of the site voluntarily, and the company gave them one week to convert the rest of the templates.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Martínez |first=Jesús |date=2017-05-07 |title=Wikia — When the site you spend most of the time goes evil |url=https://medium.com/@martineznovo/wikia-when-the-site-you-spend-most-of-the-time-goes-evil-1ce9d3f79285 |access-date=2025-08-19 |website=Medium}}</ref> | In mid-2017, Spanish programmer Jesús Martínez Novo, who had been working on the WikiDex project since 2006, published a note discussing his experience with the platform as well as the forking of the largest Pokémon wiki in Spanish. Martínez explained that in 2017, Fandom had forced users to abruptly change the code of some of their templates. This decision was not previously consulted with the users who had previously coded much of the site voluntarily, and the company gave them one week to convert the rest of the templates.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Martínez |first=Jesús |date=2017-05-07 |title=Wikia — When the site you spend most of the time goes evil |url=https://medium.com/@martineznovo/wikia-when-the-site-you-spend-most-of-the-time-goes-evil-1ce9d3f79285 |access-date=2025-08-19 |website=Medium}}</ref> | ||
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*''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySXP4hxFNFw "The Minecraft Wiki vs Corporate Greed"]'' (2024) published by videographer "DIMM4" focusing on the history of the Minecraft Wiki and its relationship with Fandom and Curse | *''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySXP4hxFNFw "The Minecraft Wiki vs Corporate Greed"]'' (2024) published by videographer "DIMM4" focusing on the history of the Minecraft Wiki and its relationship with Fandom and Curse | ||
*''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcfuA_UAz3I "Stop using Fandom"]'' (2023) published by game developer "Mossbag" | *''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcfuA_UAz3I "Stop using Fandom"]'' (2023) published by game developer "Mossbag" | ||
*''[https://awa.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Anti-Wikia_Alliance Anti-Wikia Alliance] | *''[https://awa.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Anti-Wikia_Alliance Anti-Wikia Alliance]'' | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||