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===User freedom===

<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>- Message posted by one of the [https://archive.ph/IWuY5 SOAP moderators], which was sent following a complaint from Fandom's automated system.[[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,{{Efn|''"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"'' - Comment from Fandom Staff on the Limbus Company Wiki<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}}</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|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.

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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 ===User freedom===
 <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>- Message posted by one of the [https://archive.ph/IWuY5 SOAP moderators], which was sent following a complaint from Fandom's automated system.[[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,{{Efn|''"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"'' - Comment from Fandom Staff on the Limbus Company Wiki<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}}</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|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.
 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.