Comment on Stop using Fandom

jacktherippah@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why would we need a fediverse alternative 😂 unless you want to go around editing wikis with your mastodon account, wikis are basically just static webpages. It’s called HTML 😂

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  • Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I, for one, would be totally cool having a single account to do everything online. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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    • Gestrid@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Believe it or not, Wikipedia actually does use a single global account for all of its wikis. That includes Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikimedia Commons, and almost every other site listed on their website. The only one you have to create a separate account for is their test wiki where they test new versions of MediaWiki (the software they develop for their wikis).

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      • mosiacmango@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Fandom was founded/CEO by Jimmy wales, the cofounder of Wikipedia, so that’s a bit ironic.

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  • DestinyGrey@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wikis like Fandom typically make it easy/easier to create and edit pages. Wiki editors are rare and you want to make it as easy for them to latch onto helping and volunteering as is possible.

    Maybe a fediverse option isn’t needed (though the below comment’s point about having a central account would make it easier for a lot of users), but having a convenient and easy way to create a wiki for your favorite fandom, without using Fandom would go a long way toward breaking Fandom’s hold over the entertainment sections of the internet.

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• astral_avocado@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Just use dokuwifi or media wiki or any of the already made OSS self-hosted solutions…

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  • Natanael@slrpnk.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There’s Fossil which is a version control system with a wiki, so you can just straight up fork and mirror existing wikis.

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• Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I learned about this plug in the other day. Indie Wiki Buddy. It’s not a fediverse alternative, but it’s the next best thing. It can redirect your Fandom results to their independent alternatives.

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