Comment on Game wikis just aren't as popular anymore?

• jedibob5@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  They don’t actually let admins shut down or remove content from their wikis. They can leave and start a new wiki, but they have to leave the old one in place (for which Fandom could potentially just find new admins), and they can only link to the new wiki from the Fandom wiki for a period of two weeks. With Fandom’s SEO, there’s a good chance the Fandom wiki will still be ahead of search results of the new wiki even after migration. Source

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  • DrQuint@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Man this was an issue already some 10 years ago when touhou wiki went self-hosted. It took a whole year for google to get memo and link the new one above the old.

    Nowadays I assume it’s pretty much impossible to reverse the flow unless if your game is huge and highly sought after.

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  • ono@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I wonder if this could be mitigated (or even nullified) by a cooperative game developer, through DMCA takedown notices sent to Fandom. There is a lot of art on these wikis, after all, and I imagine the copyright holder has some say in who is allowed to distribute it.

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  • EnglishMobster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    What are they going to do? Ban them?

    Honestly if I was migrating away from Fandom I’d do everything I can to burn every bridge. Go through and edit every page to have every link redirect to the better wiki. Ignore their 2-week period, and don’t inform the Fandom overlords that the wiki is being shut down (it’s not like they’re going to check without being prompted).

    I’d make them ban me, and then good luck finding an admin.

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    • jedibob5@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’s not too hard to roll back changes on a wiki. Any attempts at sabotage wouldn’t be very difficult to undo.

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  • Illecors@lemmy.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Thank you. I’ve been dabbling with the idea of establishing a non-profit for my lemmy instance. I’m not a user of game/movie/etc wikis, but I do love looking after my servers. I wonder if a non-profit owned wiki site bear any weight over time.

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