Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-30696685-20181009163956/@comment-30696685-20181010141146

Hexarafi wrote: I am actually not too concerned with the change of domain, since they will only change the domain from future.wikia.com to future.fandom.com, leaving redirects, and don't touch anything to the wiki layout and articles. But, this change leaves us a major concerns.

My main concern is the Wikia/FANDOM in general has been transformed from non-profit organization to a business company. The Wikia has sidelined non-pop culture wikis, leaving them behind. They keep denying the fact that Wikia are in continous decline, and keep talking bulls**t. The Wikia was nice back in the days when I first joined this site, even better in the past (2014–2015). It seems that communities like us won't get further supports from the Wikia.

Less supports from the central means less "chance of survival" of this community. Do you want this little, cozy, and nice community to be abandoned in 2–3 years? I don't. In this little place, I've learnt manny things, a better skill in English, more knowledge in international affairs, geopolitics and modern history, leadership and problem-solving through adminship/bureaucracy, a bit for computing through formatting and even css, and a bunch of nice people around.

We have to continue the struggle to keep this community alive and well.

You're not alone. It is like 80%-90% of Wikia users have disapproved the move. I saw a long-standing bureaucrat of GTA Wiki even called it a "disgrace". Yes. I know it will redirect and whatever else, but the title is changed and I do not like it. And I agree with everything else you said. Before I joined this wiki, my knowledge of politics and geography was terrible. I thought Venezuela was in Africa, and I didn’t even know what a “continent” was. Plus, there is more I learned during my time.

My main concern is that our wiki’s annual/every so often decline has arrived at the same time they implemented these changes. Not only is “FANDOM” sidelining us and showing a lack of support, but new users are becoming rare again, and even now, old users have begun to leave or become very inactive.

I think our wiki may be doomed unless we all become active again, implement both effort and commitment, and work together in group chats that would last hours coming up with ideas. We did it before and it worked, we can do it again. '''We are on our own. We have been essentially abandoned by “FANDOM”. This is not a drill. We must take this into our own hands, take action and come up with strategies and plans.'''

I think it’s almost time for something similar to a proposed Task Force II. Unfortunately, multiple original members are inactive or antisocial nowadays. After HAL’s departure, we have lost both an important friend and important asset to the wiki.

I think, though, this time anything similar to the Task Force would have to be more formal. Many of us have moved or become occupied with IRL situations, and often don’t talk for days or even weeks on end. Hopefully we can organize some sort of meeting times. It doesn’t all have to be formal though. I would like to see some of this time dedicated to trying to revive times from Mid 2016-Mid 2017, before it all fell apart and we became distant from one another. It’s been so long, we may eve have to get to know each other again.