Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-30696685-20181009163956/@comment-32681117-20181013220242

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". .

I agree, by what I heard the 2014-16 changes just caused several days down time and a lot of annoyance!

The adverts were so heavy in 2015-16 lots of people left or got a adblocker.

The Dr Who, Sailor Moon and Star Trek Wikis I know are OK, but many other entertainment Wikis are just fans mindlessly wittering/babbling/spamming on about Star Wars, US TV shows, videogames I never herd of (Yes, I do know what SimCity Fallout 2 and GTA are) and bizarre Japanese anime cartoons.

Ratings and new users are falling. Althistory is also a victim- several old faces quit and less new ones stay a long time.