Wiki editor The Dyre Wolf said in a comment on this letter that they believe if the Fallout wiki leaves Fandom, they ultimately have more to lose, especially because there’s an upcoming Fallout game on the horizon. Not every member of the community believes that leaving Fandom is the right choice. It is my belief that we can get back there, if Fandom makes that choice.”Ī representative from Fandom told Kotaku, “We of course hope Nukapedia leadership decides to keep Fandom as the community’s home and will continue conversations with them.” “The community’s greatest desire is that we go back to exactly where we were 12 months ago, where there was no forced video, where we had a positive relationship with Fandom and its staff. Despite the community’s repeated insistence that this feature was not wanted and is seen as a breach of our editorial independence and control, it seems that Fandom will not accept that no means no,” he wrote.
“We have again seen ‘Featured Video’ added onto our wiki. They have created their own wiki structure, dubbed Exodus, and Chad has sent a letter to several representatives from Fandom issuing an ultimatum: Either the video goes, or we do. And, we’ve seen fans responding well to the videos with solidly positive ratings for both our overall site and for Fallout,” a representative from Fandom told Kotaku.Īlthough Fandom has been clear that from their perspective, response to videos have been positive, the Fallout wiki community is now considering leaving Fandom entirely because of them. “We are committed to developing a video strategy and experiences that are compelling and that further fuel fans’ passion for the entertainment they love. So when a service forces them on you, it shows that service has absolutely no respect for its users.” Many community members shared this sentiment, one user writing, “While users may like the content of some of the videos, literally nobody likes autoplay videos. We no longer take it for granted that what is good for Wikia is good for us, and are alarmed about the direction they are taking in many areas.” In a “ state of the wiki” blog post to the rest of the community, Chad, a “super-admin” for the wiki, said, “Our relationship has risen and fallen over the years, but we think it’s safe to say it’s either at, or near, an all time low. Members of the wiki are not happy that video has returned. This tells us that people visiting this wiki are responding positively to the videos.”
According to a representative from Fandom commenting on a blog post about videos on the Fallout wiki, they have a “73% satisfaction rating across all videos here and an 87% satisfaction rating on /wiki/Fallout_76. Although the new videos are a far cry from the cringey ones from last year, the wiki community would simply prefer it they weren’t there at all.
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