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id="toc-2018–present:_Further_acquisitions_and_inclusivity-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Services_and_features" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Services_and_features"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2 Services and features </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Services_and_features-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Services and features subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Services_and_features-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Present" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Present"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.1 Present </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Present-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Wikis" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Wikis"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.1.1 Wikis </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Wikis-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Technology" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Technology"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.1.2 Technology </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Technology-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Entertainment_news" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Entertainment_news"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.1.3 Entertainment news </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Entertainment_news-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Wiki_partnerships" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Wiki_partnerships"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.1.4 Wiki partnerships </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Wiki_partnerships-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Esports" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Esports"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.1.5 Esports </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Esports-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Fandom_Games_(YouTube_channel)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Fandom_Games_(YouTube_channel)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.1.6 Fandom Games (YouTube channel) </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Fandom_Games_(YouTube_channel)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Past_services" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Past_services"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.2 Past services </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Past_services-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-OpenServing" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#OpenServing"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.2.1 OpenServing </div> </a> <ul id="toc-OpenServing-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Armchair_GM" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Armchair_GM"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.2.2 Armchair GM </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Armchair_GM-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Search_engines" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Search_engines"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.2.3 Search engines </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Search_engines-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Questions_and_answers_site" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Questions_and_answers_site"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.2.4 Questions and answers site </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Questions_and_answers_site-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Controversies" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Controversies"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3 Controversies </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Controversies-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Controversies subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Controversies-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Advertising_controversies" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Advertising_controversies"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.1 Advertising controversies </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Advertising_controversies-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-McDonald's_Grimace_Shake_promotion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#McDonald's_Grimace_Shake_promotion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.2 McDonald's Grimace Shake promotion </div> </a> <ul id="toc-McDonald's_Grimace_Shake_promotion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Wiki_departures" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Wiki_departures"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.3 Wiki departures </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Wiki_departures-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Forking" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Forking"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.3.1 Forking </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Forking-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Relationship_with_Wikipedia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Relationship_with_Wikipedia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.4 Relationship with Wikipedia </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Relationship_with_Wikipedia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Fandom,_Inc." class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Fandom,_Inc."> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4 Fandom, Inc. </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Fandom,_Inc.-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5 See also </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6 Notes </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7 References </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-References-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle References subsection </button> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Attribution" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Attribution"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7.1 Attribution </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Attribution-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Citations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Citations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7.2 Citations </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Citations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8 External links </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" > Toggle the table of contents </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading">Fandom (website)</h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 59 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-59" aria-hidden="true" > 59 languages </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85_(%D9%85%D9%88%D9%82%D8%B9_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A8)" title="فاندوم (موقع ويب) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="فاندوم (موقع ويب)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">العربية</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fandom_(veb-sayt)" title="Fandom (veb-sayt) – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Fandom (veb-sayt)" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Azərbaycanca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="ویکیا – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ویکیا" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">تۆرکجه</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%AE_(%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%9F)" title="ফ্যানডম (ওয়েবসাইট) – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ফ্যানডম (ওয়েবসাইট)" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target">বাংলা</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BC" title="Фэндом – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Фэндом" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fandom" title="Fandom – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Fandom" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikia" title="Wikia – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Wikia" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Boarisch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fandom_(lloc_web)" title="Fandom (lloc web) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Fandom (lloc web)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fandom_(webov%C3%A1_str%C3%A1nka)" title="Fandom (webová stránka) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Fandom (webová stránka)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikia" title="Wikia – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Wikia" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fandom_(Website)" title="Fandom (Website) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Fandom (Website)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fandom" title="Fandom – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Fandom" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fandom_(sitio_web)" title="Fandom (sitio web) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Fandom (sitio web)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fandom_(retejo)" title="Fandom (retejo) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Fandom (retejo)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%86%E2%80%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85" title="فن‌دام – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="فن‌دام" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fandom_(site_web)" title="Fandom (site web) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Fandom (site web)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8C%AC%EB%8D%A4_(%EC%9B%B9%EC%82%AC%EC%9D%B4%ED%8A%B8)" title="팬덤 (웹사이트) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="팬덤 (웹사이트)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%AB%D6%84%D5%AB%D5%A1" title="Վիքիա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Վիքիա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%AE" title="फैनडम – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="फैनडम" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target">हिन्दी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fandom_(situs_web)" title="Fandom (situs web) – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Fandom (situs web)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fandom_(sito_web)" title="Fandom (sito web) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Fandom (sito web)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%95%D7%9D_(%D7%90%D7%AA%D7%A8)" title="פאנדום (אתר) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="פאנדום (אתר)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikicities" title="Wikicities – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Wikicities" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kapampangan</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fandom" title="Fandom – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Fandom" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Қазақша</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikia" title="Wikia – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Wikia" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kurdî</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BE/Fandom" title="Википедия:Сомо/Fandom – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Википедия:Сомо/Fandom" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target">Кыргызча</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fandom_(tinklalapis)" title="Fandom (tinklalapis) – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Fandom (tinklalapis)" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fandom" title="Fandom – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Fandom" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE" title="विकिया – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="विकिया" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target">मैथिली</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikia" title="Wikia – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Wikia" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target">Malagasy</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fandom_(laman_sesawang)" title="Fandom (laman sesawang) – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Fandom (laman sesawang)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fandom_(%E1%80%9D%E1%80%80%E1%80%BA%E1%80%98%E1%80%BA%E1%80%86%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%92%E1%80%BA)" title="Fandom (ဝက်ဘ်ဆိုဒ်) – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="Fandom (ဝက်ဘ်ဆိုဒ်)" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target">မြန်မာဘာသာ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fandom_(website)" title="Fandom (website) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Fandom (website)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%A0_(%E4%BC%9A%E7%A4%BE)" title="ファンダム (会社) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ファンダム (会社)" 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Fandom, Inc.</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:Fandom.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Fandom.svg/220px-Fandom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Fandom.svg/330px-Fandom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Fandom.svg/440px-Fandom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="128" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">Logo used since 2021</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type of business</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Privately_held_company" title="Privately held company">Private</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Type of site</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wiki_hosting_service" title="Wiki hosting service">Wiki hosting service</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Available in</th><td class="infobox-data">Multilingual</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">October 18, 2004; 20 years ago (2004-10-18)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div style="display:inline;" class="locality"><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco, California</a></div>, <div style="display:inline;" class="country-name">U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/TPG_Inc." title="TPG Inc.">TPG Inc.</a> (2018–present)<a href="#cite_note-fandomownership-1">[1]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Organizational_founder" title="Organizational founder">Founder(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Wales" title="Jimmy Wales">Jimmy Wales</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Beesley_Starling" class="mw-redirect" title="Angela Beesley Starling">Angela Beesley Starling</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Key people</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Perkins Miller (<a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">CEO</a>)</li><li>Jimmy Wales (<a href="/wiki/President_(corporate_title)" title="President (corporate title)">president</a>)</li><li>Brandon Rhea (<a href="/wiki/Vice_president#In_business" title="Vice president">VP</a> of Community)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Product_(business)" title="Product (business)">Products</a></th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiki" title="Wiki">Wiki</a> hosting <ul><li>Wiki topic discussion forums</li></ul></li> <li>Data research<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></li> <li>Private focus group and early marketing<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></li> <li>API<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></li> <li>Digital pop culture news magazine<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Employees</th><td class="infobox-data">300+ (2016)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiaries</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comic_Vine" class="mw-redirect" title="Comic Vine">Comic Vine</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Focus_Multimedia" title="Focus Multimedia">Focus Multimedia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/GameFAQs" title="GameFAQs">GameFAQs</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/GameSpot" title="GameSpot">GameSpot</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Giant_Bomb" title="Giant Bomb">Giant Bomb</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Screen_Junkies" title="Screen Junkies">Screen Junkies</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/TV_Guide" title="TV Guide">TV Guide</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">URL</th><td class="infobox-data url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://fandom.com/">fandom.com</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Online_advertising" title="Online advertising">Advertising</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Direct and advertising networks</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Registration</th><td class="infobox-data">Optional</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Registered_user" title="Registered user">Users</a></th><td class="infobox-data">350 million<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> (as of December 11, 2022<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fandom_(website)&action=edit">[update]</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launched</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>October 18, 2004; 20 years ago (2004-10-18) (wiki hosting service; as Wikicities)</li><li>January 25, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-01-25) (Fandom News and Stories)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Current status</th><td class="infobox-data category">Active</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Content license</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Creative_Commons_license" title="Creative Commons license">Creative Commons Attribution/ Share-Alike</a> 3.0<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></li><li>Media licensing varies</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Written in</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/PHP" title="PHP">PHP</a>, <a href="/wiki/JavaScript" title="JavaScript">JavaScript</a> (<a href="/wiki/Node.js" title="Node.js">Node.js</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hallidie_Building_in_San_Francisco_dllu.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Hallidie_Building_in_San_Francisco_dllu.jpg/220px-Hallidie_Building_in_San_Francisco_dllu.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Hallidie_Building_in_San_Francisco_dllu.jpg/330px-Hallidie_Building_in_San_Francisco_dllu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Hallidie_Building_in_San_Francisco_dllu.jpg/440px-Hallidie_Building_in_San_Francisco_dllu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7928" data-file-height="6107" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hallidie_Building" title="Hallidie Building">Hallidie Building</a> in San Francisco, current Fandom headquarters</figcaption></figure> Fandom<a href="#cite_note-9">[a]</a> (formerly known as Wikicities and Wikia<a href="#cite_note-10">[b]</a>) is a <a href="/wiki/Wiki_hosting_service" title="Wiki hosting service">wiki hosting service</a> that hosts <a href="/wiki/Wiki" title="Wiki">wikis</a> mainly on <a href="/wiki/Entertainment" title="Entertainment">entertainment</a> topics (i.e., video games, TV series, movies, entertainers, etc.).<a href="#cite_note-11">[9]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Privately_held_company" title="Privately held company">privately held</a>, for-profit <a href="/wiki/Delaware_General_Corporation_Law" title="Delaware General Corporation Law">Delaware company</a> was founded in October 2004 by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> co-founder <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Wales" title="Jimmy Wales">Jimmy Wales</a> and <a href="/wiki/Angela_Beesley" class="mw-redirect" title="Angela Beesley">Angela Beesley</a>.<a href="#cite_note-fandomownership-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-12">[10]</a> Fandom was acquired in 2018 by <a href="/wiki/TPG_Inc." title="TPG Inc.">TPG Inc.</a> and Jon Miller through Integrated Media Co.<a href="#cite_note-13">[11]</a> Fandom uses <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki" title="MediaWiki">MediaWiki</a>, the same open-source <a href="/wiki/Wiki_software" title="Wiki software">wiki software</a> used by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a>. Unlike the <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Nonprofit_organization" title="Nonprofit organization">nonprofit organization</a> that hosts Wikipedia, Fandom, Inc. operates as a for-profit company and derives its income from advertising and sold content, publishing most user-provided text under <a href="/wiki/Copyleft" title="Copyleft">copyleft</a> licenses.<a href="#cite_note-Waters-14">[12]</a> The company also runs the associated Fandom editorial project, offering pop-culture and gaming news.<a href="#cite_note-15">[13]</a> Fandom wikis are hosted under the domain fandom.com, which has become one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_most-visited_websites" title="List of most-visited websites">top 50 most visited websites in the world</a>, rapidly rising in popularity beginning in the early 2020s. It ranks as the 50th as of October 2023, with 25.79% of its traffic coming from the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, followed by <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> with 7.76%, according to <a href="/wiki/Similarweb" title="Similarweb">Similarweb</a>.<a href="#cite_note-16">[14]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2004–2009:_Early_days_and_growth">2004–2009: Early days and growth</h3></div> Fandom was launched on October 18, 2004, at 23:50:49 (UTC) under the name Wikicities (which invited comparisons to Yahoo's <a href="/wiki/GeoCities" title="GeoCities">GeoCities</a>),<a href="#cite_note-17">[15]</a> by <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Wales" title="Jimmy Wales">Jimmy Wales</a>, co-founder of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Angela_Beesley_Starling" class="mw-redirect" title="Angela Beesley Starling">Angela Beesley Starling</a>—respectively chairman <a href="/wiki/Emeritus" title="Emeritus">emeritus</a> and advisory board member of the <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a>. Wales' original idea was to use his Wikipedia idea for a place where people from the same city or other geographical place could come together.<a href="#cite_note-18">[16]</a> The project's name was changed to Wikia on March 27, 2006.<a href="#cite_note-19">[17]</a> In the month before the move, Wikia announced a <a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>4 million <a href="/wiki/Venture_capital" title="Venture capital">venture capital</a> investment from <a href="/wiki/Bessemer_Venture_Partners" title="Bessemer Venture Partners">Bessemer Venture Partners</a> and <a href="/wiki/First_Round_Capital" title="First Round Capital">First Round Capital</a>.<a href="#cite_note-20">[18]</a> Nine months later, <a href="/wiki/Amazon.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Amazon.com">Amazon.com</a> invested $10 million in <a href="/wiki/Series_B" class="mw-redirect" title="Series B">Series B</a> funding.<a href="#cite_note-21">[19]</a> By September 2006, Wikia had approximately 1,500 <a href="/wiki/Wiki" title="Wiki">wikis</a> in 48 languages.<a href="#cite_note-technewsworld-22">[20]</a> Over time, Wikia has incorporated formerly independent <a href="/wiki/Fan_wiki" title="Fan wiki">fan wikis</a> such as <a href="/wiki/LyricWiki" title="LyricWiki">LyricWiki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nukapedia" title="Nukapedia">Nukapedia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uncyclopedia" title="Uncyclopedia">Uncyclopedia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/WoWWiki" class="mw-redirect" title="WoWWiki">WoWWiki</a>.<a href="#cite_note-23">[21]</a> <a href="/wiki/Gil_Penchina" title="Gil Penchina">Gil Penchina</a> described Wikia early on as "the rest of the library and magazine rack" to Wikipedia's encyclopedia.<a href="#cite_note-24">[22]</a> The material has also been described as informal, and often bordering on entertainment, allowing the importing of maps, <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> videos, and other non-traditional wiki material.<a href="#cite_note-25">[23]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010–2015:_New_management">2010–2015: New management</h3></div> By 2010, wikis could be created in 188 different languages.<a href="#cite_note-Waters-14">[12]</a> In October 2011, Craig Palmer, the former CEO of <a href="/wiki/Gracenote" title="Gracenote">Gracenote</a>, replaced Penchina as CEO.<a href="#cite_note-26">[24]</a> In February 2012, co-founder Beesley Starling left Wikia to launch a startup called ChalkDrop.com.<a href="#cite_note-27">[25]</a> At the end of November 2012, Wikia raised $10.8 million in Series C funding from <a href="/wiki/Institutional_Venture_Partners" title="Institutional Venture Partners">Institutional Venture Partners</a> and previous investors Bessemer Ventures Partners and Amazon.com.<a href="#cite_note-28">[26]</a> Another $15 million was raised in August 2014 for Series D funding, with investors Digital Garage, Amazon, Bessemer Venture Partners, and <a href="/wiki/Institutional_Venture_Partners" title="Institutional Venture Partners">Institutional Venture Partners</a>. The total raised at this point was $39.8 million.<a href="#cite_note-29">[27]</a><a href="#cite_note-30">[28]</a> On March 4, 2015, Wikia appointed Walker Jacobs, former executive vice-president of <a href="/wiki/Turner_Broadcasting_System" title="Turner Broadcasting System">Turner Broadcasting System</a>, to the new position of <a href="/wiki/Chief_operating_officer" title="Chief operating officer">chief operating officer</a>.<a href="#cite_note-31">[29]</a> In December 2015, Wikia launched the Fan Contributor Program. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2016–2018:_Fandom_brand">2016–2018: Fandom brand</h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:204px;max-width:204px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><a href="/wiki/File:Fandom-2016.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Fandom-2016.svg/200px-Fandom-2016.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Fandom-2016.svg/300px-Fandom-2016.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Fandom-2016.svg/400px-Fandom-2016.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="99" /></a></div><div class="thumbcaption">Former Fandom logo used until May 2017</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><a href="/wiki/File:Fandom-2017.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Fandom-2017.svg/200px-Fandom-2017.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="43" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Fandom-2017.svg/300px-Fandom-2017.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Fandom-2017.svg/400px-Fandom-2017.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1168" data-file-height="250" /></a></div><div class="thumbcaption">FANDOM logo from 2017 to 2021</div></div></div></div></div> On January 25, 2016, Wikia launched a new entertainment news site named Fandom.<a href="#cite_note-32">[30]</a> On October 4, Wikia itself was rebranded as "Fandom powered by Wikia", to better associate itself with the Fandom website. The parent company Wikia, Inc. remained under its then-current name until 2019, and the homepage of Wikia was moved to wikia.com/fandom and later to fandom.com.<a href="#cite_note-fandomrebrand-8">[8]</a> In December, Wikia appointed Dorth Raphaely, former general manager of <a href="/wiki/Bleacher_Report" title="Bleacher Report">Bleacher Report</a>, as <a href="/wiki/Chief_content_officer" title="Chief content officer">chief content officer</a>.<a href="#cite_note-33">[31]</a> On May 18, 2017, Fandom updated their branding with a refreshed logo, all-uppercase lettering, and a <a href="/wiki/Flat_design" title="Flat design">flat design</a> instead of the previous green-blue gradients.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2018–present:_Further_acquisitions_and_inclusivity">2018–present: Further acquisitions and inclusivity</h3></div> In February 2018, former <a href="/wiki/AOL" title="AOL">AOL</a> CEO <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Miller_(businessman)" title="Jonathan Miller (businessman)">Jon Miller</a>, backed by private equity firm <a href="/wiki/TPG_Capital" class="mw-redirect" title="TPG Capital">TPG Capital</a>, acquired Fandom.<a href="#cite_note-fandomownership-1">[1]</a> Miller was named co-chairman of Wikia, Inc., alongside Jimmy Wales,<a href="#cite_note-34">[32]</a> and TPG Capital director Andrew Doyle assumed the role of interim CEO.<a href="#cite_note-perkins-35">[33]</a> In July, Fandom purchased <a href="/wiki/Screen_Junkies" title="Screen Junkies">Screen Junkies</a> from <a href="/wiki/Defy_Media" title="Defy Media">Defy Media</a>,<a href="#cite_note-36">[34]</a> and in December of that year, they had acquired <a href="/wiki/Curse_LLC#Curse_Media" title="Curse LLC">Curse Media</a> which included wiki farm <a href="/wiki/Gamepedia" class="mw-redirect" title="Gamepedia">Gamepedia</a> and websites part of the Curse Network such as <a href="/wiki/D%26D_Beyond" title="D&D Beyond">D&D Beyond</a>, Futhead, Muthead, and StrawPoll.me.<a href="#cite_note-37">[35]</a> In February 2019, former <a href="/wiki/StubHub" title="StubHub">StubHub</a> CEO Perkins Miller took over as CEO,<a href="#cite_note-perkins-35">[33]</a> and Wikia fully changed its domain name to fandom.com.<a href="#cite_note-38">[36]</a> Various wikis had been tested with the new domain during 2018, with some wikis that focused on "more serious topics" having their domains changed to wikia.org instead.<a href="#cite_note-39">[37]</a> In June, Fandom began an effort to rewrite its core platform, which was written based on <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki" title="MediaWiki">MediaWiki</a> version 1.19, to base it on a newer version of the software.<a href="#cite_note-40">[38]</a> On March 11, 2020, Fandom released the Unified Community Platform (UCP), based on MediaWiki 1.33,<a href="#cite_note-41">[39]</a> for newly created wikis.<a href="#cite_note-42">[40]</a> In 2020, Fandom sold Curse Network properties to Magic Find which includes communities and news websites.<a href="#cite_note-43">[41]</a> In November, Fandom began to migrate Gamepedia wikis to a fandom.com domain as part of their <a href="/wiki/Search_engine_optimization" title="Search engine optimization">search engine optimization</a> strategy, with migrations continuing into 2021.<a href="#cite_note-44">[42]</a><a href="#cite_note-45">[43]</a> In February 2021, Fandom acquired <a href="/wiki/Focus_Multimedia" title="Focus Multimedia">Focus Multimedia</a>, the retailer behind <a href="/wiki/Fanatical_(company)" title="Fanatical (company)">Fanatical</a>, an e-commerce platform that sells digital games, ebooks and other products related to gaming.<a href="#cite_note-46">[44]</a> In late March, Fandom updated its <a href="/wiki/Terms_of_service" title="Terms of service">terms of use</a> policy to prohibit <a href="/wiki/Deadnaming" title="Deadnaming">deadnaming</a> transgender individuals across their websites.<a href="#cite_note-47">[45]</a><a href="#cite_note-48">[46]</a> This policy was in response to a referendum on the <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars" title="Star Wars">Star Wars</a> wiki <a href="/wiki/Wookieepedia" title="Wookieepedia">Wookieepedia</a> to ban deadnaming, which triggered a debate around an article about the non-binary artist Robin Pronovost.<a href="#cite_note-49">[47]</a> In response to the deadnaming controversy, Fandom also introduced new <a href="/wiki/LGBT" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT">LGBT</a> guidelines across its websites in late June 2021 which include links to queer-inclusive and trans support resources.<a href="#cite_note-50">[48]</a> In June 2021, Fandom began to roll out FandomDesktop, a redesigned theme for desktop devices,<a href="#cite_note-51">[49]</a> with plans to retire its legacy Oasis and Hydra skins once the rollout was complete.<a href="#cite_note-52">[50]</a> Two months later on August 3, Fandom rolled out a new look, new colors, new logo, and introduced a new tagline, "For the love of fans."<a href="#cite_note-53">[51]</a> In late November/early December, all remaining wikis under the wikia.org domain migrated to the fandom.com domain.<a href="#cite_note-54">[52]</a> On April 13, 2022, <a href="/wiki/Hasbro" title="Hasbro">Hasbro</a> announced that it would acquire <a href="/wiki/D%26D_Beyond" title="D&D Beyond">D&D Beyond</a> from Fandom.<a href="#cite_note-55">[53]</a><a href="#cite_note-56">[54]</a> Fandom shut down StrawPoll.me in August.<a href="#cite_note-57">[55]</a> On October 3, Fandom acquired <a href="/wiki/GameSpot" title="GameSpot">GameSpot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a>, <a href="/wiki/TV_Guide" title="TV Guide">TV Guide</a>, <a href="/wiki/GameFAQs" title="GameFAQs">GameFAQs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Giant_Bomb" title="Giant Bomb">Giant Bomb</a>, Cord Cutters News, and <a href="/wiki/Comic_Vine" class="mw-redirect" title="Comic Vine">Comic Vine</a> from <a href="/wiki/Red_Ventures" title="Red Ventures">Red Ventures</a>.<a href="#cite_note-58">[56]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Services_and_features">Services and features</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Present">Present</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Wikis">Wikis</h4></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Fan_wiki" title="Fan wiki">Fan wiki</a></div> The main purpose of articles in a Fandom community is to cover information and discussion on a particular topic in a much greater and more comprehensive detail level than what can be found in Wikipedia articles.<a href="#cite_note-59">[57]</a> Other examples of content that is generally considered beyond the scope of Wikipedia articles include Fandom information about video games and related video game topics, detailed instructions, gameplay details, plot details, and so forth. Gameplay concepts can also have their own articles. Fandom also allows wikis to have a point of view, rather than the neutral POV that is required by Wikipedia (although NPOV is a local policy on many Fandom communities).<a href="#cite_note-60">[58]</a><a href="#cite_note-61">[59]</a> The image policies of Fandom communities tend to be more lenient than those of <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a> projects, allowing articles with much more illustration. Fandom requires all user text content to be published under a free license;<a href="#cite_note-62">[60]</a> most use the <a href="/wiki/Creative_Commons" title="Creative Commons">Creative Commons</a> <a href="/wiki/Creative_Commons_Attribution_2.5" class="mw-redirect" title="Creative Commons Attribution 2.5">Attribution-ShareAlike</a> license, although a few wikis use a licence with a noncommercial clause (for instance <a href="/wiki/Memory_Alpha" title="Memory Alpha">Memory Alpha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uncyclopedia" title="Uncyclopedia">Uncyclopedia</a> and others<a href="#cite_note-63">[61]</a>) and some use the <a href="/wiki/GNU_Free_Documentation_License" title="GNU Free Documentation License">GNU Free Documentation License</a>.<a href="#cite_note-test-64">[c]</a><a href="#cite_note-65">[62]</a> Fandom's terms of use forbid <a href="/wiki/Hate_speech" title="Hate speech">hate speech</a>, <a href="/wiki/Libel" class="mw-redirect" title="Libel">libel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pornography" title="Pornography">pornography</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Copyright_infringement" title="Copyright infringement">copyright infringement</a>. Other material is allowed, as long as the added material does not duplicate existing wikis.<a href="#cite_note-Community_Creation_Policy-66">[63]</a> Wikis are also not owned by their founders, nor does the founder's opinion carry more weight in disagreements than any other user's opinion. Consensus and cooperation are the primary means for organizing a community on Fandom.<a href="#cite_note-Community_Creation_Policy-66">[63]</a> However, Fandom may make decisions affecting the community even if there is no consensus at all.<a href="#cite_note-67">[64]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Technology">Technology</h4></div> As of May 2023,<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fandom_(website)&action=edit">[update]</a> Fandom uses a heavily modified version<a href="#cite_note-68">[65]</a> of the <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki" title="MediaWiki">MediaWiki</a> software, based on the version 1.39 of MediaWiki.<a href="#cite_note-69">[66]</a> It has several custom <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki_extension" class="mw-redirect" title="MediaWiki extension">extensions</a> installed to add social features like blogs, chat, badges, forums, and multimedia,<a href="#cite_note-70">[67]</a> but also remove features like advanced user options<a href="#cite_note-71">[68]</a><a href="#cite_note-72">[69]</a> or skins. The personal choice<a href="#cite_note-73">[70]</a> of using the Monobook skin instead of the default custom skin was removed on May 25, 2018, alluding to <a href="/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation" title="General Data Protection Regulation">GDPR</a> compliance.<a href="#cite_note-74">[71]</a> In August 2016, Fandom announced it would switch to a <a href="/wiki/Service-oriented_architecture" title="Service-oriented architecture">service-oriented architecture</a>.<a href="#cite_note-75">[72]</a> It removed many custom extensions and functionality for specific wikis, and has created certain replacement features to fill those needs.<a href="#cite_note-76">[73]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Entertainment_news">Entertainment news</h4></div> In 2016, Wikia launched Fandom, an online entertainment media website. The program utilizes volunteer contributors called "Fandom Contributors"<a href="#cite_note-77">[74]</a> to produce articles, working alongside an editorial team employed by Wikia. In contrast to the blogging feature of individual wiki communities, Fandom focuses on pop culture and fan topics such as video games, movies, and television shows. The project features fan opinions, interviews with property creators, reviews, and how-to guides. Fandom also includes videos and specific news coverage sponsored or paid for by a property creator to promote their property. In the same year, it was also announced that the entire Wikia platform would be rebranded under the Fandom name on October 4, 2016.<a href="#cite_note-fandomrebrand-8">[8]</a> A leak from Fandom's Community Council was posted to Reddit's /r/Wikia subreddit in August 2018, confirming that Fandom would be migrating all wikis from the wikia.com domain, to fandom.com in early 2019, as part of a push for greater adoption of Fandom's wiki-specific applications on both iOS and Android's app ecosystems. The post was later deleted.<a href="#cite_note-78">[75]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Wiki_partnerships">Wiki partnerships</h4></div> Fandom has created several official partnerships to create wikis, vetted by the corporation as being the "official" encyclopedia or wiki of a property. In 2012, Fandom partnered with <a href="/wiki/Daybreak_Game_Company" title="Daybreak Game Company">Sony Online Entertainment</a> to create the first "Wikia Official Community" for <a href="/wiki/PlanetSide_2" title="PlanetSide 2">PlanetSide 2</a>, with the game's wiki slated to receive exclusive content and support.<a href="#cite_note-79">[76]</a><a href="#cite_note-80">[77]</a> In 2014, Fandom partnered with Roddenberry Enterprises to create the Trek Initiative, a Fandom hosted wiki community site that features video interviews, promotions, and other material about Star Trek to celebrate its 50th anniversary.<a href="#cite_note-81">[78]</a> Fandom made similar partnerships with <a href="/wiki/2k_games" class="mw-redirect" title="2k games">2K Games</a> during the launch of <a href="/wiki/Civilization:_Beyond_Earth" title="Civilization: Beyond Earth">Civilization: Beyond Earth</a><a href="#cite_note-82">[79]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Interactive_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment">Warner Bros Interactive</a> for <a href="/wiki/Middle-earth:_Shadow_of_Mordor" title="Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor">Shadow of Mordor</a>.<a href="#cite_note-83">[80]</a> Fandom also has partnerships with <a href="/wiki/Lionsgate" title="Lionsgate">Lionsgate Media</a> to promote <a href="/wiki/Starz" title="Starz">Starz</a> and Film franchises through wiki content, fandom articles, and advertisements.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Esports">Esports</h4></div> In 2021 the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> hired Fandom to manage and promote <a href="/wiki/Esports" title="Esports">esports</a> tournaments and streams on Twitch.<a href="#cite_note-84">[81]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Fandom_Games_(YouTube_channel)">Fandom Games (YouTube channel)</h4></div> With Fandom's acquisition of <a href="/wiki/Curse_LLC#Curse_Media" title="Curse LLC">Curse Media</a>, the Curse Entertainment YouTube channel was renamed to Fandom Games. Fandom Games publishes Honest Game Trailers, which was previously published on the <a href="/wiki/Smosh_Games" title="Smosh Games">Smosh Games</a> YouTube channel until <a href="/wiki/Screen_Junkies" title="Screen Junkies">Screen Junkies</a> was acquired by Fandom.<a href="#cite_note-85">[82]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Past_services">Past services</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="OpenServing">OpenServing</h4></div> OpenServing was a short-lived <a href="/wiki/Web_publishing" class="mw-redirect" title="Web publishing">Web publishing</a> project owned by Fandom, founded on December 12, 2006,<a href="#cite_note-usatoday-86">[83]</a><a href="#cite_note-87">[84]</a> and abandoned, unannounced, in January 2008.<a href="#cite_note-mars-88">[85]</a> Like Fandom, OpenServing was to offer free wiki hosting, but it would differ in that each wiki's founder would retain any revenue gained from advertising on the site.<a href="#cite_note-usatoday-86">[83]</a><a href="#cite_note-89">[86]</a><a href="#cite_note-90">[87]</a> OpenServing used a modified version of the <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a>'s <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki" title="MediaWiki">MediaWiki</a> software created by <a href="/wiki/ArmchairGM" class="mw-redirect" title="ArmchairGM">ArmchairGM</a>, but was intended to branch out to other open source packages.<a href="#cite_note-usatoday-86">[83]</a><a href="#cite_note-91">[88]</a> According to Fandom co-founder and chairman <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Wales" title="Jimmy Wales">Jimmy Wales</a>, the OpenServing site received several thousand applications in January 2007.<a href="#cite_note-92">[89]</a> However, after a year, no sites had been launched under the OpenServing banner.<a href="#cite_note-mars-88">[85]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Armchair_GM">Armchair GM</h4></div> ArmchairGM was a sports forum and wiki site created by Aaron Wright, <a href="/wiki/Now_I_Know_(newsletter)" title="Now I Know (newsletter)">Dan Lewis</a>, Robert Lefkowitz, and developer David Pean. Launched in early 2006, the site was initially US-based but sought to improve its links to sports associated with Britain over its first year. Its MediaWiki-based software included a <a href="/wiki/Digg" title="Digg">Digg</a>-style article-voting mechanism, blog-like comment forms with "thumbs up/down" user feedback, and the ability to write multiple types of posts (news, opinions, or "locker room" discussion entries).[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] In late 2006, the site was bought by Fandom for $2 million.<a href="#cite_note-93">[90]</a> After the purchase was made, the former owners applied ArmchairGM's architecture to other Fandom sites.<a href="#cite_note-94">[91]</a> However, Wikia had "dropped support" for the custom software innovations by ArmchairGM by January 2010. From September 2010 to February 2011, Fandom absorbed ArmchairGM's encyclopedia articles and blanked all of its old blog entries, effectively discontinuing ArmchairGM in its original form.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] The software powering ArmchairGM was incrementally open-sourced starting in February 2008 with the public release of the <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SocialProfile" class="extiw" title="mw:Extension:SocialProfile">SocialProfile MediaWiki extension</a>.<a href="#cite_note-95">[92]</a> This process was complete by August 2011, when the original ArmchairGM codebase (internally codenamed wikia-<a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">ny</a><a href="#cite_note-96">[93]</a>) was released in full. Since 2008 the ArmchairGM innovations, nicknamed <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/social_tools" class="extiw" title="mw:social tools">"social tools"</a>, have been developed by volunteer developers of the <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki" title="MediaWiki">MediaWiki</a> community and they are available under the <a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GNU General Public License</a>, version 2 or later, which is a <a href="/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software" title="Free and open-source software">free and open-source software</a> <a href="/wiki/Software_license" title="Software license">license</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Source_code" title="Source code">source code</a> is hosted on the <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a>'s web servers and <a href="/wiki/Mirror_site" title="Mirror site">mirrored</a> to the popular source code hosting platform <a href="/wiki/GitHub" title="GitHub">GitHub</a>.<a href="#cite_note-97">[94]</a><a href="#cite_note-98">[95]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Search_engines">Search engines</h4></div> Wikia, Inc. initially proposed creating a <a href="/wiki/Copyleft" title="Copyleft">copyleft</a> <a href="/wiki/Search_engine" title="Search engine">search engine</a>; the software (but not the site) was named "Wikiasari" by a November 2004 naming contest.<a href="#cite_note-100">[d]</a> The proposal became inactive in 2005.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] The "public alpha" of the Wikia Search web search engine was launched on January 7, 2008,[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] from the USSHC underground data center.<a href="#cite_note-101">[97]</a> This roll-out version of the search interface was roundly panned by reviewers in technology media.<a href="#cite_note-102">[98]</a> The project was ended in March 2009.<a href="#cite_note-103">[99]</a> Late in 2009, a new search engine was established to index and display results from all sites hosted on Fandom.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Questions_and_answers_site">Questions and answers site</h4></div> In January 2009, the company created a <a href="/wiki/Question_and_answer_website" class="mw-redirect" title="Question and answer website">question and answer website</a> named "Wikianswers" (not to be confused with the preexisting <a href="/wiki/WikiAnswers" class="mw-redirect" title="WikiAnswers">WikiAnswers</a>).<a href="#cite_note-104">[100]</a> In March 2010, Fandom re-launched "Answers from Wikia", where users could create topic-specialized <a href="/wiki/Knowledge_market" title="Knowledge market">knowledge market</a> wikis based upon Fandom's own Wikianswers subdomain.<a href="#cite_note-105">[101]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Advertising_controversies">Advertising controversies</h3></div> Fandom communities have complained of inappropriate advertisements, resource-intensive advertisements, or advertising in the body text area. Users have also complained that the advertisements are so resource-intensive and hindering, that they have no choice but to use an <a href="/wiki/Ad_blocking" title="Ad blocking">ad-blocker</a> to continue using the website.<a href="#cite_note-106">[102]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="McDonald's_Grimace_Shake_promotion">McDonald's Grimace Shake promotion</h3></div> In June 2023, <a href="/wiki/McDonald%27s" title="McDonald's">McDonald's</a> paid Fandom an undisclosed amount to temporarily replace the McDonald's Wiki's main page and exhaustive article on <a href="/wiki/Grimace_(character)" class="mw-redirect" title="Grimace (character)">Grimace</a> into an advertisement promoting the <a href="/wiki/Grimace_Shake" title="Grimace Shake">Grimace Shake</a> and the character's 52nd anniversary. The article's primary contributor, Nathan Steinmetz, complained that the decision undermined his research and efforts and considered Fandom to have set a "really bad precedent" of IP holders' ability to suppress user-generated content with press releases.<a href="#cite_note-107">[103]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot">dead link</a>‍]<a href="#cite_note-108">[104]</a><a href="#cite_note-109">[105]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wiki_departures">Wiki departures</h3></div> A number of wikis have migrated away from Fandom, citing issues such as intrusive advertising and branding, a non-<a href="/wiki/User-friendliness" class="mw-redirect" title="User-friendliness">user-friendly</a> site design, a lack of customizability and company cross-promotion which is often irrelevant to wiki content.<a href="#cite_note-:3-110">[106]</a><a href="#cite_note-:4-111">[107]</a> Other communities, such as the <a href="/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda" title="The Legend of Zelda">Zelda</a> Wiki and <a href="/wiki/Minecraft" title="Minecraft">Minecraft</a> Wiki, have named the increasing "corporate consolidation" of wikis, alleged censorship, Fandom's "degraded" functionality and the Grimace controversy among their reasons for migrating.<a href="#cite_note-:4-111">[107]</a><a href="#cite_note-:5-112">[108]</a><a href="#cite_note-:6-113">[109]</a> Covering the Minecraft Wiki's departure for <a href="/wiki/PC_Gamer" title="PC Gamer">PC Gamer</a>, Rich Stanton stated that most of the migrations began after the 2018 acquisition and Gamepedia's move to Fandom. He noted that the Minecraft Wiki would have to compete with Fandom's better <a href="/wiki/Search_engine_optimization" title="Search engine optimization">search engine optimization</a> (SEO) and would have a struggle to establish a wider audience after moving.<a href="#cite_note-:4-111">[107]</a> In 2023, Fandom CEO Perkins Miller told <a href="/wiki/The_Verge" title="The Verge">The Verge</a> that he takes wiki migration "very seriously".<a href="#cite_note-114">[110]</a> Some of the more high-profile wikis which have migrated from Fandom include the <a href="/wiki/RuneScape" title="RuneScape">RuneScape</a> wiki in 2018,<a href="#cite_note-:3-110">[106]</a> the Zelda and <a href="/wiki/Terraria" title="Terraria">Terraria</a> wikis in 2022,<a href="#cite_note-:5-112">[108]</a><a href="#cite_note-:6-113">[109]</a><a href="#cite_note-:7-115">[111]</a> the Minecraft, <a href="/wiki/Fallout_(franchise)" title="Fallout (franchise)">Fallout</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hollow_Knight" title="Hollow Knight">Hollow Knight</a> wikis in 2023,<a href="#cite_note-:4-111">[107]</a><a href="#cite_note-116">[112]</a><a href="#cite_note-117">[113]</a> and the <a href="/wiki/South_Park" title="South Park">South Park</a> and <a href="/wiki/League_of_Legends" title="League of Legends">League of Legends</a> wikis in 2024.<a href="#cite_note-LOL-118">[114]</a> Some wikis have received support from the creators of their topic areas during migration.<a href="#cite_note-:3-110">[106]</a><a href="#cite_note-:7-115">[111]</a><a href="#cite_note-LOL-118">[114]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Forking">Forking</h4></div> There is no easy way for individual communities to switch to conventional paid hosting, as Fandom usually owns the relevant domain names. When a community leaves Fandom for new hosting, Fandom typically continues to operate the abandoned ("forked") wiki using its original name and content for advertising revenue as long as editing and viewership remains. This can adversely affect the new wiki's <a href="/wiki/Search_engine" title="Search engine">search</a> rankings,<a href="#cite_note-119">[115]</a> potentially also resulting in outdated or incorrect information being present and viewed more often than the information on the new wiki. Fandom allows only a message directing viewers to a discussion about whether to fork for as long as the discussion is active before the message is removed, and any administrators involved in the new wiki have their rights on the Fandom wiki removed. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Relationship_with_Wikipedia">Relationship with Wikipedia</h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Primary_sources plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Primary_sources" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section relies excessively on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">references</a> to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Primary,_secondary_and_tertiary_sources" title="Wikipedia:No original research">primary sources</a>. Please improve this section by adding <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Primary,_secondary_and_tertiary_sources" title="Wikipedia:No original research">secondary or tertiary sources</a>. (July 2023) (<a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a>)</div></td></tr></tbody></table> In the 2000s, Fandom, then called Wikia, was accused of unduly profiting from a perceived association with <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-120">[116]</a><a href="#cite_note-121">[117]</a> Although Fandom has been referred to in the media as "the commercial counterpart to the non-profit Wikipedia",<a href="#cite_note-122">[118]</a><a href="#cite_note-123">[119]</a> Wikimedia<a href="#cite_note-124">[120]</a> and Fandom staff<a href="#cite_note-125">[121]</a> call this description inaccurate. In 2006, the <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a> shared <a href="/wiki/Colocation_centre" title="Colocation centre">hosting and bandwidth</a> costs with Wikia, and received some donated office space from Wikia during the <a href="/wiki/Fiscal_year" title="Fiscal year">fiscal year</a> ending June 30, 2006. At the end of the fiscal year 2007, Wikia owed the foundation $6,000. In June 2007, two members of the foundation's <a href="/wiki/Board_of_directors" title="Board of directors">board of directors</a> also served as employees, officers, or directors of Wikia.<a href="#cite_note-126">[122]</a> In January 2009, Wikia subleased two conference rooms to the Wikimedia Foundation for the <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Usability_Initiative" class="extiw" title="m:Wikipedia Usability Initiative">Wikipedia Usability Initiative</a>.<a href="#cite_note-127">[123]</a> According to a 2009 email by <a href="/wiki/Erik_M%C3%B6ller" title="Erik Möller">Erik Möller</a>, deputy director of the Wikimedia Foundation: <blockquote>We obtained about a dozen bids... We used averaging as a way to arrive at a fair market rate to neither advantage nor disadvantage Wikia when suggesting a rate. The averaging also resulted in a rate that was roughly equivalent to the most comparable space in the running.<a href="#cite_note-128">[124]</a></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fandom,_Inc.">Fandom, Inc.</h2></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikia_and_Wired_Building_location-9387.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Wikia_and_Wired_Building_location-9387.jpg/187px-Wikia_and_Wired_Building_location-9387.jpg" decoding="async" width="187" height="280" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Wikia_and_Wired_Building_location-9387.jpg/281px-Wikia_and_Wired_Building_location-9387.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Wikia_and_Wired_Building_location-9387.jpg/374px-Wikia_and_Wired_Building_location-9387.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2815" data-file-height="4221" /></a><figcaption>Fandom's former headquarters at 500 3rd Street in San Francisco</figcaption></figure> The overall parent company, Fandom, Inc., is headquartered at the <a href="/wiki/Hallidie_Building" title="Hallidie Building">Hallidie Building</a> on 130 Sutter Street<a href="#cite_note-129">[125]</a> in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco, California">San Francisco, California</a>.<a href="#cite_note-130">[126]</a> The company was <a href="/wiki/Incorporation_(business)" title="Incorporation (business)">incorporated</a> in Florida in December 2004 and re-incorporated in <a href="/wiki/Delaware_General_Corporation_Law" title="Delaware General Corporation Law">Delaware</a> as Wikia, Inc. on January 10, 2006.<a href="#cite_note-131">[127]</a> Fandom has technical staff in the US, but also has an office in <a href="/wiki/Pozna%C5%84,_Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="Poznań, Poland">Poznań, Poland</a>, where the primary engineering functions are performed.<a href="#cite_note-technewsworld-22">[20]</a> Fandom derives income from advertising. The company initially used <a href="/wiki/Google_AdSense" title="Google AdSense">Google AdSense</a><a href="#cite_note-132">[128]</a> but moved on to <a href="/wiki/Federated_Media_Publishing" class="mw-redirect" title="Federated Media Publishing">Federated Media</a> before bringing ad management in-house.<a href="#cite_note-133">[129]</a> Alongside Fandom's in-house advertising, they continue to use AdSense as well as Amazon Ads and several other third-party advertising services. Fandom also gains income from various partnerships oriented around various sweepstake sponsorships on related wikis. Fandom has several other offices.<a href="#cite_note-134">[130]</a> International operations are based in Germany, and Asian operations and sales are conducted in <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a>. Other sales offices are located in Chicago, Latin America, Los Angeles (marketing programming and content), New York City, and London.<a href="#cite_note-135">[131]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_wiki_hosting_services" class="mw-redirect" title="Comparison of wiki hosting services">Comparison of wiki hosting services</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-9"><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a> Stylized in all capital letters as FANDOM from 2017 to 2021<a href="#cite_note-fandomrebrand-8">[8]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a> Officially from 2006 to 2016; fully phasing out between 2018 and 2021. </li> <li id="cite_note-test-64"><a href="#cite_ref-test_64-0">^</a> Most content on Wikia was licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License until June 19, 2009, at which point most wikis were <a href="/wiki/Software_relicensing" title="Software relicensing">relicensed</a> to <a href="/wiki/CC_BY-SA" class="mw-redirect" title="CC BY-SA">CC BY-SA</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-100"><a href="#cite_ref-100">^</a> The name was derived from the Hawaiian word for "quick" and asari, stem of the Japanese verb <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%81%82%E3%81%95%E3%82%8B" class="extiw" title="wikt:あさる">asaru</a>, "to rummage".<a href="#cite_note-99">[96]</a> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Attribution">Attribution</h3></div> <ul><li>This article incorporates material derived from the "<a href="https://community.fandom.com/wiki/w:c:Starwars:Forum:CT:Amendment_to_naming_policy_for_real-world_transgender_individuals" class="extiw" title="wikia:Starwars:Forum:CT:Amendment to naming policy for real-world transgender individuals">Forum:CT:Amendment to naming policy for 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Included in <a href="/wiki/Accounts_receivable" title="Accounts receivable">accounts receivable</a> at June 30, 2007, is $6,000 due from Wikia, Inc. for these costs. The organization received some donated office space from Wikia Inc. during the year ended June 30, 2006, valued at $6,000. No donation of the office space occurred in 2007. Through June 30, 2007, two members of the organization's board of directors also serve as employees, officers, or directors of Wikia, Inc." </li> <li id="cite_note-127"><a href="#cite_ref-127">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a class="external text" href="https://blog.wikimedia.org/2009/01/21/a-note-on-the-wikipedia-usability-initiative/">"A note on the Wikipedia Usability Initiative"</a>. Blog.wikimedia.org. 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Fandom. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220404022915/https://www.fandom.com/privacy-policy">Archived</a> from the original on April 4, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Privacy+Policy&rft.pub=Fandom&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fandom.com%2Fprivacy-policy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFandom+%28website%29" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-130"><a href="#cite_ref-130">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070927142445/https://www.siliconvalleywire.com/svw/2006/12/san_mateobased_.html">"San Mateo-Based Wikia Lands Investment from Amazon.com"</a>. Silicon Valley Wire. December 6, 2006. 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Division of Corporations. Florida Department of State. December 21, 2004. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/SearchResultDetail?inquirytype=EntityName&directionType=Initial&searchNameOrder=WIKIA%20P040001704210&aggregateId=domp-p04000170421-ed35aa09-0dc2-47f5-8890-025ee3b60057&searchTerm=Wikia&listNameOrder=WIKIA%20F060000003040">the original</a> on December 30, 2021. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/2006/08/30/PM200608305.html">the original</a> on August 7, 2008. Retrieved June 19, 2009.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Marketplace&rft.atitle=For-profit+wiki&rft.date=2006-08-30&rft.au=Lashinksy%2C+Adam&rft.au=Scott%2C+Jagon&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmarketplace.publicradio.org%2Fshows%2F2006%2F08%2F30%2FPM200608305.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFandom+%28website%29" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-133"><a href="#cite_ref-133">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://community.wikia.com/wiki/Community_Central:Advertising_on_Wikia?oldid=120627">"Community Central:Advertising on Wikia"</a>. Community Central. Wikia, Inc. January 8, 2008. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180522041401/https://community.wikia.com/wiki/Community_Central:Advertising_on_Wikia?oldid=120627">Archived</a> from the original on May 22, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2010.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Community+Central&rft.atitle=Community+Central%3AAdvertising+on+Wikia&rft.date=2008-01-08&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.wikia.com%2Fwiki%2FCommunity_Central%3AAdvertising_on_Wikia%3Foldid%3D120627&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFandom+%28website%29" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-134"><a href="#cite_ref-134">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wikia.com/about">"About"</a>. Fandom. Wikia, Inc. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180521035157/https://www.wikia.com/about">Archived</a> from the original on May 21, 2018. 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/06/Wiktionary-logo-v2.svg/27px-Wiktionary-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="27" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/06/Wiktionary-logo-v2.svg/41px-Wiktionary-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/06/Wiktionary-logo-v2.svg/54px-Wiktionary-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="391" data-file-height="391" /><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wikia" class="extiw" title="wikt:Wikia">Definitions</a> from Wiktionary</li><li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/20px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/40px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /><a 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