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by IdiranVibe 1073 days ago
They should move to wiki.gg - was started for the same reason; fandom buying up previously good independent wiki hosts and turning it into an ad riddled hellhole.
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They should just self host so they are not dependent on anyone else's platform. Microsoft is worth 2.5 trillion dollars. I am sure they can spare a few pennies to toss at a server running mediawiki.
wiki.gg is currently an excellent host, but it's still ultimately a farm owned by Freedom Games. The day will come where it'll need to give a return on investment (i.e. more ads). And it's also possible that one day, Fandom (or another large, corporate entity) will acquire it just as they did Gamepedia. Self-hosting, or using one of the smaller hosts described as "semi-independent", is the way to go to maintain self-control and not be tied to larger for-profit companies.
Now check where the two cofounders of Freedom Games worked before they cofounded the company.
That's one of the possibilities discussed over on the Fandom page.