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Please revert if this is overstepping. Made updates, mainly the name and to present a more neutral viewpoint (I do not like fandom personally, but presenting multiple points of view is important.). Significant change to Moral Guardians. Most signficant change of content was a rewrite of Author Existence Failure, for better or worse, it has clearly survived since 2008. Removed the example of a wiki being gay because most of the users are girls, that does not match the listed trope.
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[http://fandom.wikia.com/explore '''Wikia'''], later known as '''Fandom''', is a wiki hosting service founded in late 2004 by [[Wikipedia|Jimmy Wales]] and Angela Beesley as '''Wikicities'''. It is notable for hosting many fanwikis, such as [[World of Warcraft|WoWWiki]] and [[Star Wars|Wookieepedia]]. However, [http://awa.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Forked_wikis many wikis have left the site] due to discontent over policies such as advertising and the (at the time) new "Oasis" skin, implemented against the majority of the community's will.
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{{tropelist|'''''Disclaimer/Apology''': Many of these tropes are written from an anti-Wikia perspective. Please remember that [[ATT:1WAY|this wiki tries to keep multiple points of view]], and other perspectives are both welcome and requested.}}
* [[Ad Nauseam]]: A long string of forced reskins, which crowd out content to make room for more paid display advertising and more advertising for other
* [[Anthropomorphic Personification]]: These folks <u>used</u> to be fine with the [[Furry Fandom]] and others, back when they were still small and needed the traffic
* [[Author Existence Failure]]: Can
** Was a more widespread idea for the site back in 2008, according to [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/jul/31/wikipedia this piece] in ''[[The Guardian]]''.
* [[Awesome Personnel Carrier]]{{context}} <ref> MOD: Whoever added this ''really'' needs to explain it. I can't figure out how a list of motor vehicles apples to a website. </ref>
* [[Big Brother Is Watching]]: According to ''Terms of Service; Didn't Read'',
* [[Broken Base]]: There's a long list of [
* [[Content Warnings]]: Especially the spoiler warnings.
* [[Deal with the Devil]]:
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** The backroom deals in which
* [[Don't Make Me Destroy You]]: Admins.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]:
* [[Everyone Is Gay]]:
* [[Fair Use]]: Stretched pretty much to its limits or beyond. Most of the wikis are commentary on well-known copyrighted entertainment franchises, which use large numbers of images from the original work.
* [[Grammar Nazi]]: Yes.{{context}}
* [[Hot Linked]]: Particularly with deleted images
* [[Inn of No Return]]: A group of wikis, including WoWpedia, left Wikia for a competitor (Gamepedia, which ended up part of Curse Media) – largely due to [[Internet Ads|intrusive advertising]]. Wikia then bought Curse Media, so ultimately "they check in, but they don't check out".
* [[Insistent Terminology]]: [[Tradesnark™|Wikis hosted on Wikia]]
* [[Law of Wiki Expansion]]{{context}}
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* [[Moral Guardians]]:
* [[Post Count]]: The editcount.
* [[Reading Your Rights]]: Admins and Bureaucrats.
* [[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgement]]{{context}}
* [[Screwed by the Network]]:
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* [[Stillborn Franchise]]: Wikia Search.
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* [[Someday This Will Come in Handy]]: Has been known to cause attempts to invoke this trope.{{context}}
* [[The Wiki Rule]]: Helps promote this. Fandom is one of the biggest wiki farms on the Internet. Given its large size and promotion of other Fandom wikis from a hosted Wiki, it does offer a number of genuinely handy tools for newcomers, even if it can be [[Power At a Price]].
* [[Vitalizing Edit]]{{context}}
* [[Walkthrough Mode]]: Especially in gaming wikis.
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