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The Wikia part is a very important point. At some point in the last 10 years Wikipedia managed to purge as much content as it could about fiction because this
by ratww 5y ago
The Wikia part is a very important point.
At some point in the last 10 years Wikipedia managed to purge as much content as it could about fiction because this was Wikia's turf. There was just an order from above and overzealous mods willing to do the work, even when the content wasn't readily available.
Now the content is in a website that's closed, slow as hell, littered with ads, tracking and autoplaying video.
Maybe Wikia should be the one footing the whole bill for Wikipedia, instead of Wikipedia spending 12% of donation money on fundraisers.
- zozbot234 5y agoThey purged content about fiction because it was pointless cruft, often had no independent references, and was generally indistinguishable from undue promotion/advertising of said fiction. The increased focus on stuff that's neutral and properly verifiable seems to have been good for Wikipedia itself.