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> Fandom will also not allow wiki owners to remove the wiki from Fandom servers. The IP owners can request a takedown though & they'll usually comply, some gam

• starkparker 2y ago
  No, Fandom does not shut down wikis over takedowns. They will push back on any takedown attempt in order to remove the least amount of offending content as possible, then claim the rest as fair use. Their legal department is willing to bet that the IP owner's legal department does not care enough about the abandoned Fandom wiki to put the time and effort into finishing the job.
  • RheingoldRiver 2y ago
    By IP owner I mean the video game publisher/studio, not wiki admins. In this case they do at least some of the time (I work for wiki.gg and we've had wikis migrate and then get the Fandom one taken down cos the game devs sent a request)
    • starkparker 2y ago
      > By IP owner I mean the video game publisher/studio, not wiki admins So do I; they're one in the same in my case, for a wiki that exited Wikia in 2010. The only thing Fandom even responds to are takedown requests for copyrighted visual artwork. Sincerely, congrats on getting one through, but I think that's the exception and not the rule, and something you might get that standalone indie wiki admins and game publishers don't necessarily have.
      • RheingoldRiver 2y ago
        You can email me more details if you want, but maybe try again now. Make sure you're contacting them from a company email and send a support request that makes it clear you're the rights holder and you want the wiki about your IP taken down
• bawolff 2y ago
  I feel like most video game wikis would be pretty clearly fair use. Otoh maybe fandom would just feel its not worth fighting about.