User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/Wiki domains will be changing from wikia.com to fandom.com in early 2019/@comment-4568327-20180817015418/@comment-4568327-20180818141449

@FoggyAtmosphere: The main issue is that it's no longer the primary part of the URL, which is the domain name; the "wiki" is no longer the main part of the whole conglomerate, but is instead a smaller subsection under the "fandom" name. This is what many of us wiki editors don't want, because our primary focus here is on building an informative wiki, not on creating a fan community of the subject. We started editing here because Wikia was a wiki farm that allowed us to work on the projects we wanted to focus our attention on. Lastly, most people refer to a website under its domain name. Most people know of, say, The Sims Wiki as being under "sims.wikia.com". With the new URL change, people will look at "sims.fandom.com" and be confused at what our primary goal was. Adding a "/wiki/" after it just doesn't cut it; it still gives the impression that the "wiki" is just a part of something else when in reality on The Sims Wiki the wiki is the primary goal, the primary purpose of why we are here, and the primary focus of what we're trying to do. We may have other community features and engage with fans of the series, but our primary focus is still on the wiki. If a wiki community wants to start being more of a fan-focused website, that's their decision, but Wikia/FANDOM shouldn't be the one making the decision for them -- they should be instead focused on being a wiki farm that provides the platform for wiki communities to grow on and develop in the direction of the community's choosing.