User blog comment:Swordsofwrathadmin/Why you should oppose URL changes./@comment-31150508-20180819232341

I have particularly kept silent on this topic as I was uncertain as to what opinion I hold over the matter. However, after noticing the immense backlash that members of FANDOM have retained over the issue, perhaps now would be a rather good time for me to bring up a few points of my own, as well as evaluate each point you bring up.

For starters, I would like to point you all to the fact that the very Terms of Use - which, by the by, you all agreed to when you signed up, whether you read them or not. Regardless, one of the first points listed is as follows.

"We may update and change our Service from time to time to reflect changes to our products, our users' needs and our business priorities. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any major changes.".

For those of you who do not know what this means; FANDOM can and will update and change aspects of the service. While this does not necessarily say you cannot have an opinion about the matter, the idea that can be deduced from such is that loud user outcry might not hold any sway.

You can argue all you want for the change to not happen. However, if FANDOM decides they want to do something, they will. I understand some users might not like that, but that's simply how life is. Not everything is fair, and we do agree to these terms by merely utilizing this website.

So onto your points.

"And much as FANDOM may proclaim that they are the number 1 fan site (rather than twitch, Reddit or youtube), I would maintain that most Wikia contributors count themselves as wiki users rather than fans."


 * I am a Twitch streamer. You cannot consider Twitch to be a fan site, nor YouTube. Those are a whole different ballgame. Yes, some people might use YouTube/Twitch to watch other people perform activities that involve fandoms, so to speak, but you cannot compare those to a network of encyclopedias that FANDOM provides. Reddit is a social platform, as well.

"However, it is commonly conceded that this will have negative effects on wikis place in search results as, from Google's point of view, your wiki will disappear and another one will appear with a different URL."


 * Until you know for a fact that the Wikis will no longer have any place, I will have to discredit your point here. Common conception is not equal to true fact, and you could be misleading some users by stating this.

"I reckon that wikis will lose traffic after this change."


 * See the above point I made.

"Most people will know what a wiki (and therefore a wikia) is or will associate it with Wikipedia. A FANDOM will probably bring to mind thoughts of fanon (which often goes far beyond the original series and can't be trusted)."


 * I'm quite certain that most people who are particularly hardcore fans of something will know the difference between fanon, canon, and FANDOM. The thought process you are displaying appears to be a bit of a stretch, if I might suggest.

"Further, Wikia sounds broadly professional (even if the mother of the blog post writer understands that he works in IKEA) while FANDOM sounds like something a 5-year-old child would yell. Many commentators stated that they were more likely to trust a Wikia then a FANDOM. So will FANDOM do this. In spite of what I have said, yes. Why? Well because they said they would and the decision making in FANDOM is not in the community. It isn't even directly connected. "


 * Okay, that's great and all, but where is your evidence?

"So if FANDOM says they are going to do something they will. Maybe there will be some tweaks but the bulk of the mater will remain."


 * Yes, you are right about this, as per my Terms of Service point.

So yeah. If you did not take the time to read my post, I ask that you do so. Also, in the future, perhaps supplying evidence to support your arguments might be a wise idea, because while I understand people are upset about this, I cannot take somebody's word seriously if there's no way to back it up.