User blog:TreeIsLife/Why there is UCP?

Hi. You've probably clicked here, bc you wanted hear why UCP exits. Yes, i will say this in moment.

But firstly, let's say what was Fandom Users dream and what's reality

Dream (of Fandom users, of course)
UCP will be Legacy Platform updated to MediaWiki 1.33.3. There won't be however no Forums, but you need sometimes do small changes.

Reality
UCP is new platform, where Fandom and Gamepedia will be (in 1 place). In 1st phase, it will make Fandom and GP wikis to be compatible with each others. This will result FP will need to remove many extensions. 2nd phase will be... well redesign (note: if you thought this was not enough, that was lie.) - now, you should wait, how your wikis will dramaticly change...

But why there is UCP?
Ok, ok. I will say this. Because...

Gamepedia

(what had you think, why will someone want to upgrade MediaWiki, if there is no inspiration. And well, GP was that inspiration - One platform, one version, easily upgradable).

Yes, for FP users, UCP is/and will be nightmare, but you need to understand UCP is directed also by GP staff. And GP users has another oppinions then FP ones.

So i think i've said why UCP is there. Because if Fandom never bought Curse, well... even before December 2018, many wikis were moving to Gamepedia (if they were games), or to another wiki hosting service. So without that thing, today, Fandom will be really like... wiki hosting, that is slowly loosing wikis.

(i've disabled commenting, bc i dont want to have hate comments here)