Thread:Cheeseskates/@comment-43671246-20200113093342/@comment-5956954-20200113141200

I can't explain the ad replacing the most popular page, but you can use Help:Bad_advertisements to report broken advertisements. If actually broken or causing other issues, Fandom will take action. As a community central administrator, I cannot deal with things that happen on other wikis. Fandom Staff can, however, hence contacting them.

As with the Miraheze page, I did read the criticisms the page provides, noticing the Trollpasta entry as well. Many of the entires are valid criticisms, and my favorite is the advertisements being a bit too much (such as replacing the background of a wiki on the main page), along with the family-friendly inconsistency.

There are counterpoints to the criticisms, however. In my experience, the valid opinions expressed are usually stated with feedback in mind, that is, letting Fandom know that they did something wrong. Suggestions are more likely to go forward if the criticism begins with a "an improvement to this would be", or "instead of A, we do B because C". I don't know of all cases where this success was not consistent.

Another counterpoint is that the amount of ads being overwhelming are for readers only, who don't stick around for a long time like logged-in users and editors (which in Special:Preferences can turn off and see ads almost never outside the main page). Therefore, while Fandom does have its flaws, there are plenty of positives as well, and some criticisms come with simpler-than-thought solutions.

I can't discuss these criticisms any more than that, unfortunately, because I am not Fandom Staff. I cannot address these criticisms, and a CC Admin talking to Fandom Staff would be no different than a general user like yourself talking to Fandom Staff. It's why both I and Robin suggest you contact Fandom Staff instead, as they are the only people who can help with matters like Trollpasta or bad advertisements.

If there are other issues you want to talk about, you can post them here (not recommended) or on Special:Forum, where many users come to ask and answer questions and also to discuss about Fandom and its wikis.

Hope this helps!