Board Thread:New Features/@comment-24458012-20170209201536

Trying to find another Wiki brought me to the homepage of Wikia. Seems to me that the only Wikis that exist as far as Fandom is concerned are those based on TV/Video games/Music videos...

The home page does no justice at all to variety. I was looking for other book Wikis and first off, I had to use the drop down menu to actually find any mention of book Wikis. Then, looking at the four that are being promoted (one of the links does not even work), they are all about films and movies - the books they are based on are very much secondary. Looking at the site data, most of them are extremely high on file uploads (well, with being focused on films they would be) but their page count is quite low so I guess, again, the visual aspect is the criteria here.

Where is the balance?

I was expecting to be able to find a listing of some kind, for other book Wikis to, as it says 'connect with communities that share my fandom'... it is easier to find the needle in the haystack. Maybe I am dense, but other than using the WAM listings, I can see no way of browsing for other Wikis that I might be interested in.

Maybe amongst those who are developing Wikia there are not book fans - unless they are turned into films - which are a totally different kettle of fish. They probably don't like cooking either or the recipe Wikis would surely feature on the home page. What about those quirky lifestyle Wikis like the logo one for example? There is so much more to Wikia than movies. The homepage should reflect that.

Wikia does itself a disservice by promoting such a one-dimensional impression.

Egwene of the Malazan Empire (talk) 20:15, February 9, 2017 (UTC) 