User blog comment:Craiglpalmer/Wikia is now Fandom powered by Wikia/@comment-25356303-20160926165732/@comment-452-20160926195741

I agree completely Atvelonis, thanks for posting those comments.

While people in "fandoms" on tumblr might embrace the term, to others, it negatively describes hardcore fanboys.

I go to cons, but I would never go to a con if they tried to use the word "fandom" in a positive draw. If they advertised as being "for a fandom", I wouldn't go there.

Why there are many shows that I love, I never want to associate with anyone who describes themselves part of the "whatever fandom". I am a Doctor Who fan, I own dozens of Doctor Who items, and I've cosplayed as The Doctor, and I'm currently building my own Tardis - but I am not part of the Doctor Who "fandom", and never will be.

"But if Wikia would like the site to be seen as symbolizing something derogatory in whole, that's on them."

- ZeroTigress

Well said. :)