Board Thread:New Features/@comment--20170713212413

Hello,

With the next code release (July 18th), the Help:Wikia Maps feature will be removed entirely from our codebase and all instances of Maps on our network will be removed. This is a technical process called "sunsetting".

In November 2016, FANDOM decided to officially remove support from the Wikia Maps feature. The rationale at the time included the technical cost of the extension - which was very high with lots of server resources needed as well as the constant need for bug patches - along with little usage since its initial release. At that time, we converted all "real-world maps" to use the Maps extension.

Reviewing the remaining maps this summer, we discovered pageviews had continued to drop. Only 175 pageviews of the maps occurred in the past 90 days. As such, we have decided to completely remove the remaining maps and then the feature's code. I have already reached out a handful of communities who had the most active remaining maps and I am now posting this message in hopes of catching any other users who might be affected.

FANDOM will continue to support the Maps extension and are looking at upgrading this extension later this summer. The newest version of this extension lays the groundwork for some of the "custom" maps that were created and future iterations may allow this third-party extension to be a full replacement of our now removed tool. 