Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-209674-20140225224507/@comment-366087-20140315134818

Dunno how much fragmentation there is when most the wikis are dead; no one's hanging out there. Certainly niche-wikis are not necessarily "fragmented" simply because their intention is to support a niche of the topic… or are you demanding that *everyone must* edit the Top Wiki?

Any fragmenting that *is* occurring is not because there are so many wikis even if active. That is simply a symptom, not the problem. As mentioned a few times above, splinter-wikis may be happening due to user-personality conflicts, especially if there are/were abusive/abrasive admins. I imagine we've all encountered our share. I know I've had the thought "Hooo, don't wanna go back there again". And not necessarily admins, let any of the "good ole" in a community be… intractable… and same result of I'll go somewhere else, maybe start my own topical-wiki.

Certainly here on Central the mantra of "perhaps it is time to move on, find another wiki" is oft recited to (often deservedly) blocked and complaining users.

So similar-wikis are not the problem, but symptomatic of the problem, and if there is any fracturing of a community, it most likely is fracturing itself, and no amount of restricting near-same wikis will heal that.