User blog comment:Brian Linder/Introducing the Fandom Official Community Partnership Program/@comment-5218827-20190717165813

Hmmm... as nice as a checkmark sounds, as the bureaucrat for Top Gear Wiki I wouldn't feel comfortable. One thing I like about the current set-up is that we can acknowledge whether something was actually good or not i.e. Chris Evans' tenure as host, most if not all of the post-Clarkson seasons with the constantly decreasing viewing figures, even stuff like the India Special or the hit-and-miss Season 1. Controversy-related pages would probably have to be deleted as it would give them a negative image. With the BBC's involvement, everything would have to have a positive spin if their influence would be as great as I'd assume it to be.

I probably wouldn't be allowed to acknowledge anything that happened before Season 2 of the relaunch, including detailed synopses of the 1977 - 2001 version of Top Gear, since they've been trying their damned hardest to make everyone forget about it. I'd also have to get rid of any references to The Grand Tour or Fifth Gear or any other rival show, despite their importance in the grand scheme of things.

If someone else wants to make an "official" Top Gear Wiki then that's ok, but I wouldn't like the BBC to be officially involved in our project. It's a fan wiki not intended to be official, and this is made as clear as possible in the logo and front page. I'd gladly accept a URL change if the BBC wants to use top-gear or topgear for a project of their own, but please keep our community out of it. Thank you very much.