User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/Wiki domains will be changing from wikia.com to fandom.com in early 2019/@comment-38892-20180817195943/@comment-24934613-20180819204850

@Tupka217 I think "Fandom" already has a well-known meaning outside the nerd bubble and renaming Wikia to Fandom is going to be confusing.

Like if you google Star Wars fandom, the top hit is Wookieepedia, followed by a bunch of news articles about how Star Wars fandom is toxic because they harassed some prominent cast/crew members into deleting their social media accounts.

I don't think I'd be keen on that association if I was a Wookieepedia editor.