Fandom Publishes New Policy Regarding Offensive Language
Policies are the backbone of how we protect user safety on Fandom and ensure a welcoming experience to fans of all backgrounds and beliefs. As part of that mission, we regularly review our policies to ensure that they are as clear as possible and contain all information about how we approach user s…
Celebrate 20 years of worldbuilding for Fandom's 20th anniversary
If you’ve seen the global navigation today, you've probably spotted it – we gave the Fandom logo a little makeover! Why, you may ask? Well...
Fandom’s turning 20! That’s right, Fandom – formerly Wikia, formerly Wikicities – was founded just about twenty years ago, on October 18, 2004, and we’ve off…
Overviewing Fandom's Policies Regarding Political Content
As you may well know, the United States, where Fandom is headquartered and where the majority of our community lives, is having a Presidential election this fall.
It’s not Fandom’s role to discuss an election, so we’re not going to do so. Adjacent to that, though, is the topic of today’s blog, which…
How Fandom's Community team works in 2024
Throughout my career at Fandom, I’ve been privileged to work with a lot of passionate Community Managers and other community professionals. These are people who truly care about and want to support the community here at Fandom, a community that’s pretty special. There’s many different kinds of comm…
Welcoming Fandom's newest Community Managers
Last week, we shared the bittersweet news that we are ending the part-time, contract-based Wiki Representative program and shifting to a full-time staffing model for Community team members who directly support our communities.
As promised in last week’s commitments, today’s blog introduces you to th…
Announcement about the Fandom Wiki Representative program
- Update March 25, 2024: Check out our latest Staff Blog post, "Welcoming Fandom's newest Community Managers," for an announcement about the Wiki Reps who have converted to full time Fandom Staff members.
Hi everyone, I have some difficult but important news to share with you today. Over the next sever…