Across Fandoms: A Lookback On 2025 Events
Hello everyone! I’m Miller, a Community Manager for Entertainment here at Fandom on the Community Development team. I’ve had the absolute pleasure of working alongside some incredible teammates, and together we’re excited to share a look back at the amazing events we helped bring to life on Fandom …
We Are Improving the Creation of New Wikis
Hey everyone! Today we're pleased to announce an improvement that will help many editors just starting out on our platform. We're rolling out several enhancements for creating new wikis.
When a user decides to start a new community, the process usually kicks off with the creation form. Once those ste…
Introducing our new accessibility checklist
Hey folks! We've been making a big push with web accessibility this year, with the release of Fandom's accessibility statement, new resources and monthly Office Hours in Discord, and the Hackathon which took place in July. These have been essential in spreading the word on web accessibility, which i…
Policy Updates - Community Creation and Notability
Hello, sunshine!
A few months ago, I mentioned my work on policies & guidelines. In that blog, I announced our newly created Admin Code of Conduct, & I am here again to talk about (pause for suspense) more policy updates! (Are you excited??)
All platform policies & guidelines share the same goal: to …
Admin Code of Conduct - Workshops Update
Hello all!
Earlier this year, we introduced the Admin Code of Conduct, an admin-focused policy to help make sure communities stay welcoming, respectful, and fair for everyone. Since then, we’ve been getting deeper into the policy with our Fandom Stars, holding special workshops back in June where we …
New accessibility resources and community initiatives
Hey folks! At Fandom, it’s an important mission for us to help your wikis grow and be safe spaces for all users. A significant part of that is promoting web accessibility across the platform. In case you don’t know what this means (which is totally fine!), this is making sure your wiki content can b…
Introducing the Admin Code of Conduct
Hello all!
It has been a while since I last posted here - I hope you have all been well!
As part of my work here at Fandom, I have spent the past few months looking deep into our platform policies & guidelines. (Hint: we have a lot!) I have been looking at what we cover, what we don’t cover, & how we…
20 Years of Worldbuilding: Recapping This Summer's Fandom Party and SDCC Adventures
On October 18, 2004, Fandom was born – the beginning of what has become the world’s largest fan-generated entertainment platform. It’s been a heck of a ride that’s now headed into its third decade of being the companion to 350 million fans worldwide.
This summer, on July 25th we kicked off our anniv…
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…