Independent Fallout Wiki
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(Page count as of: 2022-12-25) The Independent Fallout Wiki is a wiki dedicated to documenting all aspects of the Fallout series of video games. In addition to regular content pages, the wiki offers community content pages, which are host to fanfiction, fanart, in-game screenshots, Fallout 76 C.A.M.P. pages and more, as well as mod content pages, which are host to documentation and pages for various Fallout game modifications. The wiki also welcomes technical articles, which can assist the modding community greatly. These additions grant wide accessibility for modders and the community alike.
Originating from users and staff of the FANDOM Fallout Wiki Nukapedia, the group of users decided to fork into independence in response to many of the decisions and policies the parent company, FANDOM, had put in place over the years. It was subsequently founded on April 8, 2022 and entered early access on October 23, 2022.
Many of FANDOM and Nukapedia's own decisions were viewed as actively hostile towards the community. FANDOM wikis are host to intrusive advertisements and trackers that greatly affect performance, leading to an overall unsatisfactory user experience. Many new features introduced by FANDOM are often pushed without community feedback. FANDOM forces users to use their site-wide skin, FANDOMDesktop, providing no options for alternatives. Custom javascript and wiki-side features often need to be approved by FANDOM, which have been known to have been removed without warning. Misinformation and head-canon have been known to spread on FANDOM wikis, Nukapedia being no different; a fact which has been criticized by the community for many years.
Independence has allowed the Independent Fallout Wiki to "forge their own path", making decisions and policies that ensure head-canon, misinformation and non-objective writing remains prohibited. The wiki believes that its content is of high standards; articles that match the criteria above are rewritten and replaced swiftly to reflect these standards. The wiki is extremely inclusive and accepting towards the LGBTQ+, GSRM, MOGAI, Plural and Otherkin communities, with many staff members and users participating in these communities.
It runs on the MediaWiki wiki engine, and contains no advertising. It is not-for-profit and funded entirely by the site admin, Kid Aces.
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Wiki Affiliates
The wiki participates in an independent wiki-affiliate network, placing a footer on various pages that link back to affiliate wikis to allows users to visit and experience the wider wiki network.
- Combine OverWiki
- The Doom Wiki
- Halopedia
- JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia
- StrategyWiki
- Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages
Gaming Wiki Network
The wiki participates in the Gaming Wiki Network, or GWN, a network of independently-hosted wikis about video game franchises. It is currently the largest wiki to join the network.
