A wiki hosting service , or wiki farm , is a server or an array of servers that offers users tools to simplify the creation and development of individual, independent wikis .
70-497: Fandom (formerly known as Wikicities and Wikia ) is a wiki hosting service that hosts wikis mainly on entertainment topics (i.e., video games, TV series, movies, entertainers, etc.). The privately held , for-profit Delaware company was founded in October 2004 by Misplaced Pages co-founder Jimmy Wales and Angela Beesley . Fandom was acquired in 2018 by TPG Inc. and Jon Miller through Integrated Media Co. Fandom uses MediaWiki ,
140-546: A flat design instead of the previous green-blue gradients. In February 2018, former AOL CEO Jon Miller , backed by private equity firm TPG Capital , acquired Fandom. Miller was named co-chairman of Wikia, Inc., alongside Jimmy Wales, and TPG Capital director Andrew Doyle assumed the role of interim CEO. In July, Fandom purchased Screen Junkies from Defy Media , and in December of that year, they had acquired Curse Media which included wiki farm Gamepedia and websites part of
210-477: A "really bad precedent" of IP holders' ability to suppress user-generated content with press releases. A number of wikis have migrated away from Fandom, citing issues such as intrusive advertising and branding, a non- user-friendly site design, a lack of customizability and company cross-promotion which is often irrelevant to wiki content. Other communities, such as the Zelda Wiki and Minecraft Wiki, have named
280-557: A Fandom community is to cover information and discussion on a particular topic in a much greater and more comprehensive detail level than what can be found in Misplaced Pages articles. Other examples of content that is generally considered beyond the scope of Misplaced Pages articles include Fandom information about video games and related video game topics, detailed instructions, gameplay details, plot details, and so forth. Gameplay concepts can also have their own articles. Fandom also allows wikis to have
350-477: A few wikis use a licence with a noncommercial clause (for instance Memory Alpha , Uncyclopedia and others) and some use the GNU Free Documentation License . Fandom's terms of use forbid hate speech , libel , pornography , or copyright infringement . Other material is allowed, as long as the added material does not duplicate existing wikis. Wikis are also not owned by their founders, nor does
420-415: A lack of diversity at the company. Lenny Daniels, president of Turner Sports, would take over as CEO. In March 2018, Bleacher Report announced a new internet television service known as B/R Live. The service features original studio programming, as well as live event coverage from Turner properties and other sources, including NBA League Pass , all UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches,
490-478: A leading marketplace position and a valued consumer destination. The site will continue to innovate and provide users and sports fans with branded news and information. With our expansive digital rights and resources, Turner will further ensure Bleacher Report's continued growth and success. Nemetz continued with the company for eight months after the acquisition, going on to advise and invest in other media platforms including Elite Daily and Bustle . As part of
560-653: A non-profit wiki-hosting service created by John Lewis and Ferran Tufan. This comparison of wiki hosting services or wiki farms is not comprehensive, it details only those ' notable ' enough (in Misplaced Pages terms) to be included. A useful comprehensive comparison of wiki farms can be found on MediaWiki 's site, at mw:Hosting services . Online services which host wiki -style editable web pages . General characteristics of cost, presence of advertising, licensing are compared, as are technical differences in editing, features, wiki engine, multilingual support and syntax support. This table compares general information for several of
630-494: A partnership with All Elite Wrestling to be the exclusive home to their pay-per-view events in the U.S., as well as parent company Turner having broadcasting rights to AEW Dynamite and AEW Rampage . Bleacher Report's sale to Time Warner (via Turner Sports ) was announced on August 6, 2012. Under the terms of the deal, Grey, Finocchio, Calacci, and CTO Sam Parnell all assumed official Turner Sports titles while retaining their management responsibilities at Bleacher Report. In
700-529: A point of view, rather than the neutral POV that is required by Misplaced Pages (although NPOV is a local policy on many Fandom communities). The image policies of Fandom communities tend to be more lenient than those of Wikimedia Foundation projects, allowing articles with much more illustration. Fandom requires all user text content to be published under a free license; most use the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license, although
770-438: A press release announcing the purchase, Turner president of sales, distribution, and sports David Levy cited the site's rapid growth and loyal user base as key factors in his company's decision to make a deal—and also alluded to the potential value of Bleacher Report's multimedia platform as an outlet for Turner's various video resources: As brand builders and content providers, we were attracted to Bleacher Report's fast growth to
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#1732875776316840-512: A startup called ChalkDrop.com. At the end of November 2012, Wikia raised $ 10.8 million in Series C funding from Institutional Venture Partners and previous investors Bessemer Ventures Partners and Amazon.com. Another $ 15 million was raised in August 2014 for Series D funding, with investors Digital Garage, Amazon, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Institutional Venture Partners . The total raised at this point
910-674: A struggle to establish a wider audience after moving. In 2023, Fandom CEO Perkins Miller told The Verge that he takes wiki migration "very seriously". Some of the more high-profile wikis which have migrated from Fandom include the RuneScape wiki in 2018, the Zelda and Terraria wikis in 2022, the Minecraft, Fallout and Hollow Knight wikis in 2023, and the South Park and League of Legends wikis in 2024. Some wikis have received support from
980-459: A wiki had to install the software and manage the server(s) themselves. With a wiki farm, the farm's administration installs the core wiki code once on its own servers, centrally maintains the servers, and establishes unique space on the servers for the content of each individual wiki with the shared core code executing the functions of each wiki. Both commercial and non-commercial wiki farms are available for users and online communities. While most of
1050-599: The GNU General Public License , version 2 or later, which is a free and open-source software license . The source code is hosted on the Wikimedia Foundation 's web servers and mirrored to the popular source code hosting platform GitHub . Wikia, Inc. initially proposed creating a copyleft search engine ; the software (but not the site) was named "Wikiasari" by a November 2004 naming contest. The proposal became inactive in 2005. The "public alpha" of
1120-632: The PGA Championship , NCAA championships, the National Lacrosse League , and The Spring League . B/R Live offers both subscription and per-event pricing, and will also support the NBA's planned microtransaction service to allow users to purchase five-minute look-ins of a live game. B/R Live also streams all of the All Elite Wrestling (AEW) pay-per-view events. On November 23, 2018,
1190-590: The United States Navy hired Fandom to manage and promote esports tournaments and streams on Twitch. With Fandom's acquisition of Curse Media , the Curse Entertainment YouTube channel was renamed to Fandom Games . Fandom Games publishes Honest Game Trailers , which was previously published on the Smosh Games YouTube channel until Screen Junkies was acquired by Fandom. OpenServing
1260-770: The Wikimedia Foundation . Wales' original idea was to use his Misplaced Pages idea for a place where people from the same city or other geographical place could come together. The project's name was changed to Wikia on March 27, 2006. In the month before the move, Wikia announced a US$ 4 million venture capital investment from Bessemer Venture Partners and First Round Capital . Nine months later, Amazon.com invested $ 10 million in Series B funding. By September 2006, Wikia had approximately 1,500 wikis in 48 languages. Over time, Wikia has incorporated formerly independent fan wikis such as LyricWiki , Nukapedia , Uncyclopedia , and WoWWiki . Gil Penchina described Wikia early on as "the rest of
1330-441: The content farm model in 2010, Bleacher Report has been the subject of continued criticism for its exploitation of unpaid contributors, its blanket policy prohibiting writers from breaking their own news, and its high-volume production of low-quality, search-optimized slideshow content. These critiques found their strongest voice to date in an October 2012 SF Weekly article, in which tech columnist and entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa
1400-557: The fiscal year ending June 30, 2006. At the end of the fiscal year 2007, Wikia owed the foundation $ 6,000. In June 2007, two members of the foundation's board of directors also served as employees, officers, or directors of Wikia. In January 2009, Wikia subleased two conference rooms to the Wikimedia Foundation for the Misplaced Pages Usability Initiative . According to a 2009 email by Erik Möller , deputy director of
1470-432: The 2000s, Fandom, then called Wikia, was accused of unduly profiting from a perceived association with Misplaced Pages . Although Fandom has been referred to in the media as "the commercial counterpart to the non-profit Misplaced Pages", Wikimedia and Fandom staff call this description inaccurate. In 2006, the Wikimedia Foundation shared hosting and bandwidth costs with Wikia, and received some donated office space from Wikia during
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#17328757763161540-504: The Curse Network such as D&D Beyond , Futhead, Muthead, and StrawPoll.me. In February 2019, former StubHub CEO Perkins Miller took over as CEO, and Wikia fully changed its domain name to fandom.com . Various wikis had been tested with the new domain during 2018, with some wikis that focused on "more serious topics" having their domains changed to wikia.org instead. In June, Fandom began an effort to rewrite its core platform, which
1610-452: The Fandom website. The parent company Wikia, Inc. remained under its then-current name until 2019, and the homepage of Wikia was moved to wikia.com/fandom and later to fandom.com . In December, Wikia appointed Dorth Raphaely, former general manager of Bleacher Report , as chief content officer . On May 18, 2017, Fandom updated their branding with a refreshed logo, all-uppercase lettering, and
1680-628: The Monobook skin instead of the default custom skin was removed on May 25, 2018, alluding to GDPR compliance. In August 2016, Fandom announced it would switch to a service-oriented architecture . It removed many custom extensions and functionality for specific wikis, and has created certain replacement features to fill those needs. In 2016, Wikia launched Fandom, an online entertainment media website. The program utilizes volunteer contributors called "Fandom Contributors" to produce articles, working alongside an editorial team employed by Wikia. In contrast to
1750-545: The Trek Initiative, a Fandom hosted wiki community site that features video interviews, promotions, and other material about Star Trek to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Fandom made similar partnerships with 2K Games during the launch of Civilization: Beyond Earth and Warner Bros Interactive for Shadow of Mordor . Fandom also has partnerships with Lionsgate Media to promote Starz and Film franchises through wiki content, fandom articles, and advertisements. In 2021
1820-590: The Turner corporate umbrella, Finocchio remains at Bleacher Report as the CEO. Goldberg and Nemetz transitioned out of their respective VP roles during the integration process. Freund left the company in 2009. A Series C round in December 2010, led by Crosslink Capital , netted an additional $ 10.5 million. Bleacher Report named Brian Grey as its chief executive officer in 2010. Grey came to Bleacher Report from leadership roles at Fox Sports Interactive and Yahoo! Sports. In
1890-622: The Wikia Search web search engine was launched on January 7, 2008, from the USSHC underground data center. This roll-out version of the search interface was roundly panned by reviewers in technology media. The project was ended in March 2009. Late in 2009, a new search engine was established to index and display results from all sites hosted on Fandom. In January 2009, the company created a question and answer website named "Wikianswers" (not to be confused with
1960-632: The Wikimedia Foundation: We obtained about a dozen bids... We used averaging as a way to arrive at a fair market rate to neither advantage nor disadvantage Wikia when suggesting a rate. The averaging also resulted in a rate that was roughly equivalent to the most comparable space in the running. The overall parent company, Fandom, Inc., is headquartered at the Hallidie Building on 130 Sutter Street in San Francisco, California . The company
2030-419: The blogging feature of individual wiki communities, Fandom focuses on pop culture and fan topics such as video games, movies, and television shows. The project features fan opinions, interviews with property creators, reviews, and how-to guides. Fandom also includes videos and specific news coverage sponsored or paid for by a property creator to promote their property. In the same year, it was also announced that
2100-610: The concept of a Bleacher Report-branded streaming platform, announcing that it would brand the live sports hub and subscription add-on for Max launching in October 2023. Alternative accounts Bleacher report introduced new accounts as branches off of their original brand. These were made to create a more personalised experience for users, making accounts specifically designated to sports such as football, basketball, soccer and many more. They maintain their "BR" handle, with usernames such as brgridirion, brwrestling, br_hoops and br_betting. Early criticism of Bleacher Report stemmed from
2170-406: The concerns of its early critics by making substantive reforms to its editorial and personnel policies in 2010 and 2011. These reforms were aimed chiefly at the mechanics of Bleacher Report's Writer Program, with emphasis on enhancing quality and credibility by doing the following: Although some detractors likened such changes "to spritzing a little room deodorizer after leaving a steaming deposit in
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2240-436: The creators of their topic areas during migration. There is no easy way for individual communities to switch to conventional paid hosting, as Fandom usually owns the relevant domain names. When a community leaves Fandom for new hosting, Fandom typically continues to operate the abandoned ("forked") wiki using its original name and content for advertising revenue as long as editing and viewership remains. This can adversely affect
2310-650: The domain fandom.com , which has become one of the top 50 most visited websites in the world , rapidly rising in popularity beginning in the early 2020s. It ranks as the 50th as of October 2023, with 25.79% of its traffic coming from the United States , followed by Russia with 7.76%, according to Similarweb . Fandom was launched on October 18, 2004, at 23:50:49 (UTC) under the name Wikicities (which invited comparisons to Yahoo's GeoCities ), by Jimmy Wales , co-founder of Misplaced Pages , and Angela Beesley Starling —respectively chairman emeritus and advisory board member of
2380-424: The entire Wikia platform would be rebranded under the Fandom name on October 4, 2016. A leak from Fandom's Community Council was posted to Reddit's /r/Wikia subreddit in August 2018, confirming that Fandom would be migrating all wikis from the wikia.com domain, to fandom.com in early 2019, as part of a push for greater adoption of Fandom's wiki-specific applications on both iOS and Android's app ecosystems. The post
2450-637: The first episode of The Champions , an animated show involving the current Champions League members of that season. There are currently seven seasons of the show. In February 2019, Turner announced a deal with casino operator Caesars Entertainment Corporation to open a Bleacher Report studio at the Caesars Palace sportsbook , from which the site would produce sports betting -oriented content. Later that month, it named Mittman as CEO, following Finocchio's resignation. In June 2020, Mittman resigned as CEO of Bleacher Report, following staff concerns regarding
2520-514: The first year of Grey's tenure, Bleacher Report filled two more executive-level positions, adding Rich Calacci as chief revenue officer and Drew Atherton as chief financial officer. Calacci joined the company in May 2011; Atherton followed a month later in June. In August 2011, the company announced a $ 22 million growth round led by Oak Investment Partners , with participation from Crosslink and Hillsven. At
2590-661: The founder's opinion carry more weight in disagreements than any other user's opinion. Consensus and cooperation are the primary means for organizing a community on Fandom. However, Fandom may make decisions affecting the community even if there is no consensus at all. As of May 2023, Fandom uses a heavily modified version of the MediaWiki software, based on the version 1.39 of MediaWiki. It has several custom extensions installed to add social features like blogs, chat, badges, forums, and multimedia, but also remove features like advanced user options or skins. The personal choice of using
2660-452: The genre is generally seen as a form of entertainment within the U.S. due to the open secret that professional wrestling is staged . This continued under Turner ownership, as Turner had once owned World Championship Wrestling . Following WWE and ESPN beginning to collaborate on projects on a regular basis in 2014 , other mainstream sports outlets now cover professional wrestling, with Bleacher Report having strengthened theirs by forming
2730-611: The help of two old friends, J. B. Long and Ryan Alberti, the company's nucleus took up residence in a Menlo Park office space, in the spring of 2007, for $ 650 a month. Bleacher Report announced the completion of a round of Series A funding on the occasion of its public launch in February 2008. The undisclosed sum came from Hillsven Capital, Transcoast Capital, and Vimeo founder Jakob Lodwick. Eight months later, in October 2008, Bleacher Report secured $ 3.5 million in Series B funding from Hillsven, Gordon Crawford, and SoftTech VC . Under
2800-571: The increasing "corporate consolidation" of wikis, alleged censorship, Fandom's "degraded" functionality and the Grimace controversy among their reasons for migrating. Covering the Minecraft Wiki's departure for PC Gamer , Rich Stanton stated that most of the migrations began after the 2018 acquisition and Gamepedia's move to Fandom. He noted that the Minecraft Wiki would have to compete with Fandom's better search engine optimization (SEO) and would have
2870-557: The integration process, Atherton's CFO responsibilities were assumed by Turner corporate in February 2013, and Grey stepped down from the CEO position in October 2013. Since Grey's departure, Finocchio has headed Bleacher Report, up until September 2014. In May 2014, Bleacher Report launched Game of Zones , a parody of HBO 's Game of Thrones featuring animated NBA figures. In September 2014, Bleacher Report named Dorth Raphaely General Manager, taking over for Finocchio, following his departure as CEO. In 2015, Bleacher Report acquired
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2940-414: The leaders" among sports startups "figuring out the digital space" in August 2011, noting the company's success in "providing publishing tools to all sorts of knowledgeable sports fans to report and express what they know." Bleacher Report was also named one of Time magazine 's "50 Best Websites of 2011," and was picked by Adweek readers as 2011's "Best Sports Media Brand." In 2017, Bleacher Report
3010-455: The library and magazine rack" to Misplaced Pages's encyclopedia. The material has also been described as informal, and often bordering on entertainment, allowing the importing of maps, YouTube videos, and other non-traditional wiki material. By 2010, wikis could be created in 188 different languages. In October 2011, Craig Palmer, the former CEO of Gracenote , replaced Penchina as CEO. In February 2012, co-founder Beesley Starling left Wikia to launch
3080-653: The more than 100 wiki hosting services that exist. All the mentioned services have WYSIWYG editing. This section is for hosts that were previously in the list above but no longer are up and running. This World Wide Web –related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bleacher Report Bleacher Report (often abbreviated as B/R ) is a website that focuses on sport and sports culture. Its headquarters are in San Francisco, with offices in New York City and London. Bleacher Report
3150-418: The network's initial commitment to an open publishing model. Such critiques cited the fact that all registered users on the website were permitted to publish articles on the site, arguing that Bleacher Report's policy resulted in a glut of low-quality content, which made it difficult for the network's readers to find credible coverage of their favorite teams and sports. It was also argued that the model tarnished
3220-427: The new wiki's search rankings, potentially also resulting in outdated or incorrect information being present and viewed more often than the information on the new wiki. Fandom allows only a message directing viewers to a discussion about whether to fork for as long as the discussion is active before the message is removed, and any administrators involved in the new wiki have their rights on the Fandom wiki removed. In
3290-457: The non-binary artist Robin Pronovost. In response to the deadnaming controversy, Fandom also introduced new LGBT guidelines across its websites in late June 2021 which include links to queer-inclusive and trans support resources. In June 2021, Fandom began to roll out FandomDesktop , a redesigned theme for desktop devices, with plans to retire its legacy Oasis and Hydra skins once the rollout
3360-591: The popular sports-themed Instagram page House of Highlights . In January 2016, Finocchio returned to Bleacher Report as CEO. In October 2016, Bleacher Report launched Gridiron Heights , a cartoon web series featuring satirical portrayals of NFL stars and executives. In February 2017, the company announced that it was laying off over 50 employees, as the site stepped away from its open content model. In July 2017, Bleacher Report announced that it named Howard Mittman as chief revenue officer and chief marketing officer. In September 2018, Bleacher Report launched
3430-507: The preexisting WikiAnswers ). In March 2010, Fandom re-launched "Answers from Wikia", where users could create topic-specialized knowledge market wikis based upon Fandom's own Wikianswers subdomain. Fandom communities have complained of inappropriate advertisements, resource-intensive advertisements, or advertising in the body text area. Users have also complained that the advertisements are so resource-intensive and hindering, that they have no choice but to use an ad-blocker to continue using
3500-425: The purchase was made, the former owners applied ArmchairGM's architecture to other Fandom sites. However, Wikia had "dropped support" for the custom software innovations by ArmchairGM by January 2010. From September 2010 to February 2011, Fandom absorbed ArmchairGM's encyclopedia articles and blanked all of its old blog entries, effectively discontinuing ArmchairGM in its original form. The software powering ArmchairGM
3570-543: The reputation of every writer associated with the Bleacher Report brand, which made it difficult for the network's more talented contributors to build loyal audiences, and that it empowered unqualified writers without editorial oversight, which compromised the prestige and credibility of the sports writing profession. SB Nation Senior MMA editor Luke Thomas described it as the " Walmart of Journalism" and its MMA coverage "toothless amateur coverage". Since abandoning
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#17328757763163640-457: The retailer behind Fanatical , an e-commerce platform that sells digital games, ebooks and other products related to gaming. In late March, Fandom updated its terms of use policy to prohibit deadnaming transgender individuals across their websites. This policy was in response to a referendum on the Star Wars wiki Wookieepedia to ban deadnaming, which triggered a debate around an article about
3710-440: The same open-source wiki software used by Misplaced Pages . Unlike the Wikimedia Foundation , the nonprofit organization that hosts Misplaced Pages, Fandom, Inc. operates as a for-profit company and derives its income from advertising and sold content, publishing most user-provided text under copyleft licenses. The company also runs the associated Fandom editorial project, offering pop-culture and gaming news. Fandom wikis are hosted under
3780-474: The service streamed The Match: Tiger vs. Phil , a match play golf event between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson . Meant as a pay-per-view event, the PPV system struggled to keep up with demand, prompting B/R Live to stream the event for free instead, and all buyers being offered refunds. B/R Live was shut down and merged into the Bleacher Report app in June 2021. In September 2023, Warner Bros. Discovery revisited
3850-430: The site was initially US-based but sought to improve its links to sports associated with Britain over its first year. Its MediaWiki-based software included a Digg -style article-voting mechanism, blog-like comment forms with "thumbs up/down" user feedback, and the ability to write multiple types of posts (news, opinions, or "locker room" discussion entries). In late 2006, the site was bought by Fandom for $ 2 million. After
3920-480: The time, Oak general partner Fred Harman, a board member at both The Huffington Post and Demand Media , characterized the investment as a bet on Bleacher Report's ability to keep pace with real-time fan interest across all forms of social media. For many years after its founding, Bleacher Report was one of the few mainstream sports websites in the United States that regularly covered professional wrestling , as
3990-521: The toilet and failing to flush", apart from a published rebuttal disputing the objectivity and accuracy of the October 2012 SF Weekly article, Bleacher Report has mounted a substantive response to ongoing criticism of its contributor compensation structure, news-breaking policy and search-optimization strategies. In 2013, Bleacher Report hired Mike Freeman as a columnist from CBSSports.com . The company then brought on National Basketball Association reporter Howard Beck from The New York Times . He
4060-514: The website. In June 2023, McDonald's paid Fandom an undisclosed amount to temporarily replace the McDonald's Wiki's main page and exhaustive article on Grimace into an advertisement promoting the Grimace Shake and the character's 52nd anniversary. The article's primary contributor, Nathan Steinmetz, complained that the decision undermined his research and efforts and considered Fandom to have set
4130-409: The wiki farms allow anyone to open their own wiki, some impose restrictions. Many wiki farm companies generate revenue through the insertion of advertisements, but often allow payment of a monthly fee as an alternative to accepting ads. Some examples of wiki hosting services are: Fandom , a for-profit wiki-hosting service created by Jimmy Wales and Angela Beesley Starling in 2004, and Miraheze ,
4200-1424: Was incorporated in Florida in December 2004 and re-incorporated in Delaware as Wikia, Inc. on January 10, 2006. Fandom has technical staff in the US, but also has an office in Poznań, Poland , where the primary engineering functions are performed. Fandom derives income from advertising. The company initially used Google AdSense but moved on to Federated Media before bringing ad management in-house. Alongside Fandom's in-house advertising, they continue to use AdSense as well as Amazon Ads and several other third-party advertising services. Fandom also gains income from various partnerships oriented around various sweepstake sponsorships on related wikis. Fandom has several other offices. International operations are based in Germany, and Asian operations and sales are conducted in Tokyo . Other sales offices are located in Chicago, Latin America, Los Angeles (marketing programming and content), New York City, and London. Wiki hosting service Prior to wiki farms, someone who wanted to operate
4270-497: Was $ 39.8 million. On March 4, 2015, Wikia appointed Walker Jacobs, former executive vice-president of Turner Broadcasting System , to the new position of chief operating officer . In December 2015, Wikia launched the Fan Contributor Program. On January 25, 2016, Wikia launched a new entertainment news site named Fandom. On October 4, Wikia itself was rebranded as "Fandom powered by Wikia", to better associate itself with
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#17328757763164340-469: Was a short-lived Web publishing project owned by Fandom, founded on December 12, 2006, and abandoned, unannounced, in January 2008. Like Fandom, OpenServing was to offer free wiki hosting, but it would differ in that each wiki's founder would retain any revenue gained from advertising on the site. OpenServing used a modified version of the Wikimedia Foundation 's MediaWiki software created by ArmchairGM , but
4410-582: Was acquired by Turner Broadcasting System in August 2012 for $ 175 million. In March 2018, Bleacher Report and Turner Sports launched B/R Live, a subscription video streaming service featuring live broadcasts of several major sports events. Bleacher Report was formed in 2005 by Sam Erez, Harry Ryan, Bryan Goldberg , and Dave Nemetz —four friends and sports fans who were high school classmates at Menlo School in Atherton, California . Inspired by Ken Griffey Jr., they wanted to start writing about sports. With
4480-587: Was complete. Two months later on August 3, Fandom rolled out a new look, new colors, new logo, and introduced a new tagline, "For the love of fans." In late November/early December, all remaining wikis under the wikia.org domain migrated to the fandom.com domain. On April 13, 2022, Hasbro announced that it would acquire D&D Beyond from Fandom. Fandom shut down StrawPoll.me in August. On October 3, Fandom acquired GameSpot , Metacritic , TV Guide , GameFAQs , Giant Bomb , Cord Cutters News, and Comic Vine from Red Ventures . The main purpose of articles in
4550-579: Was convinced by Bleacher Report that they were on the verge of transforming its website. In addition to Beck becoming their lead NBA writer, Bleacher Report also added Ethan Skolnick from The Palm Beach Post to report on the Miami Heat , Kevin Ding of Orange County Register to cover the Los Angeles Lakers , and Jared Zwerling from ESPN to pen NBA features. Forbes.com called Bleacher Report "one of
4620-549: Was incrementally open-sourced starting in February 2008 with the public release of the SocialProfile MediaWiki extension . This process was complete by August 2011, when the original ArmchairGM codebase (internally codenamed wikia- ny ) was released in full. Since 2008 the ArmchairGM innovations, nicknamed "social tools" , have been developed by volunteer developers of the MediaWiki community and they are available under
4690-481: Was intended to branch out to other open source packages. According to Fandom co-founder and chairman Jimmy Wales , the OpenServing site received several thousand applications in January 2007. However, after a year, no sites had been launched under the OpenServing banner. ArmchairGM was a sports forum and wiki site created by Aaron Wright, Dan Lewis , Robert Lefkowitz, and developer David Pean. Launched in early 2006,
4760-435: Was later deleted. Fandom has created several official partnerships to create wikis, vetted by the corporation as being the "official" encyclopedia or wiki of a property. In 2012, Fandom partnered with Sony Online Entertainment to create the first "Wikia Official Community" for PlanetSide 2 , with the game's wiki slated to receive exclusive content and support. In 2014, Fandom partnered with Roddenberry Enterprises to create
4830-635: Was quoted accusing Bleacher Report of "dumbing down of the web" with "custom-manufactured garbage." In December 2012, a lampoon article in The Onion played on the same themes. In July 2014, Deadspin published a lengthy narrative written by Tom Schreier, a former Bleacher Report featured columnist. Detailing his journey from hopeful intern to "just one more drone pumping content to get clicked on," in three years, Schreier "wrote over 500 articles, generated nearly three million page views, and received $ 200 for [his] services." Bleacher Report attempted to address
4900-621: Was written based on MediaWiki version 1.19, to base it on a newer version of the software. On March 11, 2020, Fandom released the Unified Community Platform (UCP), based on MediaWiki 1.33, for newly created wikis. In 2020, Fandom sold Curse Network properties to Magic Find which includes communities and news websites. In November, Fandom began to migrate Gamepedia wikis to a fandom.com domain as part of their search engine optimization strategy, with migrations continuing into 2021. In February 2021, Fandom acquired Focus Multimedia ,
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