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I wonder how much it has to do with how much of a shithole the Fandom network is. Between the godawful UX, aggressive SEO to bury competing wiki in search results, and scummy business practices that effectively prevent wiki admins from migrating to other hosts, the idea of maintaining a game wiki probably isn't all that appealing these days.
I miss Wikia...
I am forever grateful that halopedia rolled their own wiki and was spared from the fandom plague.
Another stark comparison is UESP vs. Fandom for elder scrolls lore. Fandom is absolute cancer, poor UX even with an adblocker.
UESP is such a gem
Yeah I find it completely unusable. I can't use wookiepedia anymore because it is just awful to use. Like you said, it's awful even with an ad blocker
Would you care to elaborate on what's preventing wiki admins from migrating?