#independent wiki

[thefalloutwiki]

Say hello to the new and independent Fallout Wiki!

Greetings to all of you lovely wastelanders, mutants and robots alike! We come bearing an important announcement, one which might even pique the curiosity of all you nosy prospectors out there.

We’d like to introduce you to the shiny and brand spanking new, Independent Fallout Wiki.

Now, I know, you may be asking to yourself, “Wait, there’s already a Fallout Wiki out there! Why’s this one so dang special?” 

Well, if you’d bear with me for a moment, I’ll tell you why!

What is the Independent Fallout Wiki?

Well, the Independent Fallout Wiki is just about as straightforward as it sounds! We all used to be members of another wiki dedicated to Fallout, which is hosted by a company that shall remain nameless. Now, if there’s one thing you should know about this company, it’s that they have very little regard for the community, introducing changes that no one likes, hosting tons of ads and even buying out wiki editors to work for them. We find this (among other things) to be antithetical to our beliefs. We feel that wikis should be in the hands of the community, not a company that refuses to listen to us!

This reached a breaking point earlier this year, along with some events out of our control, which led to the bright idea of forking into independence and starting a new wiki! A wiki that’s truly in the hands of the community. A wiki that is self-hosted and safe from harmful, corporate interests. We don’t have shareholders to please and we don’t answer to anyone. We don’t have ads and we don’t need them, hopefully ever. Content is created by fans, for fans

We are simply wanting to provide the most reliable and accurate source of all things Fallout. We’ve even broke bread with some of the other fantastic independent wikis out there, such as Doom Wiki and Combine Overwiki whom we recommend you check out too!

What kinds of new features are we offering?

We’re glad you asked! As well as offering a trove of accurate, well sourced content about the Fallout franchise (with strict guidelines to ensure the best possible content quality, as all wikis should), we’re offering a new Community space. This will be a place for the community to host all kinds of fan works, such as fanfiction, fan art, creations, roleplaying and tabletop games, pen and paper games, Fallout 76 player CAMPs and, much, much more.

As mentioned before, we have affiliated with many other independent wiki projects, including the Doom Wiki, Combine OverWiki, JoJo’s Bizarre Encyclopedia, StrategyWiki, Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages, and even Halopedia! We’re also proud members of the Gaming Wiki Network, and soon, we’ll even be affiliated with NIWA, the Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance. These affiliations will offer mutual aid and support that will help every wiki in the short-term and long-term. We are looking forward to working with them, for we all share the same goals!

How can we help and how can we be apart of the community?

We welcome anyone who wishes to join our community. It doesn’t matter if you’re an editor or reader. We are all fans of Fallout and we encourage you to join our community! If you are a non-editor and are only looking for information about something from the Fallout franchise, click this here link! https://fallout.wiki/wiki/Fallout_Wiki/

If you are interested in becoming an editor and want to fight the good fight to help rewrite content and smashing misinformation and head-canon, click this other here link! https://fallout.wiki/wiki/Special:UserLogin

While you’re there, check out our LGBTQ representation page. It was written by the lovely robot, C0NN1E here on Tumblr!: 

https://fallout.wiki/wiki/LGBTQ_representation_in_Fallout

We welcome all members of the LGBTQ+, MOGAI, GSRM, Plural and Otherkin communities with open arms!

Last, but not least, if you’d like to be apart of our wider social community, you can follow us here on Tumblr, on Twitter, check out our Instagram or join our Discord, right here below, right now! We even got a fresh, custom invite link!

https://discord.gg/falloutwiki

https://twitter.com/thefalloutwiki

https://www.instagram.com/thefalloutwiki/

Well, that about wraps up this little segment of ours. We hope you enjoy this project as much as we do. We put a lot of time, effort and care into it and we want to give back to the people that we love the most, the community. Have safe travels out there, and we hope to see you around!

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[darkoverord]

Minecraft wiki finally forked off Wikia :D :D :D

Hell yeah independent wikis!

#minecraft #minecraft wiki #fuck fandom :) #independent wiki

[vergess]

After several false starts, one high holiday, and accidentally uninstalling PHP entirely through cpanel somehow, I am happy to say the IWATEX wiki (non-fandom-com version) is now live.

It doesn't have much going for it, but I am so very hungry and thus am going to cook dinner now instead.

#automatic op tag #Exocolonist #I was a teenage Exocolonist #iwatex #Wikis #independent wikis #wiki #independent wiki #mediawiki #I broke down and installed mediawiki anyway because I want the category pages #But it turns out there's a Visual Editor now so it's fine

[walks-the-ages]

Do we know if there's an independent Doctor Who wiki?

#dw #doctor who #fandom wiki #independent wiki

[mey-rin-is-fabulous]

Do people in 2023 really not get how bad fandom is for wikis and for the internet in general.

Fandom is full of bloatware. Ads everywhere all their stupid side bar popups. Search fandom or search all of wikia search bars. The are you a child or adult pop up. The join discord thing.

Not to mention just the fact that fandom gobbled up every single non independent wiki that exists. Its like Mattel gobbling up every single site for their ips into one big BUY THIS BUY THAT site. Homogenization of the internet at its finest.

You also cannot download any images that are hosted on a fandom wikia anymore. They save as a web page.

Not to mention wikias being so much harder to traverse than wikis.

#independent wiki #death to fandom #i remember the time before this #when wikis were so easy to traverse #and i remember the this wiki is moving to fandom notifications

[hbmmaster]

congratulations to the Rhythm Heaven Wiki for joining NIWA! you truly love to see it

#hbmmaster #rhythm heaven #nintendo independent wiki alliance

[thebigolbee]

“I mean some of your best friends are Securitrons, right?”

It was an honor to share a piece for @thefalloutwiki 's Pride celebration! 🏳️‍🌈✨

Yes Man is sending love to the wastelanders out there and wishing you all a safe and happy Pride Month. Thank you so much for supporting one another and making the Fallout community a fun and exciting place for all.

Be sure to check out the wiki’s detailed articles on your favorite cast of colorful characters! 

#fallout #fallout new vegas #fallout 4 #fallout 3 #yes man #yes man fallout #yes man fallout new vegas #fallout wiki #independent fallout wiki #fallout fanart #my art

[object-yaoi]

SOME BUTTONS I THINK ARCADE WOULD LIKE

(from my favorite website buttonmuseum.org)

#my beeping #arcade gannon #arcade #arcade fnv #fnv #fallout new vegas #HE WOULD LOVE SPOCK OK??? #the dog is because his bf (my courier) is a werewolf <3 #f/o #selfshipping #the image is from the independent fallout wiki

[boatgameenjoyer]

we live in times of great misery and pain. here. gecko from fallout new vegas.

#pictures taken from the independent fallout wiki #not the fandom one #dont use fandom #fallout new vegas #fnv #196

[qsmpmiraheze]

Честит ден на езиците и честит ден на освобождението на България!

Пожелавам на всички български фенове на QSMP да сте живи и здрави на този прекрасен ден :)

Засега на вики няма преводи на български -- основно защото аз съм основно заета със написване на статии на английски 😅 -- обаче ако знаете езика и имате желание да помагате, каним ви да се присъедините към нашия Discord Server или направо да почнете да превеждате!

#qsmp language day #qsmp #qsmp wiki #qsmp miraheze wiki #from hope #...има ли изобщо хора които говорят български на този уебсайт #таббо има брояч колко хора от колко държави има #и вчера видях че освен мен имаше още 9 човека от България #къде са те. show yourselves. #EDIT ITS NOT INDEPENDENCE DAY. i might be stupid. #oh well #<- has completely lost track of time #(its actually freedom day. or idk how it is translated)

[thefalloutwiki]

Fallout Wiki: Minecraft Wiki has migrated away from FANDOM

As of today, Minecraft Wiki has officially moved off of FANDOM and into independence!

As another proudly independent wiki, we'd like to congratulate to Minecraft Wiki for forking this wonderful achievement! The new site looks lovely and the future is looking bright! We can't wait to see what other communities enter independence as well.

Please visit the new site and bookmark at:

https://minecraft.wiki/

#fallout wiki #independent fallout wiki #fallout #minecraft #minecraft wiki #wiki #independent wiki #Fandom wiki #congratulations #independence

[darkoverord]

Zelda Wiki’s fucking independent again LETS GO

Reminding people of this post too about Fandom being an awful site!

#zelda wiki #YES #independent wiki

[analogbreakdown]

Fallout Tactics is epic and influential!

I had the pleasure of writing up all the times Fallout Tactics has been referenced in subsequent Fallout titles for the Independent Fallout Wiki! It's amazing to see how influential the game has been on the series!

Next time someone wants to debate with you on canon, send them this :3

https://fallout.wiki/wiki/Fallout_Tactics#Series_connections

#fallout #fallout series #fallout tactics #fot #fallout wiki #independent fallout wiki #canon #bethesda #bethesda game studios #fallout 3 #fallout 4 #fallout 76 #fallout new vegas #atom #children of atom #brotherhood of steel #fallout community

[vergess]

Hi I saw a bit ago you created an independent wiki, I was wondering if you had any advice for anyone else who wants to make an independent wiki?

It's easier than it sounds. The technical skills needed are very few. A lot of webhosts will even preinstall mediawiki (Wikipedia style) or dokuwiki (simpler abridged style) for you when you buy host space. If you're self hosting, that's trickier but still very simple to follow instructions exist.

For self hosting,I find dokuwiki easier to maintain but they're pretty similar overall. Mediawiki has the benefit of being able to import formatting (sidebars, infoboxes, etc) from Wikipedia directly, so if you Don't want to DIY that, mediawiki is better.

The initial setup of the wiki after installation is IMO the most technically demanding part. But if you've ever manipulated files and folders on your harddrive and can use a text editor, you'll be fine.

Prior to setup, you'll want to have a few things ready:

A logo of some sort to replace the demo logo

An intro paragraph about what the wiki is for, to put on the home page.

A rough idea of the broadest categories you plan to use. You can change these later, but it's good do have an idea.

The setup itself will depend on which wiki you host. Once the wiki is installed, the default homepage it comes with will include links to common setup guides.

ALWAYS TURN ON SPAM PROTECTION AT THIS POINT. I use StopForumSpam and a basic question captcha.

After your categories are arranged and spamblock installed you can turn on account creation.

And then, you can unleash the wiki into the wilds to be populated by fellow fans!

I often copy-paste dumped data from game files directly into pages on my wiki, and like magic, people who are way better at it than me will format it into something readable instead of a huge wall of plain text.

Operating a wiki is kind of magical in that you can watch a community build something together, but unlike a large building, it's something you care about watching made. It's neat!

#iwatex wiki #wiki #wiki hosting #independent wiki

[cassierain]

"What this place just has farmers? Shit, all they want are pipe pistols and stupid ammo. Where's the maniacs slobbering for a mininuke, am I right."

Hats off to the independent fallout wiki for having such nice hi-res photos for me to reference :D

#still trying to improove my person drawing #but I love her and her crazy eyeshadow #I get attached to inconsequensial characters #my other fav is that preston impersonator #cricket fo4 #fo4 #fallout #fallout 4 #fallout fan art #cricket #I may be bad at likenesses #also I feel like she's a nail biter and I tried to draw that #who knows if I managed #independent fallout wiki #fallout wiki #my art

[mey-rin-is-fabulous]

While I'm on the idea of surprising media giants that don't have their own independent wikis. Independent meaning not affiliated with that fandom wikia crap.

Trekkies what the hell are you guys doing over there there's only one independent wiki and that's for Star Trek Online.

#star trek #independent wiki #death to fandom #like if anyone's gonna lead a charge on something #i would think it'd be you guys #pokemon yugioh minecraft and destiny are all way ahead of you guys #thank god there's breezewiki #an extension that either goes straight to an independent wiki or removes all the bloatware of fandom