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Bongolium500 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "thumb|right|350px|"It ''changed''! Oh, you ''clever thing''!"Well, if you're here, by definition, you've heard the news: we've moved off Fandom. Welcome to the independent Tardis Wiki! Thank you for joining us. First of all, sorry about the secrecy. Very few people have been in on this project throughout its lengthy development. This was necessary to make it as unlikely as possible for Fandom to find out, which may have je...") |
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First of all, sorry about the secrecy. Very few people have been in on this project throughout its lengthy development. This was necessary to make it as unlikely as possible for Fandom to find out, which may have jeopardised the entire thing. While all Fandom Wikis are licensed under Creative Commons, and should theoretically welcome third parties duplicating their databases, their interactions with Wikis whose communities decided to move have often fallen short of that ideal. The best way to pass under their radar was to do everything off-wiki and in secret. However, we hope that you'll still join us over here on our new wiki. We were only able to inform some parts of the administrative team of the project; if you were an admin on the Fandom Wiki and were not previously aware of the moving plan, please be aware that '''you will still have admin rights here if you decide to join us'''. This is ''not'' a secession or a coup — we are the same old Tardis Wiki, re-hosted. | First of all, sorry about the secrecy. Very few people have been in on this project throughout its lengthy development. This was necessary to make it as unlikely as possible for Fandom to find out, which may have jeopardised the entire thing. While all Fandom Wikis are licensed under Creative Commons, and should theoretically welcome third parties duplicating their databases, their interactions with Wikis whose communities decided to move have often fallen short of that ideal. The best way to pass under their radar was to do everything off-wiki and in secret. However, we hope that you'll still join us over here on our new wiki. We were only able to inform some parts of the administrative team of the project; if you were an admin on the Fandom Wiki and were not previously aware of the moving plan, please be aware that '''you will still have admin rights here if you decide to join us'''. This is ''not'' a secession or a coup — we are the same old Tardis Wiki, re-hosted. | ||
Fandom's increasing hostility to would-be movers was an important factor in our decision to move, as were some of the changes the company have been forcing onto communities with increasing authoritarianism. However, our reasons were not merely negative; benefits of forking from Fandom are numerous. We now have near-complete control over the site's design and features. We can enable pretty much any extension or skin and do what we like in CSS and JavaScript. There are also no intrusive ads. As such, we really hope that you'll join us here. '''You can regain access to your old account by following the instructions at [[Tardis: | Fandom's increasing hostility to would-be movers was an important factor in our decision to move, as were some of the changes the company have been forcing onto communities with increasing authoritarianism. However, our reasons were not merely negative; benefits of forking from Fandom are numerous. We now have near-complete control over the site's design and features. We can enable pretty much any extension or skin and do what we like in CSS and JavaScript. There are also no intrusive ads. As such, we really hope that you'll join us here. '''You can regain access to your old account by following the instructions at [[Tardis:Reclaiming your account]].''' Once you've done so, we ask that you then '''step away from the Fandom version of the wiki.''' If we leave it alone, they should leave us alone. | ||
Some stuff is different. There's the obvious, like the different skin and theme, but some things are more subtle, like small JavaScript quality of life changes that haven't been set up yet. Some particuarly notable changes are listed below: | Some stuff is different. There's the obvious, like the different skin and theme, but some things are more subtle, like small JavaScript quality of life changes that haven't been set up yet. Some particuarly notable changes are listed below: | ||