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We've already touched on some of the reasons for this fork, but there are more. Tardis was founded in 2004 on a platform called WikiCities. Over time, WikiCities became Wikia and Wikia became Fandom, and the platform changed a lot. Many of these changes were for the better, but some have been for the worse. Fandom, as a relatively large company, has profit margins to hit and so needs to boost revenue with ads and other choices that may have a detrimental impact on the reading and editing experience. By becoming independent, we will gain more control over our Wiki, ensuring that we can focus on meeting our goal on providing a comprehensive reference resource on ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and the [[Doctor Who universe|wider universe]] it inhabits. | We've already touched on some of the reasons for this fork, but there are more. Tardis was founded in 2004 on a platform called WikiCities. Over time, WikiCities became Wikia and Wikia became Fandom, and the platform changed a lot. Many of these changes were for the better, but some have been for the worse. Fandom, as a relatively large company, has profit margins to hit and so needs to boost revenue with ads and other choices that may have a detrimental impact on the reading and editing experience. By becoming independent, we will gain more control over our Wiki, ensuring that we can focus on meeting our goal on providing a comprehensive reference resource on ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and the [[Doctor Who universe|wider universe]] it inhabits. | ||
If you would like to support the long-term success of this Wiki in a direct way, you can [https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=YCVFF2R83H5ZG donate here]! See [[Tardis:Benefactors|our list of public benefactors]]. We're currently being funded by Kate from the [https://fallout.wiki/wiki/Fallout_Wiki Independent Fallout Wiki], allowing us to make the Wiki ad-free. We'd like to keep it that way. | If you would like to support the long-term success of this Wiki in a direct way, you can [https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=YCVFF2R83H5ZG donate here]! (See [[Tardis:Benefactors|our list of public benefactors]].) We're currently being funded by Kate from the [https://fallout.wiki/wiki/Fallout_Wiki Independent Fallout Wiki], allowing us to make the Wiki ad-free. We'd like to keep it that way. | ||
If you're an editor, please see our [[Tardis:Forking announcement/editors|editor-specific announcement]] as well. | If you're an editor, please see our [[Tardis:Forking announcement/editors|editor-specific announcement]] as well. | ||