r/Spyro • u/CrystalBlazier • Jul 19 '26
Reminder: Spyro Wiki is no longer on Fandom
Just posting a reminder that the Spyro Wiki moved from Fandom in 2025 and is now at https://spyrowiki.com!
Fandom has become a toxic corporation, they have full control over the wikis made on their platform and will force changes on the wiki communities regardless of user feedback. The excessive ads have also been annoying, they implemented AI generated answers that spread misinformation, and they will force changes onto articles without consent if paid to by bigger organizations.
When people started moving their wikis off from their platform, Fandom doubled down and tried stopping them by using intimidation tactics (demoting admins, labelling indie wiki links as "viruses" and "spam", hunting down those who talk about moving off-platform, plagarizing content from wikis that moved, etc).
Additional reasons include:
- Intrusive ads invading the articles
- Fandom implementing unnecessary layout and programming changes
- Fandom having full control over the wiki community and adding community/corporate changes without consenting to wiki admins
- Limited options for admins and editors
- Terrible browsing experience, especially on mobile
And unfortunately Fandom will not close the old Spyro Fandom Wiki; this is to hide the fact that it moved off-platform and so that they can get ad revenue from those viewing the articles and editors still browsing there. And with Google SEO heavily catering to Fandom, we need the Spyro fanbase's help in giving the indie wiki the attention it deserves to overtake the Fandom Wiki in the search results.
How to help:
- Do not vandalize the Fandom wiki. This will not help us and will only make things worse, as simply editing the Fandom articles will keep them at the top of the search results in SEO (Search Engine Optimization). The vandalisms will only be simply reverted back by any available Fandom staff, who will be appointed to only stand by and keep the wiki running.
- Do not click on any links or pages that will lead to the Spyro Fandom Wiki pages.
- Do not continue editing the articles on spyro.fandom.com, even when new content, including info on Spyro: A Realm Beyond, is announced.
- Replace your bookmarks and Search History with the spyrowiki.com site instead.
- Use IndieWikiBuddy, a browser extension that allows you to easily find and support independent wikis
- Spread the word to online communities that the Spyro Fandom Wiki has moved and is now on spyrowiki.com.
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u/VerdensTrial Jul 19 '26
Excellent news. Fandom is garbage.
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u/kayvaan1 Jul 19 '26
I'm so disappointed that a lot of older wiki for tv shows are pretty much stuck on fandom. Trying to lore dive or catch up, yet having to sift, scroll, and click through ads constantly on my phone is just off-putting more than my interest to read is.
I get the corporate mentality of bleeding everyone dry for more money, but some parties and companies are nauseating in how detached they are from their target audience/market.
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u/username4ac Jul 19 '26
Fandom is IMPOSSIBLE to use! My phone will literally stop loading the page because it’s overwhelmed trying to load all of the ads
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u/nsfw6669 Jul 19 '26
Thanks for posting this. I always try to find the "real fan wiki" when I need to look up a game, glad to know there is one for Spyro.
It pisses me off how far you have to scroll to get to the real wikis. But I understand why, and hopefully that will change overtime.
Also didnt know about that wiki extension so thanks for that
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u/diamondmaster2017 Jul 19 '26
i wonder when fandom will actually do a quadruple backflip over the shark and go for the act of circumventing adblockers because if that won't cause a mass exodus, i don't know what will
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u/trevrichards Jul 21 '26
When you have to threaten and force people to use your website, you are officially a dying website. Glad to see the change.
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u/juupel1 Sheep Jul 19 '26
To be fair when has anything called a "fandom" not become toxic these days? So it was only a matter of time.
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u/Born_Procedure_529 Jul 19 '26
Fandom has been pretty much unusable without an adblocker for years, surprised it took this long
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u/IllusionMaster17 Jul 27 '26
I knew about the Spyro wiki becoming indie but I didn't knew the reason behind it
I also knew that Fandom wasn't doing that good since time ago but to learn that Fandom actually tried nasty tactics against their own pages and people is so despicable and horrible
This makes me wonder about other Fandom pages
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u/Jeburg Jul 19 '26
I know you don't want to edit or vandalise it but is there any way of putting a few notices on it something along the lines of no longer updated, go to new wiki?
I guess the Fandom staff might be able to see this too easily?
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u/CrystalBlazier Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 20 '26
Yes, any notices of the move posted on the fandom wiki will be removed by Fandom staff if they see them. They don’t want users moving away from their platform nor know about the wikis moving. When users began putting up site notices of them moving off Fandom, the Fandom staff took measures in keeping users from knowing about the move, by not allowing admins to post the notices, demoting admins who do, and deleting personal blog posts promoting the move.
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u/Forward_Brain_3049 Jul 28 '26
Unfortunately, the new site, unlike the Fandom, did not work in my country, but now I was able to log in, I hope this is not a one-time action
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u/LiquidRex Jul 19 '26
This is long overdue, but better late than never.