Technical Updates: January 12, 2026
Hey hey, my lovely people! I hope you all had an amazing holiday period and great beginning of the new year! As the Fandom code freeze comes to an end and things start ramping up again, I'm happy to be back here with you and continue our journey together! While the Technical Updates will from now on be published on a Monday rather than a Friday, the rest of the blog series remains the same, so if you're new to the series: I will share updates about some of the more user-facing fixed bugs, those the devs are working on, feature development, and changes to the platform. This blog post is announced on this wiki, sending a notification to everyone who has been active within the last 90 days. In return, this blog post is also a great opportunit…
Fallout game giveaway, powered by Fandom and Fanatical
Hurry and enter Fandom and Fanatical's giveaway for the chance to win a digital copy of Fallout New Vegas Ultimate Edition (PC) before time runs out! Entries close TOMORROW, January 8th, 2026 at 11:59 PM PST!
If you’re new to the wasteland, this is the perfect opportunity to delve deeper into the radioactive story-telling of Fallout!
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Participation is easy, all you have to do is comment your prediction on the original giveaway post (HERE) for what you think will happen during this season! Hopes or wonders for the episodes to come also qualify.
EX: “I am hoping Lucy’s brother, Norm, will get to see the outside of the vaults and/or …
The Game Awards 2025: Biggest Reveals and Prediction Challenge Results
Hello everyone! Earlier this month, The Game Awards 2025 delivered an event packed with celebration, surprises, and major announcements for the gaming world. In this blog, I'll recap the biggest game announcements from the show, and will also be sharing some insights from Fandom's own Game Awards Prediction Challenge, which we hosted over at The Game Awards Wiki.
As always, the show brought many new trailers and announcements. Here are some of the highlights:
- Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic was announced to be in development by Arcanaut Studios in collaboration with Lucasfilm Games. With a developer team helmed by Casey Hudson (game director of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and the Mass Effect trilogy), the game is a spiritual success…
Learning, Listening, and Localizing: Reflections from Our AI Translation Pilot
- 1 What We Learned
- 2 The Five Pilot Wikis
- 2.1 Shōgun Wiki (Fandom-created)
- 2.2 Barney Wiki
- 2.3 Silo Wiki (Fandom-seeded)
- 2.4 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Wiki (Fandom-seeded)
- 2.5 Community-Created Wiki [Name intentionally withheld]
- 3 Key Takeaways
- 4 What Happens Next
This pilot reinforced something we don’t want to underestimate: how we communicate matters just as much as what we build.
- Context and intent need to be clear early, especially when experimenting with new technology.
- Human review and editorial judgment are still essential. Transparency builds trust, and when it’s missing, people understandably fill in the gaps with concern.
- AI can be a powerful tool when applied thoughtfully, but using it well requires clear understanding of its strengths, limitations, a…
Across Fandoms: A Lookback On 2025 Events
Hello everyone! I’m Miller, a Community Manager for Entertainment here at Fandom on the Community Development team. I’ve had the absolute pleasure of working alongside some incredible teammates, and together we’re excited to share a look back at the amazing events we helped bring to life on Fandom this year. 2025 has been an exciting year for fans, and we’re honored to support communities in the worlds they love returning to time and time again. From tournaments and prediction challenges to giveaways, creative contests, and Q&As, these events were all about giving fans new ways to participate, celebrate their favorite franchises, and connect with one another. Whether it was celebrating a major release, interacting with creators, or just h…
Technical Updates: December 15, 2025
Hello, hello, hello! As the end of year is approaching, so is our yearly code freeze, and therefore the end of the Technical Update series of 2025. If you missed any of the previous tech updates, this is a series published every other week with a selection of the more user-facing bug tickets, releases, and other relevant updates on the platform. Per usual, an announcement of this blog post goes out to anyone who has been active on this wiki in the past 90 days. It's also a good place to ask questions in the comments, but know that the best place to leave feature suggestions and feedback is via the Community Feedback board. With this being the last tech blog of 2025, I want to take the opportunity to thank you for a year of fruitful collabo…
We Are Improving the Creation of New Wikis
Hey everyone! Today we're pleased to announce an improvement that will help many editors just starting out on our platform. We're rolling out several enhancements for creating new wikis.
When a user decides to start a new community, the process usually kicks off with the creation form. Once those steps are completed, the new wiki launches with a default template. This template—colloquially called the "Starter Wiki"—is the one we've improved. We've added new resources and optimizations to facilitate the growth of these new communities, specifically with new editors in mind.
- 1 Helping Editors as a Priority
- 2 New Visual Elements
- 3 Focus on Page Creation
- 4 Introducing Our Features and Utilities
- 5 Accessibility First
- 6 New Wikis for Everyone
One of the most f…
Technical Updates: November 28, 2025
Hey hey, lovelies. Welcome to the last Technical Updates blog of November and the penultimate of the year! As per past editions, we use this blog series to update you on the latest bug fixes, some fixes that are in the works, potential experiments, and Fandom-wide platform changes. This blog is announced on this wiki to reach everyone who's been active here in any form in the past 90 days. Feel free to ask questions in the comment sections, but know that you can also share your feature suggestions and your feedback via the Community Feedback board.
- 1 Recent Fixes
- 2 Development Updates
- 2.1 Consumer Tools
- 2.2 User Experience (UXFCP) Team
- Some characters, such as single and double apostrophes, when used in the user's profile bio were replaced with the…
Celebrating Trans Awareness Week
Hey y’all! I’m Kaye, I’m a Client Strategist here at Fandom, and I’m bringing this blog post to you from a couch where my cat keeps putting his paw on my hand like “Mother, cease typing.” As a queer woman whose wife is trans, Trans Awareness Week and Trans Day of Remembrance are very important to me. I am also an enormous nerd, so I volunteered to write our history blog commemorating this week. We’re sharing this blog internally, too, for employees to learn more about and celebrate Trans Awareness Week.
I would love to start off by telling you exactly what Trans Awareness Week we’re on. It might be the 26th – but that’s dating from the first Transgender Day of Remembrance, a vigil in 1999 that a small group of trans women hosted in honor of…