Technical Updates: April 18, 2025
Hey hey hey! Welcome (back) to the second technical updates blog of April! As always, I'll cycle through some of the more user-facing changes that happened on the platform in the past two weeks and/or are about to go live. This ranges from bugs that got fixed, experiments that are running, and changes that were made. This blog also serves as a good opportunity for you to give feedback, ask questions, or raise potential issues you may be encountering.
- 1Notable Changes
- 2Recent Fixes
- 3Fixes in Development
- 4Development Updates
- 4.1Consumer Tools
- Let me immediately start with the big change that several of you have been waiting for: video uploading has been re-enabled on the platform. As of yesterday,
.mp4,.webm,.mkv, and.movare once again supported vi…
New accessibility resources and community initiatives
Hey folks! At Fandom, it’s an important mission for us to help your wikis grow and be safe spaces for all users. A significant part of that is promoting web accessibility across the platform. In case you don’t know what this means (which is totally fine!), this is making sure your wiki content can be consumed by more readers, regardless of disability. I recently held a roundtable with the Fandom Stars to discuss the importance of web accessibility, which happens to be a close topic to my heart too. They provided some super helpful feedback on what Fandom can do to help wikis foster accessible best practices. With that in mind, I have some recent developments I’d like to share!
Accessible best practice has always been high in our minds at Fand…
Introducing the Admin Code of Conduct
Hello all!
It has been a while since I last posted here - I hope you have all been well!
As part of my work here at Fandom, I have spent the past few months looking deep into our platform policies & guidelines. (Hint: we have a lot!) I have been looking at what we cover, what we don’t cover, & how we can protect users from bad actors & bad experiences.
One point we needed more coverage on was our expectations toward wiki admins. We have (checks list) blogs, guidelines, Discord interactions, etc. - Fandom’s expectations of users who hold admin rights on a wiki (or multiple wikis) are wildly all over the place.
The Trust & Safety team has been working to try to solve this tangle, & we are taking our first step by releasing a new policy called th…
Technical Updates: April 4, 2025
Hiya! After Antonio was kind enough to publish our last tech blog, I'm back to go over the changes that happened in the past two weeks and those that are imminent. As is standard with this series, we update you on a bi-weekly basis to inform you all about some of the more user-facing bug updates, experiment, productizations, and platform changes. The comment section also serves as an excellent opportunity for you to ask questions or report issues yourself as well.
- 1Notable Changes
- 2Recent Fixes
- 3Fixes in Development
- 4Development Updates
- 4.1Consumer Tools
- 4.2User Experience (UXFCP) Team
Platform safety has been a high priority for Fandom, which has resulted in changes such as emailconfirmation for every logged-in user and a restriction to anonymou…
Celebrating Trans Day of Visibility 2025
- “We have to do it because we can no longer stay invisible. We have to be visible. We should not be ashamed of who we are. We have to show the world that we are numerous. There are many of us out there.” - Sylvia Rivera
- Sylvia Rivera was a transgender rights activist who was also a noted community worker in New York.
- “We have to do it because we can no longer stay invisible. We have to be visible. We should not be ashamed of who we are. We have to show the world that we are numerous. There are many of us out there.” - Sylvia Rivera
Happy Trans Day of Visibility, everyone!
March 31st is Transgender Day of Visibility, or TDOV for short. Let's recognize the contributions and celebrate the lives of trans people around the world. Trans people have always existed and come from places all over the world. They are of every race and color, every religion and nationality. We all have loved ones in our lives that are special to us. Regardless of who we are, we are all …
Technical Updates: March 21, 2025
Hello hello!
It's me again :) Lady Lostris is out of the office this week, so I'm responsible for publishing this second tech update of March. As we always explain, these blog posts are posted every two weeks with the most relevant information related to the changes done by our engineers under the hood. If you have questions or have something to report, feel free to jump to the comments section and leave it there. And now, let's talk about the last news:
- 1Notable Changes
- 2Recent Fixes
- 3Development Updates
- 3.1Platform Team
- 3.2Consumer Tools
If you visited the wikis from mobile in the last years, you probably noticed how sometimes you were redirected to the Fandom App. This practice is known as Deep Linking. This is ending now. With the last initia…
DXRacer x Fandom Giveaway
Calling all gamers, fans, artists and editors!
- Looking for an awesome new chair for your desk setup?
DXRacer and Fandom are teaming up to bring you all the opportunity to enter a giveaway for a chance to win one of their high-quality chairs!
- 1Chairs you could win!
- 1.1Martian Series Gaming Chair
- 1.2IP Collaboration chairs
- 2HOW TO ENTER
- 3UPDATE
- Inspired by the mysterious planet Mars, the DXRACER Martian Series provides you with an out-of-this-world zero-gravity experience that enhances your comfort and performance throughout the day. It makes you feel like you're floating in space!
- Electric Precision for Ultimate Comfort:
- Smart Airbag Lumbar Support
- Electric Adjustable Backrest
- Magnetic Memory Foam Head Pillow
- 4D Armrests with Top Replacement System
- Convenient…
- Electric Precision for Ultimate Comfort:
Off-Platform with Fandom: 20th Anniversary Roundtable (Transformers, South Park, Pro Wrestling & Dragon Ball)
Welcome to "Off-Platform with Fandom", a segment where users on the Fandom platform come together to have a conversation off the platform. I’m Miller, a Community Manager for Entertainment with Fandom and we’re here on Community Central, the central community hub of the Fandom platform to bring you an off-platform conversation.
Question, have you ever been a fan of something to the point that you decide to research all you can about what you’re fanboying over? It can lead you down a rabbit hole to experience and explore all that you wanted to know about your fandom… all of it… from the good, the bad, and the sometimes ugly truths that might crush our childhood spirits. You understand what I mean, right?
In this blog, you’re going to meet four am…
Technical Updates: March 7, 2025
Hey hey! Another two weeks have passed, and those familiar with the Technical Updates series knows what that means: another Tech Blog! As always, I will walk you through some of the notable bug fixes and changes to the platform, as well as potential experiments we may be running. If you have questions yourself or have something to report, feel free to sound off in the comments about it, and I'll try to find an answer for you!
- 1Notable Changes
- 2Recent Fixes
- 3Development Updates
- 3.1Platform Team
- 3.2User Experience (UXFCP) Team
Three weeks ago, Fandom removed the ability to upload video files via Special:Upload, Special:NewFiles, and from within the editors. While we are not ready just to re-enable the functionality, we can tell you that we've fini…
My Farewell to Fandom
One of my all-time favorite episodes of television is “All Good Things...,” the series finale of Star Trek: The Next Generation. It reflected the idea that all good things must come to an end, wrapped up an incredible chapter of storytelling in a neat bow, and left room for bigger and better adventures yet to come.
In that spirit, I have some news to share with the community: tomorrow, February 28th, will be my last day as a member of Fandom Staff. I’ve worked at Fandom for 15 years, and as Fandom seeks to chart a new course to boldly go where no one has gone before (note my continued love for a good Star Trek reference) in how it supports communities, it’s time for me to head off on a new adventure of my own.
As I look back on my experiences, …
