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Fandom, on the other hand, allows content on just about anything and often lacks reliable sources. Many Fandom wikis include content disclaimers, trigger warnings, and spoiler warnings on individual articles. However, all pages on Wikipedia are covered by one content disclaimer, thus Wikipedia does not include disclaimers on a per-page basis ...
Fandom was launched on October 18, 2004, at 23:50:49 (UTC) under the name Wikicities (which invited comparisons to Yahoo's GeoCities), [15] by Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, and Angela Beesley Starling—respectively chairman emeritus and advisory board member of the Wikimedia Foundation. Wales' original idea was to use his Wikipedia ...
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Do NOT, under any circumstances, place promotional, copyrighted, offensive, or libelous content in sandbox pages. Repeatedly doing so WILL get you blocked from editing. For more info about sandboxes, see Wikipedia:About the sandbox and Help:My sandbox .
Wikipedia's NPOV policy requires that major flops and "bombs", whether they are albums, films and concert tours (or music or films which are called "turkeys") should also be covered in the article. Wikipedia is a user-edited website, but it is not a fan website; it is an encyclopedia.
By the mid-1970s, it was possible to meet fans at science fiction conventions who did not read science fiction, but only viewed it on film or TV. Anime and manga fandom began in the 1970s in Japan. In America, the fandom also began as an offshoot of science fiction fandom, with fans bringing imported copies of Japanese manga to conventions. [16]
Wikipedia can be a fun place, a stimulating forum, and an addictive hobby. It can also be a threat vector for safety, security, and privacy. While most editors will not encounter any more than minor annoyances from people they disagree with, some people will become targets of harassment, or in extreme cases, violence or imprisonment.
If you arrive at a new page, go back to step 4 and keep playing. If the Nth link is a red link to edit a page which does not exist yet, then game over (the empty link ending); alternatively you can choose to skip over red links, or you can write a sensible article about the topic with at least N links in it, and then continue from there.