Minecraft Wiki:Moving from Fandom

This page serves to begin a discussion that will decide which host the Minecraft Wiki will fork to.

Overview
This previous discussion has revealed that the Minecraft Wiki community overwhelmingly supports forking the wiki. Said previous discussion intended to figure out which host the Minecraft Wiki would fork to, however due to complications detailed in the conclusion page, the discussion did not accomplish this. Because of this, this second discussion has begun, which will decide which host the Minecraft Wiki will fork to. Please note that previous responses did not go to waste, as they allowed us to officially decide a fork would certainly happen, and criticisms of hosts allowed them to change and improve.

Please see the first message in this community portal discussion for a detailed list of arguments for why this fork is happening.

There are four alternative options that are being considered. One is wiki.gg, a wiki farm run by former Gamepedia staff members hosting some gaming wikis such as Terraria. There are also three semi-independent hosts: the host of Bulbapedia/Bulbagarden, ABXY (host of several wikis including Inkipedia, StrategyWiki and Zelda Wiki), and the host of the RuneScape Wikis. In the latter cases, a separate entity manages backend tasks including hosting and finances (e.g. negotiating with advertisers), but leaves the wiki on its own in other regards. This gives greater independence than being on a wiki farm (e.g. greater leeway to customize the wiki skin), while putting more responsibilities on community members as opposed to sharing it with the staff of a wiki farm, but not nearly as much as if the wiki were to host itself.

See Minecraft Wiki:Wiki host comparison for a detailed comparison between the various hosts. It's also encouraged to visit wikis hosted by the three host options, in order to gain a fuller sense of how advertisements are organized, as well as to get a rough idea of how the wikis function under the respective host:
 * Terraria Wiki - Wiki.gg
 * Bulbapedia - Bulbapedia
 * StrategyWiki - ABXY
 * RuneScape Wiki - RuneScape Wiki

Note that this discussion only applies to the English wiki. Other language wikis do not necessarily have to move with the English wiki; some have opted to remain on Fandom or fork at a later date. According to a Senior Community Manager at Fandom, language wikis that do not fork will be allowed to point their interwikis towards the forked English wiki.


 * Some important notes
 * ABXY, Bulbapedia, and RuneScape Wiki allow us to have any skin and visual appearance, with full customization - they do not have a single visual layout. As such, the layout seen on either of the example wikis are not reflective of what a forked Minecraft Wiki would look like.
 * All proposed hosts use MediaWiki as the wiki software.
 * Bulbapedia have offered to host Minecraft wiki separate from Bulbapedia, and as such it would not be part of Bulbagarden. This would be a similar arrangement as they currently have with Nintendo Wiki and F-Zero wiki for example.
 * On wiki.gg, the wiki would be hosted at . On Bulbapedia, ABXY, and RuneScape Wiki the Minecraft wiki would instead use its own custom domain.


 * Further host suggestions
 * Any suggestions to be hosted by any host not already considered an option will be refused, this is to prevent the discussion being delayed due to a possible new host, a situation that has already occurred.
 * Miraheze is not being considered due to it proving itself to be an unstable platform for wikis, as just recently there was a very serious scare of it shutting down and forcing all of its wikis to move elsewhere.
 * WikiTide and Telepedia are not being considered either as they would be unable to host our wiki.
 * Fully independent (the Minecraft Wiki hosting itself completely) is not being considered due to it currently being unrealistic, we do not have the specific people necessary required to make this option happen.

Before discussing
Before participating, please read the page listed below, we also strongly recommend you read the arguments given by other people that have responded as the host comparison page does not include all possible details.
 * Host comparison page - this page details the many differences between the four hosting options available, it is essential to read if you wish to decide where you think the Minecraft Wiki should fork to

The final decision will be made purely based on the strength of arguments.

For additional comments that do not directly express a vote, such as clarification questions, please use the section or join our Discord server. These would also be the appropriate locations to give a statement on the fork on behalf of a language wiki.

Discussion
This is the main discussion section, your arguments will be what is factored into the final decision.

Additional comments
''This section is for additional discussion separate from the main vote. See also the previous discussion on the community portal.''