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Hey there, Miller here! The Community Manager for this community, here to bring you the latest updates that's been occurring with Fandom! Check it out!

HIGHLIGHTS

• New Navigation Design

• Universe Pages

• Editor / Staff Stories

• Upgrading to MediaWiki 1.43 in 2025

• Interactive Maps Improving

• New Navigation Design (click here to learn more)

Fandom is redesigning the navigation system! Let us re-introduce you to the horizontal navigation bar. Other content panels will also join in this position switch. Where the horizontal bar is new, the left-side global navigation also received a makeover! On December 11th, this change will go live to all users everywhere with the exception of those living in the United States of America. On December 12th, these users will receive the new navigation with content panels as well.

• Universe Pages (click here to learn more)

These dynamic hubs are designed to be the ultimate entry point for discovering the rich lore, characters, and stories of your favorite IPs. Universe Pages build upon the foundation of FanCentral, transforming them into IP-centric hubs that provide a comprehensive overview of everything the respective universe has to offer. If you haven't done so already, please check out the Universe Page for this wiki.

• Editor / Staff Stories (click here for Barbie) • (click here for Musicals)

To celebrate the release of Wicked we're sharing stories from some of our community members and their experiences with musical theatre. We're also celebrating Barbie's 65th Anniversary and sharing some inspirational staff stories!

• Upgrading to MediaWiki 1.43 in 2025 (click here to learn more)

Fandom is upgrading to MediaWiki 1.43! With this update, it allows Fandom to leverage the latest advancements in MediaWiki technology to further enhance performance, security, functionality, and user experience for its massive community of editors and readers.

• Interactive Maps Update (click here to learn more)

After a whole year of revamping Interactive Maps, Fandom is now improving the performance of Maps, changing the internal engine to use the canvas system, and enhancing the rendering of markers.

As a heads up, I will be "Out of the Office" from December 21, 2024 - January 5, 2025. For any immediate support during that time, you are welcome to reach out to Fandom Support. In the meantime, is there any news and or update that you're most excited about? Let's discuss! If you have any further questions, comments and or concerns don't hesitate to reach out! :)

Hey there, Miller here! The Community Manager for this community, here to bring you the latest updates that's been occurring with Fandom! Check it out!

HIGHLIGHTS

• Fandom's 20th Anniversary

• Anonymous editing / Emailconfirmation

• Offensive Language Policy

• Fandom's 20th Anniversary (click here to learn more)

Fandom is 20 years old! That’s right, Fandom – formerly Wikia, formerly Wikicities – was founded on October 18, 2004! This summer, on July 25th we kicked off our anniversary celebration with our annual, highly-anticipated Fandom Party in San Diego! Check it out! Also stay tuned on Community Central to see another celebration in honor of the anniversary!

• Anon editing / Emailconfirmation (click here to learn more)

Logged in editors will be required to confirm their email addresses before they can edit or comment on wikis where anonymous editing is disabled. Fandom will also be disabling anonymous editing on wikis that have had inactive admins or moderators for at least seven days (while retaining the option for admins to turn anon editing back on when they return from inactivity). Thanks to feedback presented by community members, we arrived at these changes announced as an alternative, with no impact on anonymous editing.

• Offensive Language Policy (click here to learn more)

On Fandom, users can create wikis on many topics, including ones with mature themes like violence, sexuality, and profanity, as explained in our Community Creation Policy, sometimes however, certain words or phrases, aren't allowed on the platform according to our Terms of Use. This new policy helps clarify Fandom’s position on certain terms and descriptions that we do not permit on Fandom.

Is there any news and or update that you're most excited about? Let's discuss! If you have any further questions, comments and or concerns don't hesitate to reach out! :)

Hi there! I'm Miller, a Community Manager for Entertainment on behalf of Fandom. It's a pleasure to (virtually) meet you all! Happy to announce that I'll be the Community Manager for this wiki. I'll be your point of contact moving forward. As you may have heard last month, Fandom introduced new Community Managers who would be coming in to support wikis. I'm excited to work with you all, and look forward in being an advocate for you based on the needs of the community. If you ever have a question or issue relating to the wiki, don't hesitate to contact me and I will do my best to assist you! I'm looking forward to working with you all!