Board Thread:Forum Migration/@comment-31797469-20191119112641/@comment-31797469-20191119114151

=Background=
 * Blog Post about UCP

FANDOM bought Gamepedia in late 2018, and wants to merge the wiki platforms.

As part of this, FANDOM needs to update their framework. This is called Unified Community Platform (UCP).

This unfortunately requires getting rid of some FANDOM wiki features that are too outdated to be able to convert:
 * Forums - FANDOM suggests moving Forum activity to the Discussion feature. Current plan is to disable Forums in mid-January.
 * Message Walls - This will be replaced by some other type of direct communication. No details yet available
 * Article Comments - This does not affect us, as they are already disabled on MSM Wiki
 * 'Profile - These will be reworked/merged with Gamepedia profiles. No details yet available.

These changes have been strongly protested by several wikis with an active forum community, but to no use. FANDOM has made up their mind, and there is no way of opting out.

There is a Thread on FANDOM Community Central, for asking questions about the forum shutdown, though it has now been locked.