FalloutWiki:About

Welcome to the Independent Fallout Wiki, a community dedicated to maintaining a high-quality, comprehensive, and accessible encyclopedia about all aspects of the Fallout series. The site is home to a community of enthusiastic fans, dedicated to expanding the site and making accurate information accessible to all. Everyone is welcome!

About
The Independent Fallout Wiki includes several individual spaces including the Mainspace (main Fallout Wiki) and Modspace (covering Fallout mods), Community (fan projects and fun), and official Discord server and social media accounts.

Alongside our dedication to documenting the Fallout franchise, we support a positive, productive community environment that brings fan projects, content creators, and mod authors together in collaborative spaces including Fallout Mods and Community. The free hosting space for project wikis is currently in development and coming soon.

Version information can be found here and statistics are available here. The site map is here. Current Overseers of the Independent Fallout Wiki are Black Devil, CyberDanz, Eckserah, Findabair, Aces, and XV-Versus.

Contact and Help
The Independent Fallout Wiki community is a welcoming place to talk about all things Fallout, join events, make friends, hear updates about the franchise, and have fun. The community encompasses several platforms and is always happy to welcome any and all Vault Dwellers. For the full list of our chat and social media platforms, click here.

We Want You!
Every member of this site is important to the success of the Independent Fallout Wiki, regardless of their edit count, user rights, or time spent here. Each editor has the same right to give advice, ask questions, and edit pages as anyone else. Do not put yourself down by commenting, or believing, that you are "just a newbie" or that you "haven't made very many edits."

Everyone is new at some point, and we are all here to help each other learn. The perspective and knowledge of everyone are what make our work effective and comprehensive, and each contributor is equally valuable.

Need a hand? Check out Vault-Tec University, a set of self-guided programs that cover various aspects of the wiki and its community in a stress-free learning environment. Graduates receive a diploma and the Vault-Tec Corporation "Your Knowledge Suffices!"(TM) badge will be semi-ceremoniously branded on your permanent record.

History
The site was founded on April 8, 2022 and entered early access on Great War Day, October 23, 2022. It officially launched to the public on December 31, 2022. The site is a fork of a corporation-owned wiki, established by a group of staff and editors that desired their independence and broke free from the profit-based model.

We join several networks of independent wikis, websites, and Fallout groups as affiliates, proud to be community-run wiki and website without a superseding policing body or company. Wiki content should be free and not exploitative, and we believe strongly that no company should profit from the diligent volunteer work of its fan base. The Independent Fallout Wiki is 100% free, ad-free, and supported by a volunteer team - built and maintained for the fans, by the fans.

Since moving, we've had the freedom to forge our own path, create our own policies, and implement new features and extensions to out heart's content. Our freedom means we are no longer forced to have advertisements, be at the mercy of changes that are not optimal for user experiences, or forced to accept decisions unreasonable and hostile to our staff and team. Our work on this site is a hobby that we love and with our future back in our own hands, we are honored and more excited than ever to provide the fans of the series with the most accurate, cited, and up-to-date information possible.

We're grateful for all the support we've received since creating this site, and excited to welcome former and new editors alike to join in our efforts to build the site and truly serve the Fallout community. Thank you so much!

Main
The main Independent Fallout Wiki, or mainspace, documents the game franchise and associated media. The mainspace currently features articles. We always welcome new users, and anyone with an interest is invited to join in and contribute to the wiki.

For newcomers looking to help out, the Independent Fallout Wiki provides learning tools for editing and managing wikis in our custom Vault-Tec Survival Guide. We also provide a free, self-guided training series at Vault-Tec University to help new editors feel comfortable contributing to the site.

Mods
We are dedicated to supporting the wider Fallout community outside of game content and feature a space dedicated to Fallout mods, also known as the modspace. The content of all articles including mods listed on this wiki must abide by the content policy.

Community
The world of Fallout expands past what is found in games and mods, and this wider community is something we are proud to feature and support here. Check out the Fallout Community hub! Content includes but is not limited to fanfiction, fan art, creations, archived documents, tabletop games, and roleplaying. Bringing together all project teams, authors, and artists in one place helps support those creating content and helps readers find and learn more about these endeavors.

Codex
The Independent Fallout Wiki Codex is a series of principles that outline the community's core values and guide its leadership. Some aspects of the Codex are site policies, but the document is foremost intended to communicate the community's most important aspects and qualities, to promote a spirit of mutual respect and understanding.

Policies
We are an independent gaming wiki and website without a superseding policing body. Our governance, including policies and guidelines, are driven, dictated, and created by community members. Policies provide a reference for editors on recommended courses of action. They consider the collective experience of the many editors who have contributed to the site, a summary of discussions about how to best accomplish certain tasks.

Financial
The Independent Fallout Wiki is free for anyone to read and edit. The site's aim is to provide all Fallout fans with an accurate and reliable source of information on the Fallout franchise, and we will strive to ensure that its content will always be available for everyone free of charge. The Independent Fallout Wiki is a not-for-profit, ad-free, and funded by Aces.