Some franchises have significant fandom overlap and crossover, so somebody might want to use their Marvel wiki account to also do some work on the DC wiki.
It would also make it easier to cross-link incidental mentions. For example, quite a few actors appeared on both Star Trek and Stargate. If the Stargate wiki can write “John DeLancey also played [[Q]]@startrek.wiki”, it makes for a less seamful reading experience.
I’m having a hard time applying my (frankly lacking) understanding of federation to what is mostly a static database. Would the benefit be that, say, in case the Star Trek wiki changes its structure and the URL changes, you don’t have to change the Stargate wiki as well?
PieFed communities do have reddit-style wikis attached. They work pretty well but don’t federate. Like somebody else mentioned, i think Ibis is closest we’ve got.
Is there a reason for it to be federated? Like, would you want to follow the change log for each page?
Some franchises have significant fandom overlap and crossover, so somebody might want to use their Marvel wiki account to also do some work on the DC wiki.
It would also make it easier to cross-link incidental mentions. For example, quite a few actors appeared on both Star Trek and Stargate. If the Stargate wiki can write “John DeLancey also played [[Q]]@startrek.wiki”, it makes for a less seamful reading experience.
I’m having a hard time applying my (frankly lacking) understanding of federation to what is mostly a static database. Would the benefit be that, say, in case the Star Trek wiki changes its structure and the URL changes, you don’t have to change the Stargate wiki as well?
Fair enough. I guess I can see some other discoverability a related uses too (e.g. related pages on other wikis, or backlinks)
The Reddit wikis were also useful at one point like for each lemmy community.
PieFed communities do have reddit-style wikis attached. They work pretty well but don’t federate. Like somebody else mentioned, i think Ibis is closest we’ve got.
What has that got to do with federation though?