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?
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)