Forum:Fandom's plans for the first quarter of 2022

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Hey all, first time reaching out to you all in the new year, so I first of all want to start off with the sincere hope that 2022 has been treating you all better than the previous years have. Continue to stay safe!

Secondly, I wanted to share a glimpse of the plans Fandom has in store for the first months of the new year. Brandon, the VP of Community at Fandom, shared a more elaborate blog about it, which you can read here, but this would be the overview:

Interactive Maps

In 2021, we released an Interactive Maps alpha to 20 communities.
Feedback from the Map testers was invaluable to determining what tools to build into the feature next.
After a pause for the last few months of the year, development has once again kicked off on Interactive Maps.
It will become available to all communities who want it within the next few months.
Check out this example on Avatar Wiki.

MediaWiki Upgrade

Fandom will soon be upgrading from MediaWiki 1.33 to MediaWiki 1.37.
Changes will be minimal compared to UCP, with mostly backend changes.
The rollout will happen within the first few months of 2022.

Interactive Videos

We are continuing to evolve what appears in the Fandom Video Player with the production of more Interactive Videos.
We've already released a pilot video based on Diablo II.
Premieres for DC Database and Memory Alpha Interactive Videos are coming soon.

Trivia Quiz Expansion

We will be expanding our Trivia Quiz feature within the next few months.
Quizzes proved to be popular with fans as we experimented with them in 2021.
They are currently available in a select number of Discussions communities.

New Fandom Team Members

Quincy Carroll recently joined Fandom as Chief Product Officer.
We are hiring a Senior Community Manager, Creator Outreach on our Community Experience team.
We are hiring a Senior Community Partnerships Manager, Gaming on our Community Activations team.
We will be bringing more Wiki Reps onto the Community team.

If you have any questions or remarks about it, head over to the blog at Community Central and ask away! Lady Lostris / SOAP 14:02, 31 January 2022 (UTC)