All The Tropes Wiki Project, Part XXI

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Just checking, but the point of Poland Ball is that it parodies all these stereotypes, yes?

Actually reading the post indicates they've verged from parody into outright racism at least once, though that's pending further investigation. There's also this:

"writing "fan fiction" about countries or ethnicities in general - will be closed."

This part did bother and worry me slightly at first, though not for reasons similar to those stated in the thread review - and on that note, the OP of the thread then states that

"Fan fiction wikis where lands are divided into imaginary kingdoms or other sort of "fake" mapping is permitted in so long as the purpose of the content is to describe a clearly alternate and/or future universe and description of the country or its inhabitants do not fall under stereotypical or abusive depictions."

Despite this much-clearer-compare-to-the-first-one line, you still have replies from people crying about alternate history wikis being shut down in spite of the fact those would not meet deletion criteria. Whether FANDOM sticks to that word or not remains to be seen, but this gives off the impression of scaremongering - a very unwise move if one believes FANDOM to be an untrustworthy entity, as it muddies the facts.

Also, as much as I dislike FANDOM, that "exiled for wrongthink" statement seems it's like outright revising what actually happened with regards to an active flouting of clearly stated policy.