What kinds of wikis can be hosted on wiki.gg?

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wiki.gg accepts wikis about a broad range of common-interest topics, grouped into three main areas: gaming, entertainment, and "everything else." According to the platform, games are its specialty, but it also welcomes wikis for movies, TV shows, books, web serials, hobbies, open-source projects, historical periods, and other general-interest subjects. The main condition is that your topic fits a common-interest, fanbase-driven theme — and note that new wiki requests are currently closed, so you can't submit one right now.

Gaming wikis

This is the platform's stated focus area. The supported range is wide:

  • AAA and indie games — from large studio titles to small independent releases
  • VR games
  • TTRPGs (tabletop role-playing games)

The stated goal for this category is building a knowledge base for players, so game wikis are the clearest fit if you're deciding whether your topic belongs.

Entertainment wikis

wiki.gg says it welcomes both fans and creators documenting entertainment subjects, including:

  • Movies
  • Web serials
  • TV shows
  • Book series
  • "Any other topic" in this space

The framing here is documenting a fictional universe or franchise for its fanbase.

Everything else

Beyond games and entertainment, the platform lists general-interest topics:

  • Hobbies
  • Open-source software (OSS) projects
  • Historical periods
  • Other general-interest subjects

The common thread is a topic with a community that would benefit from a collaborative resource.

How to judge whether your topic fits

Your topic Fits the stated categories?
Video game (any scale, VR, or TTRPG) Yes — core specialty
Movie, TV show, book series, web serial Yes
Hobby, OSS project, historical period Yes — listed under "everything else"
General-interest subject with a fanbase or community Yes — described as accepted

The platform describes its acceptance scope as "a range of common interest topics," so the practical test is whether your subject has an interested community rather than whether it falls into a specific genre.

What to know before applying

Two things affect whether you can act on this:

  1. New wiki requests are currently closed. The site states that requests are closed and directs people to its Discord server for news on when they reopen. So even if your topic fits, you cannot submit an application at this time.
  2. The platform's stated commitment is "editors come first." wiki.gg says it has been making fan and official wikis for over a decade, hosts over 800 wikis, and will not compete with a community that decides to leave. That matters if you're weighing where to host a community-run wiki long term.

If your topic matches one of the categories above, the next step is to watch for wiki requests reopening, then apply through the platform's "Create a Wiki" process.