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Ad Free Baldur's Gate 3 Community Wiki

I hate the ad riddled Fextralife wiki and the Fandom site isn't much better. I found an ad free wiki and have been looking up spells and other stuff on this site. Wanted to share it with other people who may want to get away from the intrusive ads of the other sites....

https://kbin.social/m/baldurs_gate_3@lemmy.world/t/334249

Ad Free Baldur's Gate 3 Community Wiki - baldurs_gate_3 - kbin.social

I hate the ad riddled Fextralife wiki and the Fandom site isn't much better. I found an ad free wiki and have been looking up spells and other stuff on this site. Wanted to share it with other people who may want to get away from the intrusive ads of the other sites....

Izzy Aug 12, 2023

Ads are the enemy. 🫠

Bearigator Aug 12, 2023

While I don’t agree completely (servers cost money), the way so many wikis use ads is absolutely horrible. If you have so many ads it makes your website hard to use, we have a problem.

That said, I try to contribute to any sort of ad free resource I use on any sort of regular basis. I like when people are not trying to see me anything besides what I asked for, and I see it kind of like buying use of their product.

ThayWiz Gwar Aug 12, 2023

This is the only wiki I’ve used since release. I totally agree about Fextralife and Fandom. Thanks for highlighting it!

Coelacanth Aug 12, 2023

Does it have comment sections? I hate Fextralife but have found relevant stuff among the comments there many times, whether tips, bug details or clarifications.

The articles themselves are lacking and I despise their embedded Twitch stream view-boosting nonsense, though.

secret_online 💜Aug 13, 2023

The fact you’re finding relevant information in the comments section of a wiki should tell you something about the quality of said wiki. If it were a healthy place, then those comments would instead be edits to the wiki instead.

ThayWiz Gwar Aug 13, 2023

I was just thinking that. That’s the POINT of a wiki. Ha!

Coelacanth Aug 13, 2023

I get what you’re saying, but I think comment sections add value in general. There are discussions that aren’t necessarily worthy of being edits into the wiki but can be helpful or interesting anyway.

But maybe I just enjoy reading discourse about things. I mean, that’s why I’m on here in the first place.

DemiParagon Aug 13, 2023

Exactly true. One of the best Wikis around is the Warframe wiki, but the comments still provide relevant information at times

Mathusalem Aug 12, 2023

it’s the only wiki with accurate information. Still, I am waiting for neoseeker guides/builds. I like their work on Pathfinder & Solasta

Fluid Aug 13, 2023

Use firefox with Ublock Origin. Enjoy your ad free internet.

Advertising shits in your head. Don’t let it.

Piecemakers Aug 13, 2023

Don’t forget your trusty VPN. 🤌🏼

resketreke Aug 13, 2023

Add a Pi-hole for good measure.

ThayWiz Gwar Aug 13, 2023

Man, I’ve been wanting to set up a Pi-hole for years. Just finally set up my VPN on my router.

Hairyblue Aug 13, 2023

I have a Synology Nas Drive and set up a Pi-Hole on there, but it doesn't block everything but helps.

ThayWiz Gwar Aug 13, 2023

I just bought a DS1522+, I’ll have to take a look. You running it in a container?

Hairyblue Aug 13, 2023

I believe there is a very simple Docker version for Pi-hole, but I used Portainer to set up the Pi-hole with its own IP.

Cookie1990 Aug 13, 2023

Cool, thanks. Who is paying the bills there if no ads are used?

Hairyblue Aug 14, 2023

From what I read, the owner is paying for it. So far it is very cheap. He said he'll ask for donations to help pay for the site.

Kbin_space_program Aug 16, 2023

I've been intentionally interqct8ng with the ng3 wiki to push the fextralife one down.

Particularly because the fextralife one is just reposting from bg3 wiki.

Hairyblue Aug 16, 2023

Are you editing the wiki? I made an account and was going to help edit, but I've never done anything like that before. I was going to look into it so I could contribute.

Kbin_space_program Aug 17, 2023

I've been intentionally interacting with the ng3 wiki on searches to push the fextralife one down.

Particularly because the fextralife wiki is just reposting from bg3 wiki.