Generic Fandom -> Breezewiki redirect(s)

[marsdeat]

A generic rule that redirects all Wikia (Fandom) wiki URLs to a mirror (Breezewiki).

I recommend putting this near the bottom of your redirect rules list, as there are a lot of Wikis with independent alternatives that you may want to redirect more directly.

Redirect from: https://*.fandom.com/*
URL Pattern: wildcard
Redirect to: https://breezewiki.com/$1/$2
Example: https://zelda.fandom.com/wiki/Zelda becomes https://breezewiki.com/zelda/wiki/Zelda

There is also a second rule I use for when that mirror is under maintenance, to another mirror running the same software:

Redirect from: https://*.fandom.com/*
URL Pattern: wildcard
Redirect to: https://antifandom.com/$1/$2
Example: https://zelda.fandom.com/wiki/Zelda becomes https://antifandom.com/zelda/wiki/Zelda

I also have a LOT of specific Wiki redirects set up, but it would be overwhelming to list them all here.

[mshibanami]

Hi @marsdeat, this is great! Honestly, I misunderstood the power of this rule until now, but it’s actually a very useful rule!

It's a bit late to say, but if you don’t mind, could I add your rule to the library? Thanks!

[marsdeat]

Absolutely, no problems from me! :)

[mshibanami]

Hmm, sorry, but I probably won’t add this rule for now, since BreezeWiki seems a bit unstable these days.

As far as I can tell, antifandom.com often returns this error here, for example:

Sorry! Fandom isn't allowing BreezeWiki to show pages right now.

breezewiki.com also seems less reliable, as it often (or always?) returns 502.

On the other hand, I can see some instances working fine.

According to the author, this is because their server has hit Fandom’s access limit.

I read BreezeWiki’s source code, and it seems to scrape Fandom pages with a user agent named “BreezeWiki,” without using multiple IP addresses or accounts to avoid being blocked, unlike Nitter.

This means that even if I add the rule to our library for an instance that currently works, the instance could quickly hit the access limit once the rule becomes popular.

Previously, I introduced a simple tool for auto-selecting instances called jisk, and it could help avoid this issue. Maybe I’ll look into it later.