Scratchpad is a place to test wiki ideas before you launch a full wiki, and a place for small collaborative projects that don't need a whole wiki. The database is shared with other mini wikis, but your project will have it's own listing of recent changes and all pages as long as you use category tags.
Here to create a wiki?
You can instantly create a free Fandom wiki for an idea of any size, and be up and running in a few minutes!
Alternatively, Scratchpad can be used for creating mini-wikis when you don’t need a whole wiki.
But remember, Scratchpad is shared with many other mini wikis, and material on Scratchpad is of a temporary nature (see About us).
To make a new wiki within this site, just type the name of your project in the box below and press "create".
Never fear! If later you want to have your very own, free Fandom wiki, your mini-wiki material here at Scratchpad can be easily copied to your new wiki.
Fandom co-founder, Angela Beesley, opened Scratchpad in January 2005 (back when Fandom was called Wikicities) as a place for users to work on small collaborations, and to make mini wikis for trial before requesting a wiki on the real site, now known as Fandom.
Now — in 2025 — that’s all in the past!!
You no longer have to try out a wiki at Scratchpad to have your very own, free-standing, full-fledged Fandom wiki!! However, if you don't feel like wasting up Fandom with wikis and want to see if it's worth the creation before doing it for real or to just explore a ruin of a long gone era. (more...)
But remember, Scratchpad is shared with many other mini wikis, and material on Scratchpad is of a temporary nature (see About us).
