SpongeBob Fanon Wiki
The SpongeBob Fanon Wiki, abbreviated SBFW, was a SpongeBob SquarePants fansite on Fandom where users could create their own spin-offs, episodes, and other fanmade content for other users to read and review. It was founded on November 8, 2008 by Arre 320, and was the largest SpongeBob SquarePants wiki in terms of number of pages, with over 20,000 pages, surpassing Encyclopedia SpongeBobia.
It previously served as the fanon wiki for the SpongeBobia network before being replaced by Fanonia SpongeBobia following a proposal.
The wiki was closed by Fandom Staff on September 13, 2018 before being restored on April 30, 2019. In place of it, a fork of the site, SpongeBob New Fanon Wiki, was opened on September 11, 2018.
The wiki was closed again on March 5, 2025 as part of Fandom's crackdown on wikis revolving around mature content involving children's shows. Within a few days after the initial closure, the foreign language wikis were also closed. The new wiki (now renamed "Crossover Time Wiki") currently remains open.
History
The wiki was created on November 8, 2008 by Arre 320, who became inactive not long after its founding. After several months of inactivity, Ponyo Fan adopted the wiki in August 2011 and promoted JellyfishJam38, William Leonard, and JCM, who would help him take the wiki to new heights.
In 2013, a collaboration with ESB was formed along with SpongeBob Universe, and later as a project. However, due to tensions between the administrations of the two wikis, the group was peacefully dissolved with a farewell address made by AMK152.
On September 13, 2018, the wiki was closed by Fandom Staff due to excessive amounts of drama, controversies, and disruption, less than two months before its tenth anniversary. Most of the content was promptly ported to a fork wiki created two days before its closure. On April 30, 2019, the wiki was restored by Fandom Staff under the condition that no more excessive drama would take place on the wiki.
On February 19, 2025, the wiki was once again threatened with closure by Fandom Staff due to objectionable content surrounding a children's show. The users were given two weeks to clean up the wiki of any objectionable content. A rebrand and cleanup were attempted; however, it was insufficient. After some users intentionally sabotaged the wiki, Fandom staff announced that the wiki would close on March 6. The wiki was closed a day prior.
Most of the wiki's content before the shutdown can still be viewed on Miraheze.