User blog comment:Rupert Giles/Prototype for a new article layout/@comment-4403232-20141218234801

Between shrinking the article's width to increase space for ads on the sides, making the text GIANT, placing ads in the middle of sections, interrupting the article to show "Must Watch Videos", and this giant navbar up top, there's even less article on-screen then ever before. I notice the chat sidebar is no longer shown, chat being a feature that has yet to be fixed after months and months of severe server issues lately. Instead of fixing it, it's been hidden from the articles, as if to go hide it from the masses instead of fixing it. When loading this page to leave this comment: a pop-up ad WITH SOUND opens up OVER the page...

"Ads keep the content free and the lights on at Wikia." More important than that: your USERS make the content FOR FREE and bring people here in the first place. Looking at this new design, ads seem to be the focus over the content of the article. While I was able to tolerate this annoying bar up top enough to not leave, I honestly can't say if I'll be able to tolerate this horrendous article change. I also get the feeling this change won't be optional to wikis either...

This gallery I made displays just a few of my issues: http://imgur.com/a/RZUIX