Board Thread:Support Requests - Getting Technical/@comment-5413643-20140507151458/@comment-452-20140507180536

I suggest that everyone who finds the 10 second loading popup report their displeasure to staff using Special:Contact, because they are either unaware of the problem, or unaware that people are annoyed by it.

It's entirely possible that Wikia Staff only use the site using lightning-fast internet and are oblivious to the delay experienced by others.

If enough people let them know about the problem, they will hopefully fix it. From a technical point of view, there is no reason for them to not immediately display the direct link to the image and other information in the popup while the other information loads.