User:Killr833/Petition

If you agree, sign the petition below.

WE, THE UNDERSIGNED WIKIA USERS,

ANNOYED at Wikia forcing things we do not wish to utilize,

ANGERED at their constant and blatent disrespect for their customers' wishes,

AWARE that they are ignoring our cries and refusing our consent,

BELIEVING that Wikia is forcing their whims down their throats to satisfy an agenda benefiting themselves, the biggest wikis, and their wallets,

DISGUSTED by the hypocracy of a supposedly "community-based" company ignoring the very demands of the community,

DISAPPOINTED by the recent announcement to force all wikis into a new skin emulating the FaceBook and its features at the expense of long-time users,

ANNOYED that the skin is compulsory,

SHOCKED that they have the gall to strip wikis of their Shout Boxes, of which so many communities lean on for development, productivity, and general merriment, without the consent of each wiki,

BELIEVING that all databases matter, not just Star Wars, Muppets and other large sites,

SADDENED that Wikia refuses to hear their customers' calls,

REFUSING to take such a thing lying down,

WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, HEREBY express a petition of our grievances to Wikia, Inc., appalled by their blatent disregard and lack of consent of their customer base, by their disrespect to the little man, and their thirst for money over their loyal users, and at their disrespectful skin changing, and their forced removal of the Shout Box that built so many a site.

WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, refuse to take all of this lying down, and demand that Wikia acknowledge our grievances and address them respectfully, and accordingly.

-{Signatures of the angered masses}

OR, IN SHORT:

Wikia is getting rid of the shoutbox! Sign this petition and maybe they'll bring it back in the new skin.


 * 1) Killr 01:54, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) Scimitar77 WTF?? 02:37, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) Lil diriz 77 Wow. Just, wow. How dumb. Lil Diriz 77 02:49, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 4) Rsrealm  03:40, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 5) Chessmaster 06:22, August 31, 2010 (UTC) - FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-
 * 6) Swizzl3d 1-:40, August 31, 2010 (UTC) - if they do it ill cut my self.
 * 7) Ajraddatz i liek teh shoutbox D:  14:19, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 8) Jack Spiral1
 * 9) --Station7 15:47, August 31, 2010 (UTC) Don't like that they are going away.
 * 10) Badboygamer7 15:49, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 11) Dancing Penguin In my wiki we encourage people to use the shoutbox because it's a good way to communicate in small wikis. Dancing Penguin  16:00, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 12) Why not, I like it. It's the link between the wiki and IRC. Duskey ( talk ) 16:42, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 13) Julietfan2626 17:00, August 31, 2010 (UTC) Julietfan2626 will get angry if the shout box goes, and people won't like an angry Julietfan2626.
 * 14) Keep shout box! -Secretam
 * 15) KEEEEEEEEEEEEEP &mdash;C Teng(talk) 17:52, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 16) Yobabka  Limba română a preluat această semnătură. Stai acum. 18:25, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 17) Dunno what it is, but whatever. -- Xd1358(Talk) 18:27, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 18) I love my shoutbox! I'll code it back in, if I have to! Mr kmil (Main user Page)
 * 19) So they're just going to remove things now? Silly Wikia should know better. Nitty Tok. 18:56, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 20) Wikia, thank you for giving us such great new innovations like your retarded new page design that looks like it was made on Webs.com, and phasing out completely useless stuff like the shoutbox in favor of more important things, like supporting and promoting wikis for useless fads! You rock! --Auron  Kaizer !  18:59, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 21) Shoutbox is very much used on the Wiki I'm on...Don't cut it!-Selra, Fox Warrioress Segalia2.png Decisions, decisions:to kill you or not? Good or bad? 19:06, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 22) I love the shoutbox. They should at least change it so that it censors language or something like that. Thornclaw Braveheart There&#39;s a difference between being a stoat and a vermin...and I proved it to the world. 19:09, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 19:09, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Ciencia Al Poder (talk) -WikiDex 19:23, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) - It's Magic - Kingcjc 19:24, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) Shoutbox has to stay  Brockfang  Brockfang.JPG Eeeee aye eeeeee  19:25, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 4) Shout box no go away. Period.I reject your reality, and substitute my own! 19:28, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 5) Adding my vote to KEEP THE SHOUT BOX - Thanks  19:42, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 6) Oni  Dark Link  19:46, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 7) Keep the shout box. And thanks for screwing up my userpage in Acepedia; now not even the best Black★Rock Shooter artwork can fix it now!   Proto  Stealth   20:43, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 8) I agree as well Radioactive1 20:51, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 9) They should not remove the Shout Box. T h e Midna Laughing.png ™  21:03, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 10) The shout box is good, Keep it.  21:17, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 11) KEEEPPPP ITTTT!Izzyfan :) Is that.... a HOBO? Oh No its not its just Ezekiel... <font color="Blue">OR IS IT? o.O 21:21, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 12) The shoutbox is an outstanding feature and I do not understand its removal. Please keep it, Wikia. ~  CD-TDA  talk 21:24, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 13) I seriously think we should keep it. <font color="DarkKhaki">TDA ROCKS  |<font color="MidnightBlue">♫ 21:25, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 14) KEEP IT! 21:26, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 15) Kat 21:30, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 16) mtdm   doz knot no   hoe 2 spill  21:34, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 17) They must be joking. This isn't a fansite, or Facebook. It's wikia. The shoutbox needs to be kept, or else Wikia is going to turn into...basically, an almost-as-lame MySpace. --<font color="#ff0000">TDIFan13 (<font color="#4b0082">My Talk and<font color="#4b0082">My Contributions! )21:47, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 18) I agree with TDIFan13 100%!User:Barbiegirlvolcano
 * 19) No! Keep the shout box! Ocie14 21:57, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 20) I like the shoutbox. - Is  drak  thül  22:08, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 21) NUU, TEH SHOUTBOX MUSH STAY!!! THEN THERE WILL BE NO PLAIC TO TALK ABOUT RANDOM OFF-TOPIC STUFF!!!!! ....Yeah. Let's keep it, guv'nor. -- Ayo~  -  Otakus unite!  22:24, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 22) Don't remove the Shout Box!! SunHwa
 * 23) I liekz the shout box!  22:36, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 24) Nu! The shoutbox is too good! D:<-- Noah Considering buying myself a life on CregsList, but having trouble deciding because they’re all such a major improvement! 22:52, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 25) The shoutbox is cool. Let it stay. Happy Boy (Talk?) 22:59, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 26) WHY? I don't know? This is a positive thing about wikia! Just a little place to drop announcements where people may read them, to have conversations with people who aren't online when yuo are...-BobaFett2
 * 27) We have to save the shoutbox! --Secretive13
 * 28)  Xykeb   Yvolix   Zraliv  01:15, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 29) --<font color="#00FF66">Jazzi <font color="#6600FF">BassJapas Japas Artwork.png 01:15, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 30) I hate the new Wikia Format already! But now there gonna get rid of the shoutbox?? Not happening!!! --iKatrina&lt;3
 * 31) --The Dented Face 01:44, September 1, 2010 (UTC) PLEASE SAVE THE SHOUTBOX WIKIA! everyone loves it!
 * 32) YOU CAN'T TAKE THE SHOUTBOX AWAY! Everybody likes it!! --Peace
 * 33) Wikia be going down hill... Dis isn't fair. This is not making Wikia bettah... --Holli 01:51, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 34) Birdman5589 02:13, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 35) <font color ="#68E0D0">Stars <font color ="#187868">talk  http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/pyroac/Starssprite.gif 02:14, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 36) I just managed to get the shoutbox to work on my internet!--RedeadhunterRedead.pngContributions Edits 02:20, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 37) Keep it. <font color="#FF0000">Пирог <font color=#000080>145
 * 38) <font color=#000080>>:C I could quit for many reasons. Wikia... Strike 2. Zach (TDADJ) <font color="Green">AH!  OMGZ!  EZEKIEL [[File:Freaked.gif]] 04:08, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 39) You can't take away the shoutbox! The last username left 06:40, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 40) Signing... this just won't do. Rappy 06:50, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 41) Can't believe it, I just overhauled my wiki's monaco skin completely, took me weeks worth of work! Now This??!? No way! C_ee_X 07:41, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 42) Gaz Talk 08:51, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 43) Tezzla CannonUser Tezzla Dog.jpg 10:11, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 44) LeMansRacer 10:17, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 45) Come on Wikia, buck your ideas up. -- Iamred1  Talk! 10:55, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 46) If shout box gets removed ima be mad very mad 11:46, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 47) Stelercus If the point of the new skin is to showcase the community, removing the shoutbox is counter-productive. StelercusTalk 12:40, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 48) *shakes head* --<span style="background:Black;display:inline-block;height:16px;padding-right:4px;line-height:1em;position:relative;top:-3px;-moz-border-radius:0 50% 50%"><font color="Blue">Shade   12:51, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 49) I love the shoutbox-- 13:46, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 50) Even if I just hang around wikis, edit from time to time, and generally rickroll, it's no fun without the shoutbox. I mean, come on! How am I supposed to sparta chant when there's nothing to sparta chant on? Plus, it's actually not bad to chat on. User:Austin8310
 * 51) Keep the shoutbox! It's Spore Wiki's most treasured item! Well, one of them, but come on! <span title="Feel the power of the Zazane Empire!">Lucario of the Gods (talk 14:21, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 52) WHAT! The Ed Edd n Eddy Wiki is under near-constant attack from trolls/spammers/vandals, and the only way the two admins and I can keep up with them is through the shout box. This isn't just an IM-thing for us, it's our one and only way to fight off vandals as soon as possible. 14:33, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 53) It's the only way to communicate! Other than IRC...but it's better with it! -- 14:34, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 54) Shoutbox = Happy on Sporewiki and Spore Create; basically. Creatureboy11 - "Live 'till the Degenerate Era" 14:36, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 55) Keep it! I haven't had a chance to use it yet (stupid comp) but i really want too! Sporemaster1
 * 56) KEEP THE SHOUTBOX!! --
 * 57) I second what AgentM said. The box should remain.
 * 58) Per All. Munchable901 14:49, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 59) Save the shout box! -- 15:08, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 60) No i like the shout box :( -- IDave Ja VuTalkcontribs 15:17, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 61) SAVE IT! SAVE THE SHOUTBOX! DaLucaray Rox ur Sox 15:36, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 62) For the sake of all those before me, I sign this petition. Val   (Mind Heist)  15:39, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 63) Bonziiznob, Stellar Dawn Wiki 15:52, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 64) SAVE THE SHOUTBOX!!! BNSCLeader 16:00, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 65) Keep it, it is a great widget. (—Sporesauce) 16:00, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 66) STS! SAVE THE SHOUT BOX! <font color="#00008B">HINT:A AWESOME USER, <font color="#D2691E">that loves Chatango and Chatting but wonders, <font color="#00FFFF">what's with Cyan? 16:10, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 67) Oh my! You people seem to be embracing some colorful vocabulary! BUT I AGREEM SAVE THE SHOUT BOX! OT SAVES TREES!Riot\AU 16:12, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 68) Oh no your not! MatthewMosley
 * 69) Mayor Zain 16:25, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 70) Why teh shoutbox? WHY?! :'( --★ Blanky 16:27, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 71) Sasank5678: Admiral of the Fleet (talk) 16:34, September 1, 2010 (UTC) No, the Shout Box will not go! Load the Cannons! Arm yourselves! Prepare for War!!
 * 72) I'm just getting used to the new wikia formatting, but we shouldn't take away the shout box, why do that? I, and the rest of the MySims Wiki rather enjoy it, MYSIMS FTW! --Game-fanatic 16:44, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 73) --Skittles the hog 16:59, September 1, 2010 (UTC) Noooo!
 * 74) -- Now the party  don't start   'til I walk in!  17:10, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 75) Richardson72 17:15, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 76) The shoutbox is what keeps wiki communities together! Keep them on. --<font color="red" style="background:Silver">Neildown - De oppresso Liber [[image:Neil down.png|60px|]]<font color="Silver" style="background:Maroon"> Semper fi 17:12, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 77) --You keep changing everything so it becomes worse!!!! Now your removing the shoutbox!? May I ak WHY??!!?!. It keeps the whole community together! Googleybear Woz Here! :P 17:18, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 78) Keep the shotubox! I LIKE SHOUTING!  Ridly Roar!  17:22, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 79) Removing the shoutbox, along with the other widgets, would be a terrible mistake... --Grynd (talk) 17:25, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 17:43, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) No no no! That's the only way to talk if a Wikia doesn't have an IRC Channel! No! -- Chill Was Here!   Talk To Chill!  [[File:Smile spin.gif]] 17:52, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) Taking off shout box is  THE WORST  mistake you people could ever make, KEEP SHOUT BOX!!! If shout box is gone. I'm gone<font color="Navy">Sister Armel [[Image:Lucky2.JPG| 45px | ]] <font color="Red" size="2">'Ello Matey! Wanna Chat? 17:58, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) NO! You remove the shoutbox, you destroy a valuable resource for the Wiki and have a GREAT petional of losing MANY current users! Rose Longfletch (((--> 18:03, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 4) IF YOU TAKE OUT THE SHOUT BOX, YOU TAKE OUT ME FIRST!!! User:Piplupower/Piplupower
 * 5) DO NOT LOSE THE SHOUT BOX. Our Wikia thrives because of it. It allows for instantanous interaction between our biggest contributors and for quick response to problems like vandals. Our wikia will sufferly greatly without it! Eliza T. Creststeel 18:16, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 6) I'm sick of Wikia deciding things without its communities consent. Its not like that many are aware of it, or that it has a huge bad impact on wiki's, its quite fun, and doesn't distract me from my normal editing. Keep it. Its also a nice place to take a conversation if it gets offtopic on a blog, and allows information to be passed very quickly, the kind of messages to short for a talk page. -- Wormulon  Talk to me  18:40, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 7) What are the benefits of the new skin? Is it change just to change? Exlonox 18:59, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 8) Wikia, you are disobeying the will of your customers. When Google began to do this, they felt the wrath of their users as many walked. I warn you now, you disloyal corporation, that you have invoked the wrath of the Masses. You are forcing a skin down our throats and are considering making it not only mandatory, but compulsory, with few other options. You are reforming everything without considering the smaller wikis. Have you ever been down to the CPFW and saw how much we benefit from the Shout Box? Every time I log on, I am on the Shout Box, talking to my fellow users and brainstorming ideas. Some of my finest work was heavilly influenced by the Box. It is a quick, convienent, and excellent means of brainstorming, alerting warnings, advertising one's own work (VITAL for any fan fiction Wiki), and summoning an administrator to an important cause. It is the fastest and best way of communication, and for those who can't use IRC, like me, it's the ONLY way. Friendships have been formed and sites have been broken by the might of that little widget. Any Wikia user worth their salt will use it. We actually teach all new users how to use it in our Welcome Message, so that they can immediantly get involved with the higher powers that be, ask questions, and discuss their lives. It has never invaded in the productivity of our users. Indeed, we have experienced a GROWTH recently. The Shout Box is also great for truly tight-knit communities. When you have a small base like we do, all of the users are your friends. As friends do, they are prone to open themselves up before you and share their troubles and woes. Now, without a Shout Box, these friends can no longer tell their tales, ask for help, or even rejoice their work. Do you know where they'll do it, if at all? THE TALK PAGES AND THE BLOGS. The Shout Box is vital in keeping our Recent Changes uncluttered, and it allows for off-topic discussion that would be annyoing anywhere else. So ingrained is the Shout Box to our community that some of us actually WAIT for others to come on just so they can talk. We use that box so frequently that we couldn't imagine our site without it. On behalf of the Club Penguin Fanon Wiki, I issue ultimatum: OBEY YOUR CUSTOMERS OR WE SHALL WALK. LISTEN TO US OR FACE THE CONSEQUENCES. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. -- † TurtleShroom™! Jesus Loves You and Died for You!! † :) :) HERE OUR VOICE, WE WANT CHOICE!! 19:14, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * Bah, enough of this blatant corporatism! Corfed.png The   Mushrum King  19:50, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Save the shoutbox! Especially for Club Penguin Fanon Wiki Flywish 19:52, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) Save the shoutbox. -- Speed dasher
 * 3) Most of us will quit if you don't change your plans. Then you'll have almost no users and and a terrible skin. Where will that leave you? -- 20:02, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 4) -- Haru Mclean Namikaze  http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100901195749/imagezone/images/5/54/Scott_Pilgrim_Face_Small.png Kana: ナミカゼ ハ ル マクリーン, Romaji: Namikaze Haru Makurīn
 * 5) -- Unknown4  Talk  20:05, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 6) — I-20 the highway  20:07, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 7) SAVE THE SHOUTBOX! <font face="vivaldi" color="#0000ff" size="2">EDFan12345 Don't roast them!•You gotta Flambé 'em!•See meh Edits 20:09, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * Obsidion Darkhart Talk  20:11, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) This is unacceptable. Deleting the Shoutbox is like deleting the core of wikis. I edit on the Club Penguin Fanon Wiki - a wiki that uses the Shoutbox daily and is a vital part of our community. You just cannot delete the shoutbox, you can't! Many have spoken already, such as TurtleShroom. This is not acceptable. -- Ninjinian ¤ ( User page!  ) (  The Cookie Master, bow!  ) 20:20, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) Keep the shoutbox! 20:26, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) KEEP IT! It's the best way to communicate with people through Wikia. I'm from the Club Penguin Fanon Wiki, and we use it daily to help us with ideas and keep in touch, because I think that talk pages are too slow (but good for users who don't have the sidget), and email doesn't make any sense when we've got talk pages and shoutbox. NOW SCREAM KEEP THAT BOX!!!!!!! [[User:Rocket Slug|Rocket Slug 20:41, September 1, 2010 (UTC)]]
 * 4) I don't live near any American time zones, so I don't want to wait till midnight for someone to come online on IRC. If you like community so much, don't destroy it. Supernado 21:00, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 5) How far will wikia go? -- Jxtreme  21:10, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 6) WE ARE THE WIKIA USERS! Airzel | Of   Haos.  21:29, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 7) Keep the shoutbox, it's one of the best possible ways to communicate in the Wiki without wasting time editing usertalk pages every single time. And I'd like to point one thing about removing the shoutbox without our say: IT'S NOT RIGHT. And even if we're all users from many different wikis, we are still part of ONE group: Wikia. And since we're a part of this group, we deserve to have our say on things such as this. Basically, KEEP the shoutbox on Wikia(mostly because it will affect so many people if it's gone). CJSFanBlack Pearl 21:37, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 8) Keep the shoutbox! 21:47, September 1, 2010 (UTC)