Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-20644-20141110180435/@comment-1764483-20141114221326

I guess that makes sense, but I agree with other users that such a name would confusing, and I, too, disagree with the changes.

Search this wikia, it says. Does that mean I can create another wiki farm named or using the name Wikia on my own? No, it means that I can only create a new wiki on the Wikia farm.

I think a problem with Wikia is that it feels too community-oriented, which detracts from any wiki's, Wikia, Wikimedia, or not, main purpose: to create a base of knowledge based on a particular topic or even general knowledge. Wikia Staff are fine as is, and I guess the same applies to VSTF, Helpers, Wikia Stars, et cetera, but as far as bureaucrats, bots, checkusers, chat moderators, administrators, rollbacks (which really proves my point) on single wikis, not wikias, they should not be seen as much more than regular users expect with extra tools. This system also loves to enforce loading times. The page feature isn't on forum pages, and implementing them would so much more user-friendly. What am I supposed to do? Change my skin? Monobook looks outdated and ugly, Vector isn't an option, let alone functional outside of Uncyclopedia and the like, any other Wikimedia skins aren't likely, and Monaco is sadly the best option... but it's been removed. It's not even recognized by the system when using the useskin feature.

I guess editing the MediaWiki pages could fix this for certain users. I remember back in 2010-2011, when blogs advertized wiki content-based contests and ads and such, and barely anyone liked them. Look at my blogs from that era.

In a nutshell, I disagree with this change. Wikia isn't much more than other wiki farms at its intended core, and this, along with this forum's mere title, not only makes this forgotten, but also puts Wikia in an even more pretentious state, putting themselves other wiki farms by reinforcing their lack of focus on their goal: to make topic-specific wikis, not wikias, under one server.

Thank you.