User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/How we're testing the fandom.com domain migration/@comment-178.166.52.144-20181028093234/@comment-8846246-20181028142207

Wikia has had HTTPS for some time now, I haven't seen an HTTP URL for a long time. It's not just an excuse, it's irrelevant.

"Hey, we're adding something we've already been doing! Give us thanks, you're safer now! And we're also changing the URL to something everyone wants, it perfectly reflects what we are. Look at this happy community, anyone who objects is simply wrong because we say so. We listen to the community. Good job me!" - Wikia Staff

Until they provide any proof for their claims, this is exactly how they sound to me and I'm sure others.