Forum:Is it okay to use a modified Wikia Gaming template on your wiki, with wikis removed?

Hi.

On a wiki I edit on - the Nitrome Wiki - I conversed with the community whether it would be fine to use a modified version of the Wikia Gaming Footer. Although the border was changed, we also removed the Pokemon Wiki and Super Mario Wiki.

I intended to replace the links with Bulbapedia and Super Mario Wiki, respectively (the replacing of the links was completely due to the content on the wiki, it was not meant to offend Wikia). I wanted to replace the links with this wiki only on this custom template, I didn't want to edit the template being used globally on many video game wikis.

The main reason behind this change was because Bulbapedia and Super Mario Wiki contain considerably more content on there subject - Pokemon and Mario - than there Wikia counterparts (again, this sentence was not meant to offend Wikia). Also, both wikis seem to have poor leadership. Although the idea of linking to these wikis in place of their wikia counterparts was denied during the discussion, we reached an agreement to remove the links to those wikis (again, only on the modified template we are using).

One user thought that doing this may anger Wikia, as we are using a modified version of their template with links removed. Because of this uncertainty, I thought of bringing to the forums, ans doing something Wikia may not like and waiting for their reaction is something - which I now see - is not wise to do. It is because of this I brought this situation to the forums, to seek whether this action is in fact okay to do.

Also, the changing of the template does not violate Wikia's Terms of Use. The changing would violate it if the template counted as "User interface", however, I don't belieive the Wikia Gaming Footer is user interface. --— NOBODY (talk) 22:45, December 4, 2012 (UTC)
 * It should be fine to modify it locally, Wikia shouldn't be controlling what wikis you wish to link to. You don't need to worry about these things - If Wikia don't like it, they will contact you and revert it. My opinion is that you go ahead with what your wiki wants. http://images.wikia.com/central/images/a/ac/Lachlan5963.png   23:05, December 4, 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm actually an Ambassador for Encyclopedia Gamia (formerly called Wikia Gaming), the Wiki that template is used by and links to, and can confirm that we're not an official "enterprise" of Wikia (though Staff do like to use the Wiki for important featured content like the Kickstarter Portal). Basically, you use include whichever gaming Wikis in whichever style you'd like. Certain Staff members encourage interconnectedness in the gaming community by the use of these footers, but I don't know that they're required. We would ask that you keep it in some capacity though, especially since the Nitrome Wiki has been included for some time in our Casual Portal. I hope this clarifies a bit! -Revitalizer (talk) 17:32, December 7, 2012 (UTC)