Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27634711-20181210224912/@comment-23989026-20181212225422

Mvboys2 wrote: I just noticed that http://speedydeletion.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page has been closed. I really liked using it and had a lot of pages on it, and there was no warning this was going to happen.

So why was it shut down?

I have received a reply from Wikia. speedydeletion is mainly a biography wiki and the information on the persons were being disputed. But it is not an excuse for Wikia to not inform its intentions:
 * It only takes a moment to add a bot to advise a wiki is under consideration for closure - like the header when url changed from wikia.com to fandom.com (it would stop editors wasting their time continuing editing when it will be deleted a few days later)
 * It only takes a moment to contact a wiki admin to advise a wiki name change
 * It only takes a moment to advise when services are being depreciated like videos. We were only made aware of this when an inquisitive editor asked and a Wikia staffer reluctantly replied

Why does Wikia do everything secretly like it is the White House, Congress or will breach national security!