User blog comment:Sannse/Important Updates on Wikia’s New Look/@comment-1072630-20101001013442

I honestly can't believe that Wikia is doing this. Consider that the people that use the site, the same people who determine whether or not Wikia makes money, are actively protesting this terrible layout. Please explain why we need two columns of unused space to the sides of the screen, and then another unused column for the unsightly image attribution box, overly complex recent updates box, and an absolutely unencyclopedic popular blog posts widget that I am seeing for the first time on this page. If this was Facebook, I would not have a problem with this layout, but I am here to find information. Additionally, this is effectively stripping all wikis of their individuality. What was once a logo is now a simple phrase below the only resemblance of a logo on the page: the word "Wikia". Furthermore, you have disabled us from being able to remove some of the less desirable additions to the site via MediaWiki files. I admit that some, like the Lifestyle wikis, may benefit from this layout. This is not the case for Wikia Gaming, which I predict will whither and die from being so effectively branded like a cow. I understand demanding Monaco back is an irrational request at this point, but I ask you revert to the previous version of the Terms of Use. Wiki communities know what is best for their site, and a one-size-fits-all system is not that.

The most pointless addition here is the image attribution below each image. When I first saw the calendar image on this page, my eyes were instantly drawn to the subtitle “Added by Sannse.” I don’t care who uploaded it. This will ultimately plaster the names of active image contributors all over the mainspace, creating a sense of superiority that is completely unwiki-like. There’s also the chance that I have mistaken this for a subtitle you added yourself, but I gave up looking for the view source button (another issue I am having with Oasis, you can’t always find everything). There is one final problem I am going to mention; there is no emphasis on content here. The new skin puts emphasis on the following in descending order: Wikia, the individual, the community, and the content. Notice that this is the exact opposite of the way things are supposed to be. The exact opposite. Because Wikia’s original quality of customer service was so great, I forgave all the terrible updates you have thrown at us over the years. You have finally ignored us to the point that I cannot forgive these updates anymore, and this fundamental transformation of what Wikia originally stood for is unforgivable.