Board Thread:New Features/@comment-352650-20161102015533

Another user raised concerns over "Top Links" banners appearing in the middle of article content. Well, over on the Harry Potter Wiki, I'm encountering an even more obstrusive manifestation of the "Top Links" banner: between the image and the summary/licensing information on file pages.

I'm not given to hyperbole, but this is, frankly, beyond ridiculous. I understand Wikia needs to run ads to keep the site running and whatnot. But ads ideally shouldn't hamper the ability of readers to enjoy a wiki's content, and they should never interfere with a wiki's functionality. File pages are part of the inner workings of a wiki. Shoehorning promotional banners into the middle of them does nothing but create a layer of useless clutter between the image and important info about said image.

I've been going through some images from the soon-to-be-released Fantastic Beasts film, trying to add appropriate descriptions, licensing info, and categories. These cluttering "Top Link" banners are making that job harder because they're distracting visual clutter that I have to navigate round. I can imagine that, for newer users unfamiliar with what file pages looks like regularly, they can be confusing. The "Top Links" banners are intruding into the space between the image and the image summary, obscuring important information with distracting clutter, and negatively impacting the functionality of the wiki. 