User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/Ad Tests on Fandom/@comment-4457974-20170429195405

Hey, Wikia. I've realized that logging out to see how the Wiki I'm admin of (the JumpStart Wiki) looks like to non-registered users is something I haven't done in a while, so I decided to test it out. You know what I found?

I found a huge video ad in the middle of the page for the new American Gods TV show that, as far as I could tell, was impossible to pause. I also found that if you hovered over the video, even if you were just looking for some way to pause it, it would start playing the video's audio.

But the worst part is that the content of the video was not at all appropriate for the Wiki. JumpStart is a software series for children, elementary schoolers. This commercial was obviously for a series for adults and had a LOT of blood in it. I don't want to subject children or parents who just want to learn about an educational software series to something like that.

Please, Wikia, PLEASE reconsider what you're doing. Even if you HAVE to have video ads, there's got to be a better way you can handle them. At LEAST put an obvious Pause button in. At LEAST make the content appropriate for the Wiki. Because to me, this is unacceptable. I can't be proud of my Wiki knowing that people who stumble upon it are going to have such an awful experience.

Maybe there's some way Wiki admins can customize what kind of advertisers can place ads on their Wiki. For the JumpStart Wiki, I don't want any ads for movies, TV shows, or video games that are obviously not intended or appropriate for young kids.