User blog comment:Najevi/Cleaning up the sidebar when "fail to locate" a WikiPage widget/@comment-473563-20091222180345

The logical extension of this sidebar clean up activity is to regain control of the content you see there by also incorporating filters for various forms of unilaterally pushed advertising and/or promotions.


 * Out of respect for Wikia's policy regarding advertising this level of filtering should only be offered on an opt-in basis. The default ought to be that these ads and promotions get displayed and not hidden.
 * The reality is that the population of user who opt in to such features is tiny compared to those users who do not for whatever reasons.

The CSS code:

The JS code: