User blog comment:Dopp/New Profile Design Now Live Across All Wikis/@comment-3443017-20110820013437/@comment--20110822165352

You can read about the goals and sense for this change in these blog posts: http://community.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog%3ADopp%2FGiving_User_Profiles_Some_Love http://community.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog%3ADopp%2FMeet_More_Wikians_with_Improved_Profiles