Thread:IcecreamKitten/@comment-5275700-20121002190036/@comment-5275700-20121004003156

I appreciate your candor, and I would like to address some of your points, if I may. A member of our design team recently added another blog post detailing the reasoning behind some aspects of the layout adjustments. The greater separation of elements at the top of the page is meant as a visual improvement, making the global content and ad more easily distinguished from the wiki-specific content. We absolutely have the community, editors and contributors -- both existing ones and those yet to come -- in mind as changes occur.

Regarding ads in general, Wikia is supported by showing ads on the pages we serve, and this allows us to provide you and all our visitors and contributors with a free place to connect and share. As you no doubt know, by logging into your account you only see ads on a few pages.

Change is part of life, part of software development and part of the Internet. We know change is not always easy, which is why we provided advance notice of these changes (the blog post to which you replied was from September 19), and even provided a way to preview them in order to prepare design updates. Are there specific elements on a wiki's design that you would like our assistance with? Or, if you would like to determine if certain customizations will violate Terms of Use, please contact us and we will be happy to advise you or suggest alternatives. Many wikis such as TARDIS and Kirby have created unique and interesting customizations for the newer navigation style.

We appreciate your work and time here on Wikia, and I am sorry if you feel we're working against you in some way. I assure you that is not the case!