User blog comment:Susanolivia/Fixed Width, Sidebar, and the Removal of Monaco/@comment-895706-20101001025756

That was such a bull reason for the fixed width. If you find things hitting each other in unexpected ways, you didn't do enough browser testing. Then again, Wikia seems not to care much about browser testing, given the way it doesn't work on today's two most-used browsers. Admit it more clearly: as long as the ad shows up for anons, and we do the hard work and attract views, you really don't care. This is why the Final Fantasy Wiki and its younger cousins are considering switching hosts.