Forum:Pop-up or floating ads

In the Wikia's New Style forum page, someone noticed this change in the Terms of use. Now I saw this change in the ad code, needed for having floating ads and expanding ads (in-page pop-up style ads). See why is needed, expanding ads definition and floating ads definition.

I know that this question has a clear response, but I should ask anyway: Will Wikia host pop-up ads? --Ciencia Al Poder (talk) -WikiDex 18:20, 3 May 2009 (UTC)


 * We are considering alternative formats, and are setting up to test those as you have seen. But nothing has been decided for sure yet, and we are looking at a lot of different alternatives.  It may be a while before we know what will work best to support Wikia and the Wikia communities -- sannse (talk) 20:08, 5 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Setting up to test means they're coming. I think I just saw one myself but I clicked another button so quickly the page changed and was unable to get a screenshot. So much for being "aware that this would be even further intruding in to editors space" and "how important it is not to distract people from reading and writing". It hasn't even been a year since the new system was introduced. This was predicted from the get-go. Considering how successful everything was supposed to be going by that report Danny posted a while back, why would more intrusive types of ads be considered? -- LordTBT Talk! 16:47, 7 May 2009 (UTC)


 * My opinion about popups is that most recents browsers are blocking them anyway.
 * So this might only affect people who can't update their system/software for some reason.
 * Even my aunt who doesn't know anything about computers (and even less about wikis) and is only using her computer for her work (income report) already have all the latests updates on her Windows (the defaut setting is automatic updating).
 * So, is it still worth the effort ? When the time comes, i'll be glad to read what the staff will have to say about this. They surely have theirs reasons. — TulipVorlax 04:27, 8 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I was on Lostpedia and the popup occurred again so I managed to get a shot of it. Is this part of the "testing"? It appears right in the middle of the page. -- LordTBT  Talk! 20:39, 13 May 2009 (UTC)


 * What you show us there can't be called a popup. Popup open in new window.
 * The "take a survey" tell me that the circle in the center of the page might be generated by the ad quare block that is on right of the page because they contain the sames words (and logo).
 * But, i'm sorry, i first time i see something like this on Wikia.
 * I think it's a case of a bad ad that need to be reported. — TulipVorlax 23:30, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Ad "Testing"
I just wanted to comment on how much I dislike this "testing" that I'm seeing, it's really ugly. For those who don't know yet, depending on the length of a page means you get to see more ads. Here's a screen shot example. Including the top banner, side bar, and 2 bonus boxes, that's a total of 4 animated flashy distractions on 1 page. --LordTBT Talk! 09:12, 4 June 2009 (UTC)