User blog comment:Acer4666/Theme designer, not css/@comment-168424-20110801062036

What really is probably the case is that there is a secret list of wikis which Wikia probably monitors to see if their CSS changes break anything. If they see something it breaks, they either notify an admin of one of those wikis or just go in an fix it. As someone who has followed Wikia's behavior for a long time, this seems to be the pattern.

It isn't malicious or anything, but they probably find it easier than being much more disciplined and process heavy about their development approach. Giving detailed reports means more work and some more time constraints on their development. Also, alot of their tech folks are in Poland, so the time difference probably hurts their overall organizational communication. I have some experience with this because my company is split over 2 time zones. Not quite as bad, but it doesn't help.