Forum:Criticism of Wikia

Hey.

I believe in saying things as they are, instead of saying things like what someone might want to hear. And I feel that a serious criticism topic of Wikia is more than a requisite. After all, how else might the people with the power have the knowledge to change things for the good?


 * Firstly, the highly controversial Quartz skin with mixed reviews. I'm personally disgusted by it. I understand that Wikia needs to be seperated from Wikipedia. But Quartz is not the way to do it, at least not for me. Monobook is easy, classic, timeless and logical. Quartz is over-polished, stuffed and crammed, and I really am starting to dislike my own wiki because of Quartz as a required default skin. Admins should be able to change the default skin into their liking, other than - oh, six colors of Quartz.


 * Secondly, the board's dislike of IRC. Seriously, nobody uses Skype. I understand if an individual member of staff doesn't prefer IRC, but if bigshot bosses start to ban IRC usage, it goes over the top. This is - last time I checked the Wikia propaganda - an open community, not a conglomerate dictature. IRC is an easy communication method, and I personally dislike to ask the staff questions on their talk pages, in face of everyone. Wake up, and smell the technology.

Thank you for reading. I appreciate any kind of composed opinions. Thank you and peace. --Sysrq868 22:07, 10 December 2007 (UTC)