User blog comment:Sannse/Important Updates on Wikia’s New Look/@comment-923382-20101003030105

I think the people behind Wikia are forgetting the real purpose of a wiki. A wiki is an encyclopedia that acts as a helpful source of information. And to be a helpful source of information, it has to be easy to access and navigate, moderated properly, and welcomes all community input. It also has to look appealing and not take up an appearance that could drive away anyone by the mere sight of it.

And by looking at the upcoming skin that Wikia's about to take up, I have to say that Wikia's forgetting all the principals that make a Wiki what it is. The new skin looks unappealing and bland, it resembles more of a commercial billboard than a repository for information, and it makes Wikis difficult to navigate. Additionally, I doubt that the people behind this new skin had any actual care for the opinion of the community at all. Their ears are deaf but we can hear, and what we hear and what we demand cannot be clear enough:

We do not like the new skin, we reject it completely, and we demand that the Monaco layout remains an option for all wikis on Wikia. For the good of the community of Wikia, and for the sake of all Wikis, we ask that you refrain from altering something that has made Wikia so unique and

And if you fail to do so, I can assure you that the managers of several large Wikis would prefer to keep their friendly appearance and layout rather than submit to your mandatory ultramodernistic skin, and they are already planning a migration to various Wikifarms as I type these words. For those Wikis who choose to say, they are going to face some tough times ahead due to your unnecessary changes.