Forum:Evony bra adverts

I've not got a major issue with adverts (after all Wikia needs to change the rent) and as a RPG wiki an ad for an online game is vaigly on-topic. But Evony is currently saturating the entire Internet with adverts that include a blown-up shot of a pair of breasts. I've got nothing against breasts, but it is pretty sly advertising to sink this low.

The adverts don't show total nudity (at least the ones they are pushing here dont - I've seen a worst one elsewhere), so I'm not sure I can claim this is a "bad ad", but it is a darn annoying advert.

The company that owns Evony has been linked with Chinese Gold Farming, but that isn't a direct thing, so I'm not sure if Wikia's "cheating condition" is a valid one. Even if it was, the topic of my wiki is a tabletop RPG setting and there is no commmercial cheating for those.

Is there any chance that Wikia might get rid of an advert on the grounds of being really annoying. David Shepheard 22:04, September 3, 2009 (UTC)


 * I agree with this. I don't like that ad in particular because compared to the other ads Wikia shows, it's awfully provocative on what's supposed to be a relatively safe site (or chain of sites).  Being female myself, I ignore it, but I don't like having that on the side of my page because I don't want to have to look at that kind of cleavage.  It's just not an appealing thought, much less sight.


 * Like David, I understand that Wikia has to be kept afloat by having ads, but I don't think that particular one should be shown. Evony has other ads that could be shown in substitution.


 * Mel1995 19:51, September 6, 2009 (UTC)


 * Well, I agree as well. Young kids may use wikia and i don't like the idea of them staring at that. Wikia should take more care in their adverts, especially ones that may harm younger children. I don't think parents may approve of that either. Solar  Dragon  ( Talk ) 20:40, September 6, 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes, I agree. Evony was already criticized because of their images. Dancing Penguin  http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/clubpenguin/images/6/6c/Smile_spin.gif (Talk!) 21:45, September 6, 2009 (UTC)


 * Help:Bad advertisements. ~Joey~   ^Talk^  07:21, September 7, 2009 (UTC)

Hi everyone. I just wanted to let you know, we do know about these Evony ads (as does everyone else on the internet), and are doing our best to remove them. The problem is that we use multiple advertising networks, and these people have bought adspace on multiple (if not all) networks. Contrary to what people think, we do not hand pick, select, or even approve every ad that you see, its just not possible. Many are very short term runs, and are long gone by the time you report them to us. If we have the right information, we can contact that network, and request that a certain ad is pulled, but its always a reactive action (we can pull, but not prevent). Sadly, it is very much a cat and mouse game. --Uberfuzzy 19:39, September 7, 2009 (UTC)