User blog comment:Sannse/Your First Look at the New Wikia/@comment-1613840-20100818012916

Wow, I think we just broke the record for number of blog comments in a day on Wikia! We want to thank all of you for your comments, concerns and feedback. We have been trying to keep up with the flurry of activity here, and wanted to touch upon a few themes we see in your comments.
 * Why are you doing this? As we mentioned, Wikia has had great success in the gaming field, but we want to expand our success to other topics and types of communities. We are not changing what Wikia is or does, but rather opening it up to a broader audience.
 * Community input. Over the past year, we’ve ramped up communication to keep the community, both newbies and veterans, informed of changes. As we developed the above prototype, we combed through stats, emails to staff, and user testing results. Many of you have already applied for beta testing, which we’ll be kicking off in the coming weeks. It’s not too late to apply if you’d like to add your input during this phase.
 * Technical specifications. We anticipate making adjustments to the prototype as we go through testing. This means that we can’t give you technical specifications on the final design, such as the logo size, width, or modules. We will be continuing to update the FAQ and will be providing weekly sneak peeks on specific features, along with updated help pages.

We will continue to be in touch here, so please encourage conversations you are having off of this post to move here. Thanks again for reading and commenting.