User blog comment:KyleH/Fall 2009 Update/@comment-473563-20091206015435

In no particular order


 * 1) Unregistered (anon) users are taken to Main_Page when they use the short URL form: domain.wikia.com  ... so what's the fuss?
 * 2) * Registered users must opt-out of the MyHome redirect ... ok so personally I might prefer an opt-in approach but even so ... what's the fuss?
 * 3) Permanently redirecting Special:MyHome to :Main_Page is, imho, just as gratuitously arrogant as making the MyHome redirect opt-out instead of opt-in.
 * 4) The RTE is evolving and bugs are being fixed each month - I am grateful for that because many potential contributors recoil when the see anything that remotely resembles markup code. The trick is to have a WYSIWYG editor that doesn't create housekeeping work for community admins/sysops.
 * 5) Cross-wiki search  ... FTW !  :-)
 * 6) Monobook - I absolutely believe staff when they say that continuing support for Monobook is too large a drain on Wikia resources. Besides, aren't there plenty of Monobook-clone Monaco skins in use today?
 * 7) * Every link which the monobook skin provided (and that the Monaco skin does not) can be served up to browsers inside either (i) the Monaco-toolbox or (ii) a custom WikiPage widget. ... so, what's the fuss?
 * 8) Special:RecentChanges already provides filtering based on the namespace. As I understand things, the Latest Activity widget is not supposed to replace Special:RecentChanges. ... so, what's the fuss?


 * When might I be able to preview these "tunnel vision" blog comments before posting them?

Kyle et al, please listen to what Brandon Rhea is saying here. Some informal (maybe blog based) Request for comment (RFC) system for planned changes at Wikia would go a long way toward placating/defusing that small but vocal community of users who resist change. Wikia staff can remain in the driver's seat and yet still cater to a feed-forward process rather than suffer the "slings and arrows of outrageous" feedback ... don't you think?