User blog comment:Susanolivia/Experience the new Wikia/@comment-44061-20100926030628

Ok did some measurements and this is what i came up with. Mind you scale it to your own computer screen as I am using mine. 13 in

Current Monaco skin: Page Width: 13 in; Left Bar: roughly 2 in; Page Width for content: 11 in; Infobox: roughly 3 in; Unused Space: none, not counting the 2in taken up by the left bar.

Preposed Oasis skin: Page Width: 9 in; Right Bar: roughly 3 in; Page Width for content: 6 in; Infobox: 2 1/4 in; Unused Space: roughly 2in each side of the centered content.

In this skin the right bar takes up about 3 in out of the total page width of 9 in leaving you with 6 in for content and we are supposed to believe that this is better for reading. In light of that the font size is scaled down a level because of the cramped conditions of the text. So basically no longer is the bar out of the way on its own but now taking up much needed content space. Its quite clear that according to whatever staff member that came up with this idea content was less important then whatever they were attempting and any attempt to suggest otherwise is a blatant lie. How else would you explain taking away content space and giving no option to control the width.

Also to point out these other changes. The ridiculous idea of placing the last page editors name at the top of the page. Why is this necessary isn't content more important then who was the last person to edit. Also why is the categories at the top. I guess there is no understanding that such things, as i always thought that they werent supposed to be the focal point of an article and some are quite numerous to actually list at the top. The most annoying aspect is placing the name of the person who uploaded a pic under the pic. How ridiculous is this, is this about content or who did what last. I could careless who did what as long as the content was good for the wiki. Why is all this shameless advertisement necessary. Is their any understanding how long or ridiculous some User names are.

Glee, Red Dead, Muppet and Twilight wiki's maybe have been duped into believing this is acceptable from the looks of it no one else seems to think so. Instead of trying to reach an understanding or making it more customizable or optional. The staff has decided to be the exact opposite of the community they claim to be.