Forum:Important Poll

Okay. FROM NOW ON, YOU MUST GIVE A REASON IF YOU VOTE. . And a good one, too. Not just "I like it".

How are the "improved" profiles? Okay. Need changes. Terrible. Get rid of it. NOW!

ROADS! Roads! (Don't forget it!) 18:37, August 18, 2011 (UTC)

 UPDATE  - From now on, you must provide a reason for voting yes. Put it in the bulleted list below.


 * I don't like it. My sister says so, too. She voted. ROADS! Roads! (Don't forget it!) 18:55, August 18, 2011 (UTC)


 * Shouldn't this be moved to the "General Discussion" Forum rather than the "Support Request" forum. CitadelUniversal talk  18:49, August 18, 2011 (UTC)


 * Yeah, this is hardly a place for such a poll. Also, I find it funny how you HAVE to provide a reason for voting "yes", but don't have to do anything when you vote "no". It almost feel like a penalty. — Sovq 18:51, August 18, 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm trying to change it, but you keep giving me edit conflicts! ROADS! Roads! (Don't forget it!) 18:52, August 18, 2011 (UTC)


 * I have also reset the poll because of the update. ROADS! Roads! (Don't forget it!) 18:54, August 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * It looks terrible, too large, too much un-needed space, and you can't eliminate the white space without providing personal info. 19:00, August 18, 2011 (UTC)


 * It's so...ok, I felt obligated to fil it out with personal information, becuse if you don't, it leaves this gigantic box at the top of ur userpage. Luckily, I found a way around it, but it seriously needs to go, or it should at least be optional. I  forgot   to  sign.  19:05, August 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * It's terrible that I wasted time looking at something that is insignificant and that now I have to waste time filling silly polls and whatever more while doing my regular things.

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 * 1) I don't like the fact that it is HUGE. I do like the fact that I don't have to fill out a million different profiles if I edit cross-wiki. The languages I can edit in may be relevant, however, I really don't think anyone on here needs to know most of the requested information in the current global profile, especially birthday or occupation (unless I get hired by Wikia). Another negative is the fact that it is HUGE, and does not collapse sufficiently small even if information is omitted. Did I mention it's way too HUGE? --Vandraedha 02:13, August 19, 2011 (UTC)
 * Meh. Wikia will not remove it: it's permanent, but it is quite possible that some changes will be made to it. And most of the issues can be addressed with personal cascading style sheets & JavaScript. TK  999  12:03, August 21, 2011 (UTC)

Flaws in Roads' Opinion
 * Too big: feels like I zoomed in on my browser
 * Encourages users to give out personal info that nobody should give out online
 * Most info is irrelevant to the vast majority of people:
 * Facebook: Not everyone has a Facebook account, and if that person does, who cares, really?
 * Twitter: See above, but replace "Facebook" with "Twitter".
 * Website: I don't even know how to make a website!
 * Wastes space

Just making it collapsible would improve it. ROADS! Roads! (Don't forget it!) 17:40, August 19, 2011 (UTC)

End Flaws of Roads' Opinion I added the staff needed template so they'll see how the majority of users doesn't like it at least in its current state. ROADS! Roads! (Don't forget it!) 17:42, August 19, 2011 (UTC)


 * I don't like the way it uses waaaayy too much space. Also, information provided is just one more way to give out personal information. (hackers bait) The way I see it, Wikia's trying to become a(nother) social network. Which I despise. Hunter789 22:06, August 20, 2011 (UTC)


 * It's annoying and quite frankly this was very useless for Wikia.  4th Hale  (Talk)  00:15, August 21, 2011 (UTC)


 * Wikia is not a democracy, but nice try. Also, they are aware that the new profile feature takes up too much space, they just haven't detailed how they are going to make it better. They seem to be allowing rational CSS changes to make it smaller, so look into that in the mean time. -- Fandyllic (talk &middot; contr) 20 Aug 2011 11:35 PM Pacific

Not sure what the big deal of it is. All of the information modules are optional. If you don't want to put anything in, don't. You aren't being forced so no one has the right to complain about that. Also @Roads' points about the website, twitter and website modules: Some people might care about someone else's facebook account. Same with Twitter. Oh, and just because you can't make a website, doesn't mean no one else can. I agree changes have to be made to it, but it's tough to do something like this perfectly the first time. Cut the dev team some slack and give them time to sort it out, instead of diving headlong into ultimatum forums like this. --Callofduty4 12:55, August 21, 2011 (UTC)
 * It definitely needs changes, but there's nothing inherently wrong with it. It works okay as a brief summary that goes across all wikis, all though it should be easier to make it so that no wikis pop up for "wikis I've editted", be smaller, and maybe collaspible. Manga (talk &bull; contribs) 22:00, August 21, 2011 (UTC)


 * You both have points. However, on my wiki, nobody is allowed to give out any personal info for privacy reasons. The state/nation they live in is also the closest you can get to your hometown. I just wish it were optional. I used a personal global CSS thingy on here to not show most (and showed everyone how to get it for them via MediaWiki:Communitymessages-notice-msg).


 * ROADS! Roads! (Don't forget it!) 21:33, August 22, 2011 (UTC)

I really like it, to end that session of dissing it. :P But I think it would be wise to make it optional via WikiaLabs. I know there is a CSS command to disable it, but for users less coding-savvy users, I think the optional to enable and disable it is worthwhile looking into. Rassilon of Old (Talk - Teru) 21:03, August 27, 2011 (UTC)