Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5070188-20151201205651/@comment-209.184.116.131-20151201222929

So, I'd like to address some of these points. "I have filled out answers twice and stated that I didn't care about how my infoboxes appeared on mobile devices, especially for a wiki regarding non-canonical information that no one is likely going to look at. Since I have been asked multiple times, I feel as though this borders on the lines of harassment. I like my infoboxes the way they are, and if Wikia won't stop asking me to take the survey until I agree to change these infoboxes, then this definitely IS harassment."

- Chakor Channing

I'm sorry that you feel harassed by the surveys. Certainly there is always room for improvement on how that happens. Even on the less trafficked communities, there's always room for more. You work hard on your fiction. Presumably, you want someone other than yourself to read what you've created. If you didn't, you'd probably just have it on your hard drive somewhere, hoarding it from the world. Frankly, saying that you don't care what mobile readers see is disappointing, since they make up for an increasing majority. Portability is about more than just "making Infoboxes look decent on mobile", though. It's about everything that comes next. As I like to say: they're not all-terrain, they're ANY terrain.

However, while you're sharing your work with the rest of the world, you're building up a community. You don't own the community, and though you post it publicly, you don't actually own your work. It's art. You have a right to do with it as you please... except. Wikia owns the gallery, so if you wish to exhibit on a wikia you have to follow some of their rules. So now they want to improve the facilities, so to speak, so that they're accessible for the future.

So, they're still "social universe for fans, by fans". How can they continue to be that if they can't get your fans (since you're the content creator, not really a fan) to be able to see your work?

It's a big universe. I think there's a little room to allow for growth on both sides. If you feel that there's not and that you must exercise absolute creative control, I hope that you are able to find a venue that can best suit your needs.