User blog comment:Susanolivia/Beta Wrap-up/@comment-93604-20101005223718

"public beta on 6 wikis in late September." And "The beta officially ends tomorrow, October 6th."

This is the root cause of most of the problems. Too short of a real beta.

Having looked around a bit it seems that there is little competition to Wikia. I would like a wiki farm (Wikia would be nice) where there is maximum customization, and most importantly, an integrated, interwiki, global watchlist. That would make a huge difference in the number of participating editors.