User blog comment:Craiglpalmer/SOPA and PIPA Situation Summary/@comment-1401334-20120118061423/@comment-1401334-20120118071704

The difference between the SOPA banners and an advertisement is that advertisements don't make political statements that tacitly claim to speak for the views of the wiki they are displayed upon.

The ToS is irrelevant to the point I am making. Can Wikia do things this way? Yes. But should they? Wikia can and will do whatever they want in their corporate interest, regardless of whether or not they have community support. That is the prime difference between them and Wikipedia, and by taking this action independent of their community they have lost a great opportunity to rally with their community instead of bulldozing over them.