Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-180.75.191.176-20160723092340/@comment-168424-20160808195838

Speedit wrote: We understand that you have your personal objections regarding this specific development on the Wikia site. However, this program has:


 * increased traffic to Wikia.com and the wikias it hosts unlike an ad program
 * is a constructive expansion to the company which will aid Wikia dev work
 * engaged users & staff in collective efforts to document fandom articles
 * and it links a lot to participating wikias and relevant wikias inside its articles

Also, I usually don't moan about something that is done if I don't like it. I remember requesting that staff fix customisation to the module so that it is consistent between anons and users, and so that it has a border around it. It was done promptly, which I commend staff for. If Fandom pays the bills, I'm cool with it. Heck, I'd join the program but no time.

Your only solution is either to sign up and remove it using personal customization or run a local extension at the cost of browser performance. Both require your own CSS.


 * and it links a lot to participating wikias and relevant wikias inside its articles

This varies wildly from fandom article to article, but staff written ones are good.

Here's a big advantage you missed:
 * Brings in an audience of contributors who are less familiar with Wikia wikis, but have good knowledge of the fandom and can provide a bridge to wikis

There are actually a few attendees at Community Connect 2016 that don't even have registered accounts (although they should), but are regular Fandom contributors.

Personally, I think Fandom contributors should be required to have registered accounts and a decent user profile page somewhere.