Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-20644-20141110180435/@comment-209674-20150106015521

Luxartisan wrote: This is most likely a decision made to address the legit concerns about search engines not recognizing wikia over wiki. This is why things need to be beta tested with real users before implementing policy of a broad nature. When bureaucracy heeds the needs of the advertisers over the needs of the users, decisions are rushed without "an environmental impact" statement. It seems to be the mantra of bureaucracy in many life areas that "it is easier to ask forgiveness than get permission." Expedient, but flawed. And for the record, my wiki is using the term wikia in forums, but still want to keep the name as wiki for search engine purposes. Here's my mantra:  "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."

Might as well as reserve the "wikia" name '''exclusively to the company. Nothing more.'''