User blog comment:Sannse/Your First Look at the New Wikia/@comment-1613840-20100818012916/@comment-12629-20100818073933

"As we mentioned, Wikia has had great success in the gaming field"

Well, if the gaming wikis are that successful, why don't you let them keep their layout? Or better even, leave current wikis as they are (unless they wish to change their skin) and set this new one as default for the new users and the new wikis - you know, the things that so-called "broader audience" will meet if they come here for some reason.

I feel that Wikia is trying a little too hard to broaden its userbase, and fails to see that some people might have come here because the previous layout(s) (personally, I still use Monobook) were just fine for them.

There will be no single skin in the world that will appeal to everyone - give your users and/or wiki admins a choice. Frankly, I wouldn't even mind ads on Monobook if I could set it as the default skin for KanzakaDex.