User blog comment:DaNASCAT/Technical Update: April 4, 2016/@comment-5275700-20160405201320

Regarding Maps -- There was indeed much discussion internally about continuing development of Maps, and for quite some time, but (very obviously) without much to show for it. The parts of the feature where users wanted improvement were quite clear, thanks to all of the enthusiastic feedback. I agree that we should have offered clarity sooner. In the interest of transparency, I'll say that it’s a tough reality for many of us as well. But there isn’t a particularly satisfying answer as to "why", if that is what some of you are looking for. With a platform as complex as Wikia, it's not always a big decision that makes something happen (or not happen). Sometimes it’s lots of small decisions made over time. There's no single person to blame (even TOR), and no specific feature that "stole" Maps' chance to be all it could be. We have lots of features, tools, extensions and components operating on Wikia. Most of them are useful to someone, and not all of them get the attention they deserve. The reality of software development is that some things get worked on and others do not, and sometimes difficult decisions are necessary.