User blog comment:Sarah Manley/Sneak Peek at the New Look - Community Activity/@comment-474870-20100829134453/@comment-824313-20100830011001

"But too many formats is just too much work. It would be simpler for us to only have one. Writing and testing a whole new skin is soooo much easier than maintaining one that's already worked fine for years and has most of its kinks worked out by now. It's just simple logic.

We want everyone to know that Oasis is the answer to all our problems, not yours. It reduces our work, because it is hated by everyone. That means, once everyone is gone, Wikia will be a lot less hard to maintain. Maintainence is the main problem we've had over the years. The change to Oasis is just the first step in shutting down the company so we can move to our private island and live in seclusion while civilization everywhere is deprived of open encyclopedias or wikis at all, along with basic necessities like food, water, and Google."

--Wikia staff (paraphrasing)