User blog comment:Susanolivia/Experience the new Wikia/@comment-1393830-20100925200531/@comment-824313-20100926061847

That's not necessarily 2" of space. The content/sidebar width is (if not zoomed or altered) about 1000px. The space around it is as much wider as your browser window is than 1000px. That could mean you have a foot of unused space on each side, or it could mean you have to scroll 7 inches to read one line.