User blog comment:Rappy 4187/Technical Update: August 27, 2013/@comment-3279487-20130827193746/@comment-3441771-20130828031301

I've had far too many sigs in my time, but for most of those that missed the cut I only wanted an extra one or two characters... not 944. This is silly.

You know why Wikia has done this, right? It's obvious! They've finally realized with all their, Message Walls, New Forums there's hardly anywhere you have to use the signature now. This update is to say, "look how much we love signatures," on one hand but, "nobody will be able use 'em soon anyway," on the other.

Would I be so skeptical if, like how Princess Platinum said, Wikia had made it 512 bytes? Not at all. That would be a realistic upgrade. With 512, users that have long usernames (or long display values) would be able to template their "big" signatures like how Leviathan demonstrated.

1200 bytes is so na&iuml;ve; users will now list all the wikis they're involved in after their User: and User_talk: links...

Wikia, go ahead and prove me wrong. Add a section to those said new features that automatically adds the user's signature below their 2 cents. That's the only reason I'd understand the 1200 figure. @SCSS for sliders: Now that is a very reasonable update. Now the sliders fit in with the rest of Wikia's styling lore. :)