User blog comment:Sannse/Important Updates on Wikia’s New Look/@comment-1072630-20101001013442/@comment-1273849-20101001015605

This is a very reasonable request and one that I hope Wikia can comply with. The fundamental transformation of the wiki, as Stelercus mentioned, is quite unacceptable. Wikis are intended to be collections of informative articles. These updates change that to a system where wikis are a method of profit, ruled by an iron hand from above.

Like Stelercus mentioned, the main problem of image attribution is quite startling. Wiki editors are selfless people who donate their time and energy to make a place better. Slapping their names into the mainspace creates counterproductive conflicts of interest. At the RuneScape Wiki, we have a policy called RuneScape:Ownership, which states that "Under no circumstances should users claim ownership of any article or file on the wiki."

That policy was approved by a recent and near unanimous consensus from the community. Overriding such a benign request through the terms of use creates the impression of an authoritarian government that tramples over the community's thoughts and rights. Is there any harm that comes out of not showing who uploaded images? If there is, I would not expect that to be banned in Monaco.

What is the ulterior motive of this new skin? With the information that I have heard now, from veteran editors across a wide spectrum of wikis, there is a quite clear outcry of the destruction of the most basic and treasured aspects of a wiki. If Wikia does not start listening to its users, there will likely be mutinies erupting from several active wikis.