Wikia announces new layout

[Seritinajii]

Hmm, I still don't see it.

[Xizor]

http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Anti-Wikia_Alliance/comments#NIWA

They moved it. I'm going to list us under their "Useful External Links" section.

[Level 3]

I think this is fantastic.

More and more people will hate Wikia and turn to NIWA the way I see it.

[Moydow]

They've got us listed as a "wiki farm". :|
http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Anti-Wikia_Alliance/declaration_of_independence

[Xizor]

I'd rather be listed as a Wiki Farm than not listed at all. I'll find a way to throw us in there.

Edit: Done. Check it, yo! =]

[SoujiroElric]

What I think? I hate the new design. Wikia made a really bad move and now lots of important wikis are leaving. Now I feel overwhelmed with the amount of ads, and they removed tons of features I found some use for.

[Peanut64]

All I can say is: Oh dear god.

I mean even if it wasn't Wikia, I would hate that skin to death. I really hate this 'social' trend that's been going around websites lately, and from a reader's viewpoint rather than an editors... ugh I don't care how many articles and images there are and what's new, quit bugging me with those huge boxes and let me read my article in piece. 8T

I already don't really like the Wikia skin- it's kind of hard to navigate... like, the navigation's more suited for a personal site rather than a wiki. I'm not sure how to describe it, but for a wiki it's really cluttered. Bleh.

Plus what's with the "Image added by ___" thing? Viewers are not going to really care what user added things. And for editors... you'd probably be using an upload log instead or something. And what's with that toolbar at the bottom? Oh god if that thing follows you as you scroll down... ugh. What's the point of Facebook liking an article anyway? Along with a share button for social sites? I can see that being useful for humorous things being like "dude guys check this out it's hilarious" but I don't really see formal and informative articles spreading via social sites.

The funny thing is this design approach really reminds me of like, three forums I've been on. They were all run by like, 13-15 year olds and would constantly clutter up for forum with useless social gadgets no one ever used. And this is... Wikia, something where profits are made, and likely there are people who are specifically in charge of design, maybe get money off of it, and are likely older than 13 years old. Ouch.

I don't know much about Wikia itself (just that they're a bunch of s***bags) but if they have some sort of friend feature or are planning to add it, I think I might go shoot something. Because... the amount of times I've uttered "Bulbapedia is a wiki, not a social site" at people paying attention to only their userpage... no Wikia do NOT make people make that connection. ;_____;

Yeah... Look at Halopedia and there is a friend feature.....

[Miles of SmashWiki]

Yeah... Look at Halopedia and there is a friend feature.....

because wikis are definitely facebook

There's a reason wikis are fleeing Wikia with incredible rapidity.

[Peanut64]

Yeah... Look at Halopedia and there is a friend feature.....

because wikis are definitely facebook

There's a reason wikis are fleeing Wikia with incredible rapidity.

WELL... There IS a FACEBOOK feature so it is not Facebook, just, ya know, In kahoots with it.. mwa ha ha...

[Volatile Dweevil]

I just laugh... Wikia still thinks that even if all the editors leave right now many more new users will join. What they don't realize is that the new users will have no idea how to do anything and will spend most of their time on their user pages.

[tacopill]

This is why i hope people change their welcome messages to: "Welcome to ______ Wiki. _______ has moved to (URL)." or something similar. That way the new users see that the old wiki has moved.

[Peanut64]

This is why i hope people change their welcome messages to: "Welcome to ______ Wiki. _______ has moved to (URL)." or something similar. That way the new users see that the old wiki has moved.

Or put a huge banner that covers everything that says: COME AWAY FROM THE DARK SIDE!! URL Yeah.

[tacopill]

This is why i hope people change their welcome messages to: "Welcome to ______ Wiki. _______ has moved to (URL)." or something similar. That way the new users see that the old wiki has moved.

Or put a huge banner that covers everything that says: COME AWAY FROM THE DARK SIDE!! URL Yeah.

well, we can't make it to noticeable, Wikia might catch on. 

[Volatile Dweevil]

This is why i hope people change their welcome messages to: "Welcome to ______ Wiki. _______ has moved to (URL)." or something similar. That way the new users see that the old wiki has moved.

That's what I'm doing with Pikipedia right now, it works pretty well.

[tacopill]

This is why i hope people change their welcome messages to: "Welcome to ______ Wiki. _______ has moved to (URL)." or something similar. That way the new users see that the old wiki has moved.

That's what I'm doing with Pikipedia right now, it works pretty well.

I've modified the welcome message, subtly. 

[Peanut64]

This is why i hope people change their welcome messages to: "Welcome to ______ Wiki. _______ has moved to (URL)." or something similar. That way the new users see that the old wiki has moved.

That's what I'm doing with Pikipedia right now, it works pretty well.

I've modified the welcome message, subtly. 

Which is why Wikia should figure out that we actually take pride in Taxonomy, the art of organization. Wikia's corporate nightmare "new look" is not organization, yet it is chaos. Indeed.

[tacopill]

This is why i hope people change their welcome messages to: "Welcome to ______ Wiki. _______ has moved to (URL)." or something similar. That way the new users see that the old wiki has moved.

That's what I'm doing with Pikipedia right now, it works pretty well.

I've modified the welcome message, subtly. 

Which is why Wikia should figure out that we actually take pride in Taxonomy, the art of organization. Wikia's corporate nightmare "new look" is not organization, yet it is chaos. Indeed.

FYI: technically, it's a science. So says the self-proclaimed Taxonist/Taconimist/? and Wikipeida.   

[Peanut64]

This is why i hope people change their welcome messages to: "Welcome to ______ Wiki. _______ has moved to (URL)." or something similar. That way the new users see that the old wiki has moved.

That's what I'm doing with Pikipedia right now, it works pretty well.

I've modified the welcome message, subtly. 

Which is why Wikia should figure out that we actually take pride in Taxonomy, the art of organization. Wikia's corporate nightmare "new look" is not organization, yet it is chaos. Indeed.

FYI: technically, it's a science. So says the self-proclaimed Taxonist/Taconimist/? and Wikipeida.   

I see.. Taking orders from the big man that started Wikis... I see.

[tacopill]

This is why i hope people change their welcome messages to: "Welcome to ______ Wiki. _______ has moved to (URL)." or something similar. That way the new users see that the old wiki has moved.

That's what I'm doing with Pikipedia right now, it works pretty well.

I've modified the welcome message, subtly. 

Which is why Wikia should figure out that we actually take pride in Taxonomy, the art of organization. Wikia's corporate nightmare "new look" is not organization, yet it is chaos. Indeed.

FYI: technically, it's a science. So says the self-proclaimed Taxonist/Taconimist/? and Wikipeida.   

I see.. Taking orders from the big man that started Wikis... I see.

I did put myself myself first, then included Wikipedia as backup. I do not, repeat, do not take orders from him.

*poorly-made-joke-tone* I just worship the ground he walks on for helping create one of the best ideas ever: Wikis *end-tone*

[Peanut64]

This is why i hope people change their welcome messages to: "Welcome to ______ Wiki. _______ has moved to (URL)." or something similar. That way the new users see that the old wiki has moved.

That's what I'm doing with Pikipedia right now, it works pretty well.

I've modified the welcome message, subtly. 

Which is why Wikia should figure out that we actually take pride in Taxonomy, the art of organization. Wikia's corporate nightmare "new look" is not organization, yet it is chaos. Indeed.

FYI: technically, it's a science. So says the self-proclaimed Taxonist/Taconimist/? and Wikipeida.   

I see.. Taking orders from the big man that started Wikis... I see.

I did put myself myself first, then included Wikipedia as backup. I do not, repeat, do not take orders from him.

*poorly-made-joke-tone* I just worship the ground he walks on for helping create one of the best ideas ever: Wikis *end-tone*

Hmm.. you forgot the poorly-made-joke-tone coding? Lemme help you:

[joke] Yep [/joke]