Forum:We decide NOT to move off wikia.com because of new Wikia skin

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It seems that despite the beta testers and the oodles of comments left concerning the change, Wikia is still going ahead with their change in look.

Check out Important Updates on Wikia's New Look to find out more information. See Experience the new Wikia to find links to experience the new wikia.

This skin means the Monaco and Monobook skins will no longer be supported.

An alternative has been suggested to me the Anti-Wiki Alliance and their alternatives. This would involve moving this wiki to another --Tangerineduel 15:09, October 2, 2010 (UTC)

On this issue I have commented on the staff blogs about issues concerning their new look. However, I'm divided on moving this wiki, there comes a certain amount of credulity in being under the wikia.com banner. Wikia.com is also for the most part a stable framework, with staff who are generally prompt to respond to issues that have arisen in the past and with other issues within the wiki's structure and framework.

This wiki is also about triple the size of the largest wiki listed on the Anti-Wiki Alliance's page that is making the move (the Simpsons wiki is about 6,000 content pages, compared to our 18,000 content pages).

While there are several issue with wikia's new skin, I believe they're workable and adaptable (or at the very least ignorable).

I think the new look is questionable, but I have serious issues with moving the wiki I don't think it's the best way forward for this wiki to move hosts. --Tangerineduel 15:09, October 2, 2010 (UTC)

The main problem moving would be the visitors. Not to say there aren't other problems, but the whole visitors thing would be the most problematic. People tend to go to wikia to search for new wikis rather than using google or anything, so someone could make a new doctor who wiki at this domain and probably hog lots of attention. Manga Maniac 20:54, October 2, 2010 (UTC)

We can move the wiki at any time, can't we? I say we wade it out for a while. We'll alter the main page to link directly to a forum asking people their opinions on the wiki and whether we should move it. Then the community can come together to decide. I wouldn't bother moving it before we know for certain whether it is worth the hassle or not. --The Thirteenth Doctor 21:02, October 2, 2010 (UTC)

Really, its not worth moving unless, y'know, they really mess up with this skin change. So much so that it somehow destroys all hope of navigation and how articles work on this wiki or something. Manga Maniac 21:33, October 2, 2010 (UTC)

That's some of my issues (with regards to visitors), I know when I'm searching for user generated stuff to do with other fandoms wikia is the place that I go. Gaining more editors is the way to build a wiki community so moving the wiki would jeopardise that as I've seen many other sites linking to this wiki. As I've said the wiki brand name does carry a bit of credulity with it.

I just thought I'd put the option out there and let everyone know (and so people know it's not something the admins can change/are at fault with!). --Tangerineduel 13:00, October 3, 2010 (UTC)