User blog comment:MEffect Fan/New wiki skin opinion/@comment-217683-20101014085427/@comment-217683-20101014183610

Yeah, that really seems to be an issue here. They simply don't care about whether or not this angers veteran editors. I saw a post from a Wikia staffer (I believe it was in the WoWWiki forum about leaving Wikia, but I could be wrong) where said staffer literally said just that. His justification was (paraphrasing) "Well, veteran editors really only account for about 10% of daily site traffic on wikis. Most traffic is people who just come by to read the articles and not to edit. So we can't really put too much weight behind the concerns and arguments you guys are making." Essentially it was him saying "Your concerns are noted, but frankly, we just don't care. You aren't our target audience." I was pretty shocked when I read it.

I have to bolt out the door here in a sec, but in a few hours, when I have some time, I'll see if I can't scare up a link to that.