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

So... (and I know this may throw some fuel on the embers here, but what can I say? As one of my professors said about me tonight, I'm a stirrer... I like to stir up drama)

As I was puttering around Wikia Community Central (having been drawn there upon learning that one of the big-wigs at the Fable Wiki is departing Wikia after being perma-banned for arguing with staffers... more on that later, maybe), I noticed this interesting page for the Anti-Wikia Alliance (I know, quite the melodramatic name). Now, personal feelings and such aside (and I did make my feelings known there), the page was interesting in that it lists a number of Wikis, including some major ones such as the WoWWiki, which are leaving. Now, don't misunderstand me, I'm not one of these "secessionists", as it were, though I am pretty darn peeved about the new skin being forced upon us, and I do sympathize with them, but I did find this page interesting. Will it make a difference? The founders hope so, but I really doubt it at this point. Seems like our best bet is to end the resistance and collaborate. And yes, I do mean that word in its negative connotation. Time to put on our Quisling hats, kids.

In a somewhat frightening side-note, Wikia staffers have gone on a bit of a banning spree lately. They claim to only be banning users who make extreme threats or use extremely vulgar language and all that, but this doesn't appear to be entirely true... I've been hearing (and seeing) some disturbing things. For instance, wikis that intend to move will put up sitenotices stating this to inform users who may be unaware of the goings on. A Wikia staffer will come along and remove the sitenotice. An admin of the wiki will undo the edit, and will then be banned. This is troubling, to say the least. Again, don't misunderstand me, I'm not trying to turn anyone away from Wikia, just stating some concerns I have. They seem to find this behavior necessary, and maybe it is. Maybe it's analogous to when Lincoln suspended habeas corpus during the Civil War. Whatever the case, I sincerely hope that we can get past this unpleasantness, one way or another...