User blog:Herald of meridian/The Wikia Shift Project

In my previous blog post, I've talked about the plans of Wikia to switch to an entirely different skin for all of the wikis under Wikia. It consists of transforming the interface into a "modernistic" look and completely replacing the default skin to the planned "new skin". I have tried the beta for one day and quickly reverted to Monaco because I for one do not like many of the changes.

The problem right now is that there are currently no options available for Wikia users. As some of the admins voiced out, this new skin is going to replace Monaco--permanently--and Monaco will be scrapped. Because of this, there have been numerous complaints about the sudden decision by Wikia to change things, and many Wikis would even have to face a sudden drop in users and admins as a consequence.

However, I've decided that we will continue on this project, but this doesn't mean that we will abandon the mass migration of articles to another wiki provider as an option. That will be an ultimate last resort if ever things turn out worse and/or this new skin is actually more bugged than Monaco.

Since it's part of the rules (for some unusual reason) that details about the beta testing is best left unspoken, more details about the new skin will be left for another person to explain in another blog. Meanwhile, we should discuss about this upgrade project in this blog, and think of preparations of our own.

The proposed skin upgrade will be globally implemented in November 3rd, with Monaco scrapped for good.

Everyone is entitled to voice out their suggestions and reactions here.

heraldofmeridian♣ 07:40, September 29, 2010 (UTC)