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::Quite frankly, Halopedia's concern isn't about it's current Oasis theme...it's with Oasis itself. We could care less what image is behind the article. {{User:CommanderTony/Sig|October 11th, 2010}} | ::Quite frankly, Halopedia's concern isn't about it's current Oasis theme...it's with Oasis itself. We could care less what image is behind the article. {{User:CommanderTony/Sig|October 11th, 2010}} | ||
::I understand that, but I do think it's fair that everyone sees the skin at its best, rather than the delightful purple and green ;) | ::I understand that, but I do think it's fair that everyone sees the skin at its best, rather than the delightful purple and green ;) | ||
::I know that as staff it's hard for me to be believable on this -- but once I got used to the new button placements, I honestly believe that the new look is better to use that Monaco. | ::I know that as staff it's hard for me to be believable on this -- but once I got used to the new button placements, I honestly believe that the new look is better to use that Monaco. And I say that as someone who has been on wikis for 8 years or so and been through many skin changes (including the one ''to'' Monobook) -- [[User:Sannse|Sannse]]<staff /> <small>([[w:c:community:Forum:Community_Central_Forum|help forum]] | [[w:c:community:Blog:Wikia_Staff_Blog |blog]])</small> 20:29, October 11, 2010 (UTC) | ||
:::Sannse, I'm not trying to sound blunt, but there's a big difference between a transition from Monobook to Monaco and a transition from Monaco to Oasis. Don't get me wrong, we greatly appreciate what you and everyone else at wikia have done for us and the time you've put into the development work, but like many across wikia, a lot of us feel that Oasis just isn't "compatible" appearance-wise for our wiki. Like CommanderTony said, Halopedia's concern is with the skin itself. If you want a few definitions, its things like the narrow article space, the overly large box on the right, reduced customization options, etc. In my humble opinion, if you and the staffers re-evaluated some of these and made them comply at least to an extent to what (almost) everyone on the staff blog is <s>asking</s> begging for, I'm sure the negative feedback you're getting at present will go down by quite a few notches. ;) - [[File:Major.png|20px]] [[User:Nicmavr|<span style="color:DarkGoldenrod; font-weight:bold; font-family:Arial">Nìcmávr</span>]] <sup><span style="color:DarkGoldenrod">(</span>[[User Talk:Nicmavr|<span style="color:DarkGoldenrod; font-weight:bold">Tálk</span>]]<span style="color:DarkGoldenrod">)</span></sup> 21:04, October 11, 2010 (UTC) | :::Sannse, I'm not trying to sound blunt, but there's a big difference between a transition from Monobook to Monaco and a transition from Monaco to Oasis. Don't get me wrong, we greatly appreciate what you and everyone else at wikia have done for us and the time you've put into the development work, but like many across wikia, a lot of us feel that Oasis just isn't "compatible" appearance-wise for our wiki. Like CommanderTony said, Halopedia's concern is with the skin itself. If you want a few definitions, its things like the narrow article space, the overly large box on the right, reduced customization options, etc. In my humble opinion, if you and the staffers re-evaluated some of these and made them comply at least to an extent to what (almost) everyone on the staff blog is <s>asking</s> begging for, I'm sure the negative feedback you're getting at present will go down by quite a few notches. ;) - [[File:Major.png|20px]] [[User:Nicmavr|<span style="color:DarkGoldenrod; font-weight:bold; font-family:Arial">Nìcmávr</span>]] <sup><span style="color:DarkGoldenrod">(</span>[[User Talk:Nicmavr|<span style="color:DarkGoldenrod; font-weight:bold">Tálk</span>]]<span style="color:DarkGoldenrod">)</span></sup> 21:04, October 11, 2010 (UTC) | ||
:::I've changed from "Classic" to "Monobook", then "Monobook" to "Monaco", and now "Monaco" to "Wikia". And I guess you could count the experiments with "Quartz" and "Monaco" to "New Monaco" in there too :P | |||
:::And don't forget that I'm making this transition with you, I now use the wikia theme daily and only switch to Monaco when I have to do so to test something. | |||
:::One other thing I want to be sure to say... the skin is a work in progress. A vital part of the release for us is monitoring how it's actually used in practice as it gets rolled out. Do people find it easier to make pages and so create more? Do more people understand what a wiki is and get involved? Does it create healthier more active wikis? Those are all questions that will only be answered in time, and I promise you we are asking them. We want this skin to succeed, and we believe it will -- we wouldn't be doing this otherwise! -- [[User:Sannse|Sannse]]<staff /> <small>([[w:c:community:Forum:Community_Central_Forum|help forum]] | [[w:c:community:Blog:Wikia_Staff_Blog |blog]])</small> 00:21, October 14, 2010 (UTC) | |||