Thread:Dycaite/@comment-5275700-20141010235654/@comment-5603476-20141011053647

Hi there,

Firstly, thanks for reaching out. The decision to move the site to its own host has been a long time coming and was generally brought on by the fact that I simply wanted more control over how the site functions than Wikia gives me (that and the fact that popup and embedded ads have become a real hindrence -which I understand, with Wikia being a free service and all-). So, sorry to say that my mind will not be changed; work on the new site has already begun and is coming along smoothly. Having said that, I want to make clear that it's nothing against Wikia personally, you guys provide a great service, I just feel that it's time for the Lost Media Wiki to move to the next phase of its life and become its own separate entity.

I have to say though, I do take issue with the points you've raised. Upon the site's completion, I *will* be linking to the new site from the current one, to let users know that we have indeed moved. Frankly, with the amount of work I have put into this site, to then be told that I don't have control over it is rather insulting and angering.

Secondly, I *will* eventually be deleting the current Wikia incarnation, because it will eventually be redundant. Surely you can't expect me to just leave it up and try running two separate wikis at the same time; the whole point of this exercise was to move away from Wikia (again, no offense to you guys), not to simply create a duplicate one (especially considering the fact that I currently *do* have the option to remove it; are you saying that just because I have moved the site, that that right no longer applies to me?)

I know you have had issues with admins moving sites before, and I have to say, I can now see why. I practically created this website from the ground up and own all of its assets (logo, background etc. having created them myself) and I will fight tooth and nail if Wikia continues to insist that this incarnation of the site remains intact. Upon deletion, someone may feel free to recreate lostmedia.wikia.com and that is totally fine with me, do whatever you like, but as for the site as it stands now, it is not permanent and *will* be shut down upon the completion of the new one. Of course, I will not, as you mentioned, try to harm Wikia's reputation whatsoever; like I said, I respect you guys and what you do, but I just feel it's time for us to move up in the world; however, when you then turn around and tell me that I cannot link to the new site from here and cannot delete it, that really raises concerns for me and, as I said, I will fight tooth and nail against that principle.

Thanks again for reaching out; sorry we don't quite see eye to eye on the issue. I want to thank Wikia for all the help they've provided thus far, but we have simply decided to no longer use your services and thus, *will* be deleting lostmedia.wikia.com.