Thread:Dycaite/@comment-24811393-20141026122617/@comment-5603476-20141027035742

Shiny Poliwhirl wrote: Maybe I'm just sub-consciously worried that the change won't be good? I'm afraid that we'll lose a good amount of usersduting the transition, e.g. anons and users who don't want to have to create an account to participate in the Wiki.

You're right about the user base, that is a real problem and is one of the reasons why I got so mad when Wikia insisted on keeping the old wiki open, because it has the potential to divide our users. However, given enough time and effort, I foresee the new site fully overtaking the old one in every way, including user activity.

I also know that changing the wiki to require an account to post new content (plus an admin edit approval system - currently in place; I'm toying with the idea of keeping it active for the final site, we will see), but I do feel that it would really help to fend off vandalism and such (which we've had problems with in the past) and that is a trade off I am willing to make.

Shiny Poliwhirl wrote: Also, what do you mean by the change being a postive move that would "lead to bigger and better things for us"? I'm not being sarcastic, I'm genuinely wondering what that means. Is it going to be something exciting? Will we become well-known across the Internet? Will we become as popular as the Frozen and Adventure Time Wikis?

Oh, I wasn't referring to anything in particular, suffice to say that I see gaining independence from Wikia as the next logical step in the site's evolution. However, in terms of exciting stuff, I do have plans to make the new site's official launch go off with a bang ;)