User blog comment:Klow/We are leaving/@comment-8-20110711232258/@comment-771257-20110713134046

Klow said it perfectly. And as per THE GMoD, if Wikia has a problem with our relocation, there's nothing they can do about it and have no one to blame but themselves. From the moment of its conception, Oasis was met with overwhelming criticism because of its restrictive layout and overabundance of advertisements, and hundreds of wikis threatened to move if it was not seriously revised or destroyed altogether. Wikia didn't do a single thing, so true to their word, the wikis moved, and many continue to do so.

Now, from my perspective, that's pretty much a textbook definition of an "utter screw-up". But instead of admitting to their enormous blunder, Wikia just pretends that all is well, and that wikis separating around them are just "a handful of users", when I can tell you with certainty that the whole communities are moving. Apologies for the history lesson, but I though that perhaps telling it how it is would enlighten you on why we are moving. As an admin of both, I wholeheartedly supported Halopedia's move and I support this one with equal enthusiasm. In fact, I support any wiki's separation from Wikia by default.