User blog comment:Varkanax39/Oh, Mata Nui./@comment-1788742-20110930231729

Okay, the general consensus seems to be that this is a terrible idea, and that it needs to be optional. I also think, though, that any more demands to make it optional are a good thing. I encourage those against this to sign the petition, here, while it probably won't change the staff's mind, we should keep protesting, but in a civilized manner. Not "don't shove this **** down our throats." they'll go through with it no matter what, then, but if we can continue arguing logically and precisely, then we have more of a chance of changing their mind. (Of course, it's still microscopic, though). All of the users here who dislike this should post on Community Central blogs their reasons why they're against it, and point out exactly why it's a bad idea.

One more point: This isn't like the Monaco/Oasis transition. Oasis was designed to change the look and feel of Wikia, it didn't alter the core features very much. This will forever change how communication works on this wiki, for the worse. We need to continue to inform the staff why this is a bad idea to make this mandatory.

Anyway, I'll continue to update this blog as Wikia releases more updates on this.