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In recent years, the Assassin's Creed Wiki has changed its design from that of an encyclopedic repository to that of an overzealous and unnecessarily exuberant forum or blog site. For example:
- New background image - Not only does its poor positioning get in the way of text on the far left and right hand sides of the screen, but it's way too flamboyant. How can one stay focused on the text of a passage with such a badass image behind said passage?
- New curved borders - These are just unnecessary and aren't even aesthetically appealing. Notice templates, infoboxes, side rails, etc. should all look better with the standard point borders. These news curves are also inconsistent, as features like the search bar, category footer box, template documentation box and Information template box all have remained unchanged. Seriously, what are we, Bulbapedia?
- Transparent background - It simply doesn't mix well with text and isn't befitting of an encyclopedic website. If we're shooting for optimum readable for viewers, the background of WikiaMainContent needs to be opaque/the standard gray; i.e., you see how the background of WikiaMainContent is when editing in source mode? Yeah, that's how it should be when browsing the wiki. It's tenfold easier to read text this way.
- Color scheme
- Why are the borders for the side rails here light green when the infobox templates, search bar and category footer box are bordered light gray? This is yet another instance of design inconsistency here. Light green is simply way too far off from the 'true' color scheme of the site (dark gray, fyi; just look at for the predominant color when you're replying to this topic in source mode).
- This isn't that big of a deal, but a white background in general (behind the text; not the entire site) tends to be more pleasant to the eye (from what I've seen people say online, that is). Popular and credible wikis with this style include: Wikipedia, Wookieepedia, Nukapedia, LyricWiki, CombineOverWiki, Marvel Database, Final Fantasy Wiki, etc. This is simply something to consider, and isn't a serious issue.
In short: this is an encyclopedic wiki, not a blog, forum or internet flash gaming site, aesthetically speaking.
Opinions? Cordo (talk) 08:41, November 27, 2014 (UTC)
- Everybody's entitled to an opinion... --Jasca Ducato (talk | contributions) 10:52, November 27, 2014 (UTC)
- And this is Jasca's professional opinion about opinions. --Kainzorus Prime ⚜ Walkie-talkie 16:24, November 27, 2014 (UTC)
- While I'm not a fan of the current background we have, I don't really understand your problem. Just because we use curved borders in some places doesn't mean that we have to stick to it everywhere. The same goes for colours. --Crimson Knight Intercom 16:22, November 27, 2014 (UTC)
- Cordo, can you give me a Gyazo or similar image link of what you're seeing? I'd like to know how the side borders are affecting your use of the site. DarkFeather Raven's NestRaven's Hunt 17:19, November 28, 2014 (UTC)
- This is what I see - http://i.imgur.com/QewD7uq.jpg Wouldn't mind stretching the center part further to fill it properly. --Kainzorus Prime ⚜ Walkie-talkie 17:25, November 28, 2014 (UTC)
- Weird... The CSS property is supposed to keep the image fixed in size, which is why I could see some folks only seeing the grey background. Do either of you have a custom CSS page attached to your userpage? Something like http://assassinscreed.wikia.com/wiki/User:Vasasd/Wikia.css? DarkFeather Raven's NestRaven's Hunt 13:00, December 7, 2014 (UTC)
- Not me. But I've heard wiki's Fluid layout stretches to accomodate user's resolution. This is partially why we had plain Animus Omega background before. --Kainzorus Prime ⚜ Walkie-talkie 14:10, December 7, 2014 (UTC)