Board Thread:Wiki discussions and announcements/@comment-1990160-20170520025742

This should have been done a while ago, but I apologize! So, Fandom's (basically Wikia) most recent initiative is called Wiki Modernization. Its purpose is to make wikis look fancy and to deliver ads in a better way (as opposed to especially invasive ad types taking up the entire background and such). The League of Legends Wiki admins were contacted about being a test wiki for the initiative, and unanimously agreed.
 * Introduction / Summary

Some users have voiced concerns about the champion videos being located at the top of the page and autoloading, so here we are!


 * Pros (or why the current system is good)
 * Allows Wikia to improve ad formats (corporate)
 * Modernizes wiki style (corporate)
 * Delivers a summary of information in a relatively contained manner


 * Cons (or why the current system is bad)
 * Videos are often outdated
 * Videos aren't easily maintained/curated / cannot be curated in their current state
 * Videos increase loading time and take up too much real estate on the page
 * "I don't like having videos that autoplay"

The official announcement is located here and is summarized above.
 * Additional reading

Thread:1320896 is the previous local discussion on the topic, with additional discussion with the Staff member in charge at Thread:1237631.


 * Poll

Please leave your thoughts below.
 * Discussion

If necessary, I can edit in other reasons or highlight relevant discussion points. 