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 ===[[:Category:Wikia skin|Skins]]===
-Previously,{{When}} registered [[user]]s who understood how to use preferences could choose which [[:Category:Wikia skin|skin]] they used.  This option was subsequently changed, so not even registered users are able to change the skin on their own wiki site.
+When Wikia was originally founded (as Wikicities), it used '{{tag|Monobook}}' as its default [[:Category:Skins|skin]]; identical to the {{tag|MediaWiki skin}} that [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] (and all related [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] wiki sites) then used at that time.  Subsequently, Wikia developed their own unique [[:Category:Custom skin|customised skins]], with an emphasis on accommodating various in-wiki on-screen [[:Category:Advertising|adverts]].
+Following this change of skin, previously,{{When}} registered [[user]]s of Wikia who understood how to use their wiki preferences could choose which [[:Category:Wikia skin|skin]] they used.  This option was however, subsequently changed, so not even registered users are able to change the skin on their <u>own</u> wiki site.
 ===={{tag|Monaco}}====
-The default skin for Wikia wikis used to be called '{{tag|Monaco}}', more colorful and customizable than the default {{tag|MediaWiki}} '{{tag|Monobook}}' skin that [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] used.  While registered [[user]]s could previously view Wikia sites using the Monobook skin (by choosing it in their preferences), Wikia did not allow it to be chosen as a default skin for all wiki visitors, including [[IP editor]]s, which was frustrating for some communities.  Wikia said statistics showed that Monaco encouraged new registered users by making editing easier, however, many existing [[Wikian|Wikia members]] disagreed and [[:Category:Ex-Wikia|left Wikia]] nonetheless.
+The second default skin for Wikia wikis is called '{{tag|Monaco}}'; more colorful and customizable than their original default '{{tag|Monobook}}' skin.  While registered [[user]]s could previously view Wikia sites using the Monobook skin (by choosing it in their preferences), Wikia did not allow it to be chosen as a default skin for all wiki visitors, including [[IP editor]]s, which was frustrating for some long-standing Wikia communities.  [[:Category:Wikia Staff|Wikia staff]] stated statistics showed that Monaco encouraged new registered users: by making [[edit]]ing easier; however, many existing [[Wikian|Wikia members]] disagreed, and [[:Category:Ex-Wikia|left Wikia]] nonetheless.
 ===={{tag|Oasis}}====
-Wikia subsequently introduced a new '{{tag|Oasis}}' skin, which became widely unpopular with registered users, see [[WikiaSite:community:User blog:MarioGalaxy2433g5/To the people complaining about the new look|to the people complaining about the new look]].  This new Oasis skin became compulsory for all users.  Because of this change, many Wikia users [[:Category:GoalAbandoned|have now left]], often [[:Category:Ex-Wikia|taking their wiki]] with them.
+:''Expand section.''
+Wikia subsequently introduced a third new '{{tag|Oasis}}' skin, which became widely unpopular with registered users.  [[WikiaSite:community:User blog:MarioGalaxy2433g5/To the people complaining about the new look|To the people complaining about the new look]] documented user disdain.  This new Oasis skin became compulsory for all users.  Because of this change, many Wikia users [[:Category:GoalAbandoned|have now left]], often [[:Category:Ex-Wikia|taking their wiki]] and members with them.
-====Mobile skin====
+===={{tag|Wikia mobile|Mobile skin}}====
-Wikia also supports a {{tag|Wikis with a mobile-view site|mobile-view}} specific skin, designed to be used on [[:Category:Smartphone|smartphones]] and / or [[:Category:Tablet|tablet]] computers.  This version is automatically displayed when any Wikia wiki is opened on such devices; although there is the option to also view the conventional desktop version using the [[#Oasis|Oasis]] skin via a link at the bottom of the page (and vice-versa to view mobile layout from a desktop version).
+Wikia also supports a {{tag|Wikis with a mobile-view site|mobile-view}} specific skin, designed to be used on [[:Category:Smartphone|smartphones]] and / or [[:Category:Tablet|tablet]] computers.  This version is automatically displayed when any Wikia wiki is opened on such devices; although there is the option to also view the conventional desktop version using the [[#Oasis|Oasis]] skin via a link at the bottom-centre of every page (and vice-versa to view mobile layout from a desktop version).
 ===={{tag|Venus skin|Venus}}====
 :''Expand section.''
-In December 2014, Wikia introduced yet another skin called '{{tag|Venus skin|venus}}', causing even more controversy among users.<ref>[http://Community.Wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Rupert_Giles/Prototype_for_a_new_article_layout User blog:Rupert Giles / Prototype for a new article layout]; ''Community.Wikia.com''; Wikia, Inc.; accessed 13 February 2019.</ref>
+In December 2014, Wikia introduced yet another skin called '{{tag|Venus skin|Venus}}', making it their fourth default, and causing even more controversy among users.<ref>[http://Community.Wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Rupert_Giles/Prototype_for_a_new_article_layout User blog:Rupert Giles / Prototype for a new article layout]; ''Community.Wikia.com''; Wikia, Inc.; accessed 13 February 2019.</ref>
 ===Criticism===