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Unlike other {{tag|wiki farm}}s, Wikia will generally <u>not</u> [[:Category:Dead|close]] a wiki site if requested by the wikis' creator / [[founder]], and / or community of [[editor]]s.  Wikia prefer to maintain inactive and [[:Category:GoalAbandoned|abandoned]] wiki sites in a [[:Category:Dormant|dormant]] state, and actively seek other [[Wikian]]s to '[https://Community.Fandom.com/wiki/Adoption:Requests adopt]' said wiki sites.  This will happen even when former wiki [[owner]]s copy or '[[fork]]' their entire wiki project and [[:Category:Ex-Wikia|re-host]] it on another provider or [[wiki farm]].  Wikia wikis are only usually [[:Category:Dead|closed]] in exceptional circumstances, typically if the content or intent of the wiki breaches Wikias' [[Wikia:Community:Community Central:Closed Wikis|terms of service]].<ref name=Community>[http://www.Wikia.com/Community_Creation_Policy Community Creation Policy | Fandom powered by Wikia]; ''www.Wikia.com''; Wikia, Inc.; accessed 25 September 2018.</ref>

Wikia subsequently introduced a third new '{{tag|Oasis}}' skin, which became widely unpopular with registered [[user]]s.  [[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 site]] and community members with them. Oasis would later become the only skin available to users of wikis on this platform. This caused heavy criticism, with some users criticising Fandom, then Wikia, for taking away their choices of skin. This skin would later be sunset and replaced with FandomDesktop.