User blog comment:Masketh-Kahn/Why we still should not move./@comment-46464-20090207205108

1. You have a point there. But nevertheless, the majority ruled to move, no matter how small of an advantage the majority had over the minority. You said it was "the choice of a few admins and active members", but we didn't stop anyone from voting, so if they didn't speak up, that's their fault. Besides, you have no idea how much of that other 97% would've been for the move anyway. ;)

2. If this is converted to a set wiki (Wikia is apparently not going to let us do that, hence the "if"), Swert will be linking to the new domain extensively. No way anyone who wants to come to the new domain won't. As for the people who don't want to come, I suppose they aren't really very loyal to Bioniclepedia anyway. We're doing this for the best of the site, not because we got bored with Wikia - anyone who is going to selfishly abandon Bpedia because they don't like their opinion being voted against is not someone we want as a member anyway.

3. Those problems aren't the main reason we're moving; the move was originally proposed because we felt we had outgrown Wikia. Even if Wikia doesn't let us convert this wiki, we'll be okay because the new domain will have Bpedia, CBW, a meta-wiki, and we're working on Proboards forums too, and maybe even a BZP-esque front page. Once we get it all running smoothly, we'll potentially be a very powerful entity in the Bionicle fanbase. People will come to us and the old Bioniclepedia will eventually choke and die.

4. A set wiki would focus on extreme detail even down to the point where we'd probably have an article for each individual piece. It has more potential than it sounds like, if you think about it.

5. Bpedia's ultimate goal has always been to be the best in the Bionicle fanbase. And we feel that Wikia is holding us back from that goal. It nurtured us well for the first few years but now we've got a stable group of admins, a great amount of information, and we're getting restless and we're ready to leave the nest and start to fly. ;)