User blog comment:Yyp/New Wikia Skin:What we can expect?/@comment-1932702-20100907111936/@comment-1429792-20100907221353

I don't see anything about the talk pages being discontinued anywhere (really hope that is not even being considered). The only alternative wikia currently has is the article comment system, which has been widely derided by users that have experience of it (though I'm sure it is used well in some places, just not the majority).

We've worked hard to keep our article talk pages clean and purely about the article itself. A lot of topics currently in the forums were on talk pages but were moved to the forum (and continue to be moved to this day). Plus we're using the archive much more now thanks to Salburi. So it looks a lot better than it was a year ago (less even). Thanks for that TV.

There are a number of basic themes available in your preferences (click the more button in top right corner, then preferences, click the skin tab...). The darker ones have issues with the various templates/boxes on the articles, not to mention some users with custom signatures fade into the background.