Thread:Sannse/@comment-5153769-20140419034211/@comment-8-20140422163633

Restricting or reducing access is one issue, but the thing that worries me most is transparency. On Wikia everyone can see exactly what's changed and when, via the the history, Recent Changes or by following the page. Hosting it off-site means that people have to go to a secondary site to view the code, and don't have all the info on the wikia that's actually affected by changes.

"Trust but verify" has always been a core facet of wiki life. However much we trust those that make CSS and JS changes (and believe it or not, I do generally trust Toa Meiko) but the community still needs the ability to verify, which is exactly why MediaWiki has so many logs!