Thread:Hackey5/@comment-32881089-20170617225212/@comment-25239866-20170618122130

Hackey5 wrote: Alright, I will explain my perspective of this matter.

"As part of the redesign we also announced that we will no longer be allowing most forms of CSS and JS customization to the headers. This includes adding fourth and fifth level sub-menus to Wiki Navigation. Some wikis out there have these customizations, and a point of feedback we heard when we showed these changes to the Community Council was that some admins felt that these fourth and fifth levels were essential to their navigational structure. We've opted to disallow this type of customization not only to ensure design consistency across Fandom but also because of the simple fact that it's a bad design practice and hinders the user experience."

I interpret this message as serving to explain why using JS will not be permitted to increase the number of levels of the navigation menu. From a functional perspective, this makes enough sense. However, the message does not explicitly state that customisation of the headers (there are two) using CSS or JS is prohibited. Key word, 'most' is rather unspecific, and this message was focused on the JS navigation levels aspect.

"Changes to the local navigation, article header, page width, right sidebar: The local navigation (excluding setting the 280 allowed menu links), article header, fluid width—including the minimum and maximum widths—and right sidebar are key elements of the FANDOM look."

This portion from 'Help:Customization policy', which I assume is supposed to bear some weight of meaning, is a descriptive statement. It does not make any indications in terms of actions that should or should not be undertaken.

The formal Terms of Use does not make mention of site customisation outside of advertisement obstruction.

Considering all this, to my knowledge, there are no formal policy terms which are specific in stating that what customisations are present on this wiki are a violation. Simply, we are relying on some informal expectation that something up there is not supposed to be modified. What this is and to what extent is unclear. I can certainly abide by policy, but my understanding is that the customisation I have carried out is in the interests of improving the aesthetic appeal of the wiki, optimising positioning and providing consistency with the rest of the site. FANDOM just wants to force all wikis to have the very same look without changing it. Personal css is okay though.