Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4033845-20130518122414/@comment-6192846-20130518132400

To be completely honest, while I can agree the novels may add a blend of comedy to this series, you are definitely missing how a vast majority of the songs (I would argue even all the confirmed canon ones), are very "dark" and always depict some sort of tragic or macabre tale of the sad, creepy, or malignant. We can't turn the series into what it is not. It definitely isn't rainbows and unicorns unless there is a guillotine at the end of the rainbow.

Mothy definitely is not selling his series on being a well-rounded anime-esque story. The novels and manga add elements of that (granted the recent manga for Story of Evil are actually comedies), but the characters and the stories themselves are well-written, more "human" characters that treat themselves more "professionally" than that. Having said that, saying we shouldn't portray it as "dark and mysterious" when it is boggles my mind.

People I have shown the songs and got them invested in the seies and its story are not interested in how "colorful" it is. They like it because it is dark, because it is different, and because it is serious. The seems to be the appeal based on my experiences. Several of these buddies of mine don't even lke or watch anime or even care for Vocaloid. I understand what you mean by "brighter" or "colorful" so I am perplexed; what specifically are you bothered by, the aesthetic or the information of the pages themselves?

Now for the actual UI complaints:

Yes, I agree completely. The front page is less than optimal and I have made my opinion known in the past, referencing the Star Wars wiki's front page as an example. In comparison, ours is badly organized and not advertising the series well for any curious bystander. The problem is investing the time and coding to make a well pollished front page. I am currently a wiki invalid, working from my tablet to do what little I can now and am terrible at code.

On top of that, we have been having issues adding End of the Four to the gallery, let alone get everything else to work in conjunction. It needs to be done, if you ask me, but I put it low on my personal priority list compared to actually getting the pages themselves in half-decent quaity.

As for the bacckground... It isn't my personal choice but I don't see the problem with it. If memory serves, there was a vote for it. It is no more dark than, say, the Black Butler or Hellsing wiki. Ultimately, I would have to ask what would be your choice of background would be. I know nothing of the colors chosen, as I am still recent and was not around when this wiki was made.