Board Thread:Wiki-Related Discussion/@comment-4839682-20171215214041/@comment-4839682-20171217011013

CadoDoan wrote: So does that mean that there's no way of getting rid of them? I mean, we don't want them, so how could they force us for that? Yes, they are reeeeeeally annoying. And I hope they'll be deleted at some point.

According to Wikia, it's a better ad system (they're running fewer page ads because they attach ads to the videos). They also want to have more video content, so they're not going away.