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MGE content will be moving to another wiki site (February 27th, 2017)

Migration of Core Content

As some of you might be aware by now, the wiki will be undergoing a pretty big move soon™. To summarise this action: We're removing all official (i.e. anything not user created) Monster Girl Encyclopedia franchise content from this old website (www.monstergirlencyclopedia.wikia.com) and moving it over to our new website www.mgewiki.com.

Why are we moving sites?
A number of reasons but the two biggest ones are:

The ability to control what is and is not allowed on the site per our own content policy. Wikia sells itself as a family friendly site and as such, disallows posting of any explicit content (both written and image content) which is an obvious problem for us. Remaining willfully ignorant to the rules worked until the site's popularity grew large enough that Wikia staff members took notice and began to enforce their content policy.
Greater fundamental control over the platform and how the content is presented to users. Wikia is a for-profit organisation and as such, must make decisions that prioritise capital gain which often leads to increased burden on users such as: inability to access accurate metrics on site usage, forcibly being served advertisements that can hamper/disable the site, increasingly bloated site structure, etc.

What is going to happen to the old Wikia site?

The previous site has always had a large fanfiction and roleplay setting which will be turned into it's new, primary focus. Character profiles and fanfiction posts will be permitted onto the main space and image uploading rules will be relaxed to allow users to fully engage with the FF/RP community. Once all the franchise material and fan artwork has been transferred and properly set-up on this new site, it will be removed from the old Wikia and mainspace pages will be opened up.

When is this move happening?

It's been happening for months behind the scenes. If you visit the new site, you'll notice that the large majority of the content has already been transferred and re-formatted to fit our new standards and practices. You might have also noticed that some content pages have begun to disappear on this site (e.g. Wilmarina, Corruption Fruit, Melting Vegetable) which is part of the transition. Any content page deleted from this Wiki has been preserved in full and is available on the new site. The process is ongoing.

Do I need to register a new account?

Only if you want to protect your IP address and plan to make edits to the new site. Since the new host has no ties to Wikia, your account doesn't exist yet and won't be transferable. Along with that, not everyone will need a new account as some people only ever intend to roleplay for post fanfiction which is all being done over here. If you have no intention of making edits to franchise/canon material then you won't need a new account.

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-Zhezhen, the budding [[Youko]] ruler of Bao, couldn't be more than 25. If she is, her perfect skin certainly conceals the truth well. Atop her heads sit two, perky fox ears that twitch feverishly as her lengthy locks of golden hair seem to run on forever, over her shoulders and down her back. Upon reaching her waist, the hair blends seamlessly with the striking sheen of her tails. There is no doubt she is a powerful kitsune as the mythical set of 9 tails sways in tune with her steps. Not all of her is on display though: A thickly woven and strikingly patterned kimono covers the important bits while precious gems adorn every finger. She's seem to score an average at best in the chest department but her curvy hips and gorgeous legs could ignite an insatiable lust in any man. While she herself is a lovely creature to indulge in, her fluffy tails are especially captivating. All it takes is one look and the thought of burying yourself in her tails takes hold of you and does not want to let go.
+MGE content will be moving to another wiki site (February 27th, 2017)
+===Migration of Core Content===
+As some of you might be aware by now, the wiki will be undergoing a pretty big move soon™. To summarise this action: We're removing all official (i.e. anything not user created) ''Monster Girl Encyclopedia'' franchise content from this old website (www.monstergirlencyclopedia.wikia.com) and moving it over to our new website [http://mgewiki.com/w/Main_Page www.mgewiki.com].
-The average Bao inhabitant would describe Zhenzhen as a charming ,thoughtful and altruistic leader. This however is only a margin of her true being as n reality she is full of curiousity and liveliness. Often one would see worried guards searching her frantically as she wanders through the city , watching the lives of her people with her own eyes. If and only if the guards manage to catch the ever so elusive fox then surely it is no difficult task for her to talk herself out of the imminent predicament by utilizing her vast cunning, because after all only few would dare to test their mind against Zhenzhens' cunning and even fewer would be able to best her sharp wit.
+'''Why are we moving sites?'''<br>
-Another astonishing fact about Zhenzhen is that despite her never ending shenanigans she always seems to get the job done, and it is vastly unknown how she spends the time in which she is neither doing her duties nor enjoying her very own misadventures. But perhaps and only perhaps this fox also has a cute and shy side to her because after all she has yet to be seen with a man and the question wheter this is because of shyness , secretiveness or simply because she has no man yet is a very popular topic among the residents of Upper and Lower Bao alike.
+A number of reasons but the two biggest ones are:
+* The ability to control what is and is not allowed on the site per our own content policy. Wikia sells itself as a family friendly site and as such, disallows posting of ''any'' explicit content (both written and image content) which is an obvious problem for us. Remaining willfully ignorant to the rules worked until the site's popularity grew large enough that Wikia staff members took notice and began to enforce their content policy.<br>
+* Greater fundamental control over the platform and how the content is presented to users. Wikia is a for-profit organisation and as such, must make decisions that prioritise capital gain which often leads to increased burden on users such as: inability to access accurate metrics on site usage, forcibly being served advertisements that can hamper/disable the site, increasingly bloated site structure, etc.
+'''What is going to happen to the old ''Wikia'' site?'''
+: The previous site has always had a large fanfiction and roleplay setting which will be turned into it's new, primary focus. Character profiles and fanfiction posts will be permitted onto the main space and image uploading rules will be relaxed to allow users to fully engage with the FF/RP community. Once all the franchise material and fan artwork has been transferred and properly set-up on this new site, it will be removed from the old Wikia and mainspace pages will be opened up.
+'''When is this move happening?'''
+: It's been happening for months behind the scenes. If you visit the new site, you'll notice that the large majority of the content has already been transferred and re-formatted to fit our new [http://mgewiki.com/w/Project:Standards_and_Practices standards and practices]. You might have also noticed that some content pages have begun to disappear on this site (e.g. [[Wilmarina]], [[Corruption Fruit]], [[Melting Vegetable]]) which is part of the transition. Any content page deleted from this Wiki has been preserved in full and is available on the new site. The process is ongoing.
+'''Do I need to register a new account?'''
+: Only if you want to protect your IP address and plan to make edits to the new site. Since the new host has no ties to Wikia, your account doesn't exist yet and won't be transferable. Along with that, not everyone will need a new account as some people only ever intend to roleplay for post fanfiction which is all being done over here. If you have no intention of making edits to franchise/canon material then you won't need a new account.
+===More questions===
+I've covered a more in depth list of questions in an FAQ, [http://mgewiki.com/w/Topic:Tlj4nvmit5ijrlbe available here]. If you have more questions outside of the ones listed I can be reached on the discord server in PMs or on my wall here.
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+'''tl;dr''' Wikia doesn't work well for ''Monster Girl Encyclopedia'' material and we need more control over how the content is served to our users. We'll be moving all of the franchise content ([[Books|this stuff]]) to a new website: [http://mgewiki.com/w/Main_Page mgewiki.com]. This website will be converted into a hub for MGE roleplay and fanfiction. ''No RP or FF will be hosted on the new site.''
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