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==FAQs==
==What to do with the old wiki==
===When is the migration going to take place?===
We are not entirely sure. The current plan is to stay on Wikia for now, but to continue working on the Miraheze wiki to ensure a smooth transition. A rough timeline is a migration in 2020, with 2019 being used as a year of preparation for the big change.

===What do we do with the old Wikia wiki once the migration has completed?===
Wikia won't allow us to close the old wiki, nor will they provide means to let us redirect pages from the old wiki onto the new. This means that migrating our readerbase will be difficult.
Wikia won't allow us to close the old wiki, nor will they provide means to let us redirect pages from the old wiki onto the new. This means that migrating our readerbase will be difficult.


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While Wikia won't let us replace entire pages pointing to the new wiki, we ''might'' be able to discreetly point to our new wiki, though how we'll be able to do this is up for debate.
While Wikia won't let us replace entire pages pointing to the new wiki, we ''might'' be able to discreetly point to our new wiki, though how we'll be able to do this is up for debate.


===What is Miraheze?===
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==FAQs==
Miraheze is a wiki farm, just like Wikia. They run the hardware and software for a multitude of different wikis, and provide support for the communities that they host. The main difference between Miraheze and Wikia is that Miraheze is a non-profit organization, funded entirely by donations, while Wikia is a for-profit enterprise that relies on advertising revenue.

We highly encourage you to [[m:Donate|donate to Miraheze]] to keep the service running! By doing so, you not only ensure that The Sims Wiki will continue to exist independently of Wikia, but also all of the other wikis that have migrated away from Wikia to Miraheze.

===How do you pronounce "Miraheze"?===
===How do you pronounce "Miraheze"?===
People <span class="plainlinks">[//meta.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Community_noticeboard&oldid=34889#Pronouncing_the_name_of_the_wiki_farm pronounce it differently]</span>, and no one pronunciation is correct.
People <span class="plainlinks">[//meta.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Community_noticeboard&oldid=34889#Pronouncing_the_name_of_the_wiki_farm pronounce it differently]</span>, and no one pronunciation is correct.


Usually, people pronounce it "MY-RA-HEZE" {{Listen|File:En-ca-Miraheze MY-RA-HEEZ.ogg|url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/En-ca-Miraheze_MY-RA-HEEZ.ogg}} or "MI-RA-HEZE" {{Listen|File:En-ca-Miraheze MI-RA-HEEZ.ogg|url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/En-ca-Miraheze_MI-RA-HEEZ.ogg}}. Both are considered to be correct. Any other pronunciation, as long as it makes logical sense, is probably also okay.
Usually, people pronounce it "MY-RA-HEZE" {{Listen|File:En-ca-Miraheze MY-RA-HEEZ.ogg|url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/En-ca-Miraheze_MY-RA-HEEZ.ogg}} or "MI-RA-HEZE" {{Listen|File:En-ca-Miraheze MI-RA-HEEZ.ogg|url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/En-ca-Miraheze_MI-RA-HEEZ.ogg}}. Both are considered to be correct. Any other pronunciation, as long as it makes logical sense, is probably also okay.

===Will my Wikia login credentials work here?===
No. You will need to [[Special:CreateAccount|create a new account]] on Miraheze. Login information cannot be transferred from Wikia to Miraheze.

Miraheze has a global account system like Wikia, so you only need to create one account to be able to access all of Miraheze. If you created an account on another Miraheze wiki, you can use it here on The Sims Wiki without having to register for another one.

===Will my Wikia contributions be carried over?===
No, unfortunately. This is a difficult decision we've had to make. Since there are ''thousands'' of users that have edited The Sims Wiki, we cannot be 100% sure that all of the usernames used on Wikia are not already being used on Miraheze. To avoid issues with edits being attributed to the wrong users, most edits that have been imported from Wikia are not attributed to any Miraheze account. Your username is still listed on those edits, but they will not link to your userpage. They will appear as '''sims>Username''', e.g. '''sims>k6ka'''.

===What about fanons?===
We have not yet decided what to do with the fanons on the Wikia wiki. While we want fanon authors to come migrate with us to Miraheze, we also don't want to force decisions on anybody yet.


==References==
==References==
Retrieved from "https://www.thesimswiki.com/wiki/The_Sims_Wiki:Miraheze_migration"