Forum:Merger with Sonic News Network?

Dear users of Mobius Encyclopaedia. I am Supermorff, one of the admins of the main Sonic Wiki, Sonic News Network, your sister wiki. We would like to propose that our two wikis merge to become the single ultimate reference point for the Sonic series.

Up front, I must urge you not to dismiss this idea without considering it. The proposal is sincere and genuine, and we at SNN feel that it could be hugely beneficial to both sides. The driving force behind the suggestion is simple. While our two sites are affiliates, we are also in a sense competing over the one resource that matters to wikis: editors. You cover the whole of the Archie Sonic series, and so do we. Every article that you have, we (theoretically) have one on the same topic. But editors are unlikely to make changes to pages on both sites (it can happen but it's rare), so neither page contains all the changes that we would hope for if the sites were combined.

Mobius Encyclopaedia wants to be the most definitive and accurate resource relating to the Archie Sonic series; Sonic News Network wants to be the same for the Sonic series of every continuity; but neither site can achieve its stated goal while it competes with the other. The only solution is to merge.

And before you think that we want you to redirect your URLs to SNN and then go your own way, nothing could be further from the truth. We understand that the content you have currently is not enough; for the merger to be successful, the editors of Mobius Encyclopaedia&mash;the whole community&mdash;must merge too. That's a big ask, and we at SNN realise that we will need to make some big changes in order to accommodate you. We're willing to do that.

But we need to know what you need. Policy changes? Design or layout changes? Adminships transferred? We'll consider anything. Be as blunt and honest as possible. What does SNN need to do in order to make a merger a viable consideration for the users of Mobius Encyclopaedia? Whatever you request will be discussed back on SNN. Obviously, we also expect the matter to be discussed by the entire user base over here as well, at least once more details can be finalised.

I hope we can find a mutually beneficial arrangement. It's possible that we won't, and that's okay. All I want for now is for all sides to enter into this with an open mind. It will be an important decision either way. Thanks for reading. Hope to hear back from you soon. -- Supermorff (talk) 16:05, August 8, 2012 (UTC)