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-==February 28==
+==March 29==
-Although Bulbapedia has been as prosperous as ever as of late, one issue has repeatedly occurred that, although not the end of the world, needs to stop.  I would like to remind everyone
+As work on {{bp|Project Overgrow}} continues, so does Bulbapedia itself. Despite this, some of you may have noticed that we have been having some issues with the server as of late, with Bulbapedia being inaccessible from time to time. This is due to a glitch in the system which we have been investigating to its fullest in order to eliminate as quickly as possible.
-that having multiple accounts, commonly referred to as "sockpuppets," are ''not allowed'' if not authorized by the {{bp|Editorial Board}}.  Lately, a number of users have been caught abusing multiple accounts by random IP checks.  Although these users will not be harshly reprimanded, let me stress again that this is ''not allowed''.  Even if you don't edit from your "other" account, it's still against the rules and shouldn't be occurring.
-If you currently have an unauthorized additional account, please report it to an {{bp|administrators|administrator}} so they can disable it.  Failure to do so and subsequent discovery of the account may lead to a minimal block or verbal warning.  Thank you all for abiding by this and only keeping one account.  If you would like to rename your account or have any questions about sockpuppets, contact a staff member.
+Through our continued prosperity, however, we have garnered the attention of a less-than-favorable faction. Wikia's "The Pokémon Encyclopedia" has recently been found to have taken the content of various Bulbapedia articles, changed one or two words (while at the same time remaining formatted overall in the same way), and posted it as their own. While this is not the fault of their administrators at all, the fact that, when this is pointed out to them, the administrators do nothing about the copied content or attempt to hide our comments about it is a very disturbing fact.
+The Pokémon Encyclopedia, as a Wikia wiki, is licensed under the standard <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html GNU Free Documentation License]</span>, while Bulbapedia's content is licensed under the <span class="plainlinks">[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License]</span>, incompatible with Wikia's license. Bulbapedia's license requires strictly that the content is attributed to Bulbapedia and its users, and additionally, the "noncommercial" aspect of the license requires that no money is made off of the content <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia:About Wikia's own About page clarifies that it is a commercial entity]</span>, while Bulbapedia's ads are in place to keep the server in place.
+Bulbapedia and Bulbagarden's administrators heavily '''''<u>discourage</u>''''' vandalism of The Pokémon Encyclopedia, despite their refusal to comply to our request to remove the copied content. However, we do encourage dialog with those in charge. So please, ask them, why are you taking content that we worked on?
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