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Codenamed '''RLWiki NEO''', the Rolling Lounge Wiki is migrating from Miraheze to Rolling Lounge's own website.

Codenamed '''RLWiki NEO''', the Rolling Lounge Wiki is migrating from [[mw:Miraheze|Miraheze]] to Rolling Lounge's own website. The wiki is now self-hosted on an [[wikipedia:Ubuntu|Ubuntu]] [[wikipedia:Virtual Private Server|Virtual Private Server (VPS)]] on [[wikipedia:Oracle Cloud|Oracle Cloud]], managed by [[AZMindroma]].

== Reasons for the Migration ==

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Miraheze is a large wikifarm that hosts over 8800 wikis<ref>https://miraheze.org/</ref> and understandably so, needs the adequate processing power. While it is a wonderful project and the ones powering it deserve all the credit they get, it does load relatively slowly.

Self-hosting the wiki allows ~~for~~ the server to concentrate on putting the appropriate processing power on the wiki, which has faster load times.

Self-hosting the wiki allows the server to concentrate on putting the appropriate processing power on the wiki, which has faster load times.

==== Dormancy policy ====

Miraheze has a dormancy policy in which a wiki can get closed down or even deleted if it's inactive for too long.<ref>https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Dormancy_Policy#Process</ref> While this is an understandable process from Miraheze's side, the RL Wiki is not guaranteed to have sufficient activity to avoid the process - in fact, the 60-day threshold has been reached multiple times already.

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-Codenamed '''RLWiki NEO''', the Rolling Lounge Wiki is migrating from Miraheze to Rolling Lounge's own website.
+Codenamed '''RLWiki NEO''', the Rolling Lounge Wiki is migrating from [[mw:Miraheze|Miraheze]] to Rolling Lounge's own website. The wiki is now self-hosted on an [[wikipedia:Ubuntu|Ubuntu]] [[wikipedia:Virtual Private Server|Virtual Private Server (VPS)]] on [[wikipedia:Oracle Cloud|Oracle Cloud]], managed by [[AZMindroma]].
 == Reasons for the Migration ==
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 Miraheze is a large wikifarm that hosts over 8800 wikis<ref>https://miraheze.org/</ref> and understandably so, needs the adequate processing power. While it is a wonderful project and the ones powering it deserve all the credit they get, it does load relatively slowly.
-Self-hosting the wiki allows for the server to concentrate on putting the appropriate processing power on the wiki, which has faster load times.
+Self-hosting the wiki allows the server to concentrate on putting the appropriate processing power on the wiki, which has faster load times.
 ==== Dormancy policy ====
 Miraheze has a dormancy policy in which a wiki can get closed down or even deleted if it's inactive for too long.<ref>https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Dormancy_Policy#Process</ref> While this is an understandable process from Miraheze's side, the RL Wiki is not guaranteed to have sufficient activity to avoid the process - in fact, the 60-day threshold has been reached multiple times already.