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=== Bigger reasons ===

==== Slow performance ====

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 deserve all the credit they get, it does load relatively slowly.

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.

==== 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 ~~sides~~, 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.

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.

As there is no such policy when self-hosting the wiki, there is no need to worry about the data getting deleted due to inactivity.

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=== Smaller reasons ===

==== Full autonomy ====

While Miraheze does grant a lot of autonomy already, it's ~~not complete~~. For example, its extension list is a predefined set of extensions ~~which~~ are sufficient for most ~~usecases~~, but adding any extension not included in the list would require requesting it.<ref>https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Extensions#Disclaimers</ref>

While Miraheze does grant a lot of autonomy already, it's incomplete. For example, its extension list is a predefined set of extensions that are sufficient for most use cases, but adding any extension not included in the list would require requesting it.<ref>https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Extensions#Disclaimers</ref>

Self-hosting gives us full autonomy of every single aspect ~~over~~ the wiki without being bound to anyone else.

Self-hosting gives us full autonomy over every single aspect of the wiki without being bound to anyone else.

=== More personalized domain ===

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Together with the migration, some improvements have been made to the wiki. While all these improvements could have already been done in the Miraheze wiki, the migration gave us a good opportunity to implement them.

=== Better infobox "backend code" ===

Most of the templates and modules in the RL Wiki are carbon copies from Wikipedia. The templates have only been adjusted as little as possible until they worked with our use-cases with little knowledge on how these templates were made. This, however, had resulted in a lot of redundant and useless code left in these templates.

Most of the templates and modules in the RL Wiki are carbon copies from Wikipedia. The templates have only been adjusted as little as possible until they worked with our use cases with little knowledge on how these templates were made. This, however, had resulted in a lot of redundant and useless code left in these templates.

Especially infoboxes - there was code left for handling ~~irl~~ maps in the infoboxes for people.<ref name="infoboxrsplayer">https://rollinglounge.miraheze.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_RSplayer?action=edit</ref> This has been fixed in the new wiki, with infobox code only (for the most part) including necessary elements.

Especially infoboxes - there was code left for handling IRL maps in the infoboxes for people.<ref name="infoboxrsplayer">https://rollinglounge.miraheze.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_RSplayer?action=edit</ref> This has been fixed in the new wiki, with infobox code only (for the most part) including necessary elements.

=== Better infobox naming ===

In Miraheze, the infoboxes often had some weird names. Most notably "RSplayer", which was a generic infobox for Rolling Lounge members.<ref name="infoboxrsplayer"/> There were also unnecessary duplicates for templates ~~which~~, in essence, had the ~~exact~~ same purpose.<ref>https://rollinglounge.miraheze.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_RSLevel</ref><ref>https://rollinglounge.miraheze.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_RJLevel?action=edit</ref>

In Miraheze, the infoboxes often had some weird names. Most notably, "RSplayer," which was a generic infobox for Rolling Lounge members.<ref name="infoboxrsplayer"/> There were also unnecessary duplicates for templates that, in essence, had the same purpose.<ref>https://rollinglounge.miraheze.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_RSLevel</ref><ref>https://rollinglounge.miraheze.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_RJLevel?action=edit</ref>

== References ==

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 === Bigger reasons ===
 ==== Slow performance ====
-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 deserve all the credit they get, it does load relatively slowly.
+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.
 ==== 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 sides, 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.
+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.
 As there is no such policy when self-hosting the wiki, there is no need to worry about the data getting deleted due to inactivity.
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 === Smaller reasons ===
 ==== Full autonomy ====
-While Miraheze does grant a lot of autonomy already, it's not complete. For example, its extension list is a predefined set of extensions which are sufficient for most usecases, but adding any extension not included in the list would require requesting it.<ref>https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Extensions#Disclaimers</ref>
+While Miraheze does grant a lot of autonomy already, it's incomplete. For example, its extension list is a predefined set of extensions that are sufficient for most use cases, but adding any extension not included in the list would require requesting it.<ref>https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Extensions#Disclaimers</ref>
-Self-hosting gives us full autonomy of every single aspect over the wiki without being bound to anyone else.
+Self-hosting gives us full autonomy over every single aspect of the wiki without being bound to anyone else.
 === More personalized domain ===
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 Together with the migration, some improvements have been made to the wiki. While all these improvements could have already been done in the Miraheze wiki, the migration gave us a good opportunity to implement them.
 === Better infobox "backend code" ===
-Most of the templates and modules in the RL Wiki are carbon copies from Wikipedia. The templates have only been adjusted as little as possible until they worked with our use-cases with little knowledge on how these templates were made. This, however, had resulted in a lot of redundant and useless code left in these templates.
+Most of the templates and modules in the RL Wiki are carbon copies from Wikipedia. The templates have only been adjusted as little as possible until they worked with our use cases with little knowledge on how these templates were made. This, however, had resulted in a lot of redundant and useless code left in these templates.
-Especially infoboxes - there was code left for handling irl maps in the infoboxes for people.<ref name="infoboxrsplayer">https://rollinglounge.miraheze.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_RSplayer?action=edit</ref> This has been fixed in the new wiki, with infobox code only (for the most part) including necessary elements.
+Especially infoboxes - there was code left for handling IRL maps in the infoboxes for people.<ref name="infoboxrsplayer">https://rollinglounge.miraheze.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_RSplayer?action=edit</ref> This has been fixed in the new wiki, with infobox code only (for the most part) including necessary elements.
 === Better infobox naming ===
-In Miraheze, the infoboxes often had some weird names. Most notably "RSplayer", which was a generic infobox for Rolling Lounge members.<ref name="infoboxrsplayer"/> There were also unnecessary duplicates for templates which, in essence, had the exact same purpose.<ref>https://rollinglounge.miraheze.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_RSLevel</ref><ref>https://rollinglounge.miraheze.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_RJLevel?action=edit</ref>
+In Miraheze, the infoboxes often had some weird names. Most notably, "RSplayer," which was a generic infobox for Rolling Lounge members.<ref name="infoboxrsplayer"/> There were also unnecessary duplicates for templates that, in essence, had the same purpose.<ref>https://rollinglounge.miraheze.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_RSLevel</ref><ref>https://rollinglounge.miraheze.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_RJLevel?action=edit</ref>
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