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→Proposal 1: Change the domain of test wiki from publictestwiki.com to test.miraheze.org: +oppose
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==== Support (1) ====
#{{Support|strong}} Absolutely. No clue why a domain that wasn't .miraheze.org was used. This is a Miraheze project, it should be treated as such. [[User:BrandonWM|BrandonWM]] ([[User talk:BrandonWM|talk]] - [[Special:Contributions/BrandonWM|contribs]]) 16:17, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
#{{Support}} It's better as link. [[User:AlPaD|AlPaD]] ([[User talk:AlPaD|talk]]) 21:03, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
# [[User:Naleksuh|Naleksuh]] ([[User talk:Naleksuh|talk]]) 01:13, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
#{{Support}} [[w:sunk cost fallacy]] isn't a good reason to keep the domain. [[User:Collei|Collei]] ([[User talk:Collei|talk]]) 03:43, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
#{{Support}} I support the inversion as proposed by Naleksuh for the existing domain to prevent breakages with existing links. If the intent (as I read it from context) is no longer to maintain a stand-alone non-miraheze instance for wiki testing, we should phase out discrete domains where it isn't relevant. --[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] ([[User talk:NotAracham|talk]]) 03:46, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
==== Oppose (1) ====
# {{Oppose}} The timing of this proposal is quite unfortunate since the domain was just renewed and paid for a few days ago. I don't believe wasting money is a good idea and we've had this domain for 7.5 years now so another year wouldn't hurt. Otherwise this discussion was had at launch and it was thought that it would be more appealing to have a custom domain rather than just have "test.miraheze.org" which could appear as just being a test wiki in the sense of sysadmins testing stuff, kind of like what Beta is. Either way, if this would be done I'd suggest at least waiting till the domain expiry so the money wasn't spent for nothing. As for claims that custom domains "don't work well", I haven't encountered any issues with domains so I'm not sure where that's coming from. [[User:Reception123|Reception123]] ([[User talk:Reception123|talk]]) 18:44, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
# {{Oppose}} per [[User:Reception123|Reception123]], but also because (a) this is a solution in search of a problem and because (b) the decision on the primary web address for the wiki is in scope of [[TestWiki:Consuls|Consuls]]. [[mh:meta:User:Dmehus|Dmehus]] ([[User talk:Dmehus|talk]]) 00:22, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
#{{Oppose|strong}} per Reception and that I prefer the custom domain as it denotes it even more as a public space for testing Zppix ([[:meta:User:Zppix|Meta]] | [[User talk:Zppix|talk to me]]) 17:08, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
# {{Oppose}} per above. [[User:MacFan4000|MacFan4000]] <sup>([[User talk:MacFan4000|Talk]] [[Special:Contributions/MacFan4000|Contribs]])</sup> 20:26, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
# {{Oppose}} After having giving this a lot of thought, and weighing both oppositions and supports, I have decided to oppose this proposal. I know I previously stated on the metawiki RfC that I would be against it keeping a custom domain, if it became official, however after having carefully weighed all sides to thus argument, my opinion on the matter as slightly swayed to the point of supporting keeping the custom domain. A custom domain for the test wiki, such as the current, publictestwiki.com, helps to distinguish it from other similar wikis, such as potential SRE test wikis (even though I know we don't have any on the miraheze.org domain, others wont be so aware, and reverting to test.miraheze.org brings this possible confusion to light). This distinction gives the test wiki a unique identity and makes it stand out as a separate entity. Additionally, having a custom domain allows the test wiki to be easily recognisable and memorable, which can be especially useful for users who need to frequently access it. As for the point of where it becomes inconsistent when listing the official wikis, this is not necessarily true. It can still be advertised as an official wiki like test.miraheze.org (and [[mh:test|test]] still uses test.miraheze.org) I do not see why we would list it as an official wiki as publictestwiki.com, for all official wiki advertising of the domain, it would still be done as test.miraheze.org. This was a difficult decision to oppose, but for the reasons I have articulated, I am. [[User:Universal Omega|Universal Omega]] ([[User talk:Universal Omega|talk]]) 04:21, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
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