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   }}</ref><ref>https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/33553643/</ref>  However, should the project ever need to be moved again (a discussion that keeps coming up, and is even raised by former core developers,<ref>https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/35054466</ref><ref>https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/35083528/</ref><ref>https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/33510482/</ref>) this template will help isolate required changes.
   }}</ref><ref>https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/33553643/</ref>  However, should the project ever need to be moved again (a discussion that keeps coming up, and is even raised by former core developers,<ref>https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/35054466</ref><ref>https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/35083528/</ref><ref>https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/33510482/</ref>) this template will help isolate required changes.


The creation of this template was motivated by the workload caused by the shutdown of gitorious (to become gitlab) and subsequent migration of all repositories to sourceforge.<ref>http://wiki.flightgear.org/FlightGear_Newsletter_April_2015#FlightGear_now_lives_at_SourceForge</ref> Shortly afterwards, Sourceforge and Slashdot were sold, where most of the FlightGear project's infrastructure had moved at the time.<ref>https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?f=42&p=277816#p277816</ref>
The creation of this template was motivated by the workload caused by the shutdown of gitorious (to become gitlab) and subsequent migration of all repositories to sourceforge.<ref>[[FlightGear Newsletter April 2015#FlightGear now lives at SourceForge]]</ref> Shortly afterwards, Sourceforge and Slashdot were sold, where most of the FlightGear project's infrastructure had moved at the time.<ref>https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?f=42&p=277816#p277816</ref>


The wiki admins back then realized that the workload due to having to update dozens, if not even hundreds, of articles could be greatly reduced if a common set of templates were to be used for "encapsulating" (hiding) such details.
The wiki admins back then realized that the workload due to having to update dozens, if not even hundreds, of articles could be greatly reduced if a common set of templates were to be used for "encapsulating" (hiding) such details.

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