Meta:Requests for comment/Change project namespace to Meta-Wiki

The following request for comments is closed. Consensus against doing this. * Pppery * _{it has begun} 00:20, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Statement of the issue

Same as previous RFC which was changing the sitename value to "Meta-Wiki". The current project space name is really confusing as "Meta" name belongs to the company that operates Facebook, Instagram and Threads. I suggest changing the project namespace value to "Meta-Wiki".— The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ahri Boy (talk) 02:49, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Oppose (note: I was the author of the other RFC); the other rfc was to solve some technical issues that I'm not seeing are occurring here. Changing our Project: alias from "Meta" to "Meta-wiki" will make things harder for users who have to type it constantly. Externally (where the other value was an issue) this is only used within URIs (e.g. https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Meta:Requests_for_comment/Change_project_namespace_to_Meta-Wiki where changing the value is not something I see as confusing for external readers. Also, we'd really have to also keep the current one as there are thousands of links to these pages. — xaosflux ^Talk 12:17, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per above. --Saroj (talk) 15:43, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per above. VERITAS

SAPIENTIAE 03:26, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
No. I agree with xaosflux's reason. Codename Noreste (discuss • contribs) 05:32, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Xaosflux. It's more trouble than it's worth. Jianhui67^{talk★contribs} 05:57, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]