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A difference of views has become apparent in Wikipedia about whether URLs must be protocol-relative or it's only recommended that they be so. While I did read the Wikitech section as mandatory, I suppose one could argue that it's only mandatory if one wishes "to make HTTP and HTTPS coexist happily", which we normally do, in which case it could be considered to be recommended and not mandatory. And I may have found a case in which flexibility may be better. Is protocol relativity mandatory? Either way, the Wikitech section should be clarified, but I can't log in to do so or even to start a talk page there. Thank you.

@Nick Levinson I definitely concur with your argument and justification regarding making HTTPS, versus simply HTTP, a Mandatory Protocol, as a result of computer users' views on Security and Privacy in the Digital Age. Also, is my understanding that Google has made this a mandatory practice as of late, automatically redirecting safe websites to HTTPS, and informing users of the potential security risks by viewing a website which only uses HTTP. As we know, users and subscribers can be deleteriously harmed or potentially endangered, i.e. Viruses or Malware, by using an unsecured IP Protocol such as HTTP.