If the 'mo' language code is deprecated, then why not ro-cyrl.wikipedia.org ?
Thanks, Pharos On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 8:04 PM, Brion Vibber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For quick background, it's pretty painful to rename a database in our > system, and we currently have a lot of bits in our configuration that > make automatic relationships between the database name and the domain > name, so this has delayed renaming of some language subdomains for a while. > > It's not impossible to have them be different, just fairly awkward. :) > > I'd like to get these done soon, but before we get started, I want to > make sure the queue is complete and ready to go. I've currently got four > language code renames that I see being requested... > > == Aromanian == > > roa-rup.wikipedia.org -> rup.wikipedia.org > roa-rup.wiktionary.org -> rup.wiktionary.org > > https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15988 > > ISO-639-2 code 'rup' was added in September 2005, and can supersede the > generic 'roa' code with 'rup' subtag. > > This seems pretty uncontroversial. Existing domains and interwikis would > be redirected. > > > == Low German == > > nds.wikipedia.org -> nds-de.wikipedia.org > nds.wikibooks.org -> nds-de.wikibooks.org > nds.wikiquote.org -> nds-de.wikiquote.org > nds.wiktionary.org -> nds-de.wiktionary.org > > https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8540 > > Reasoning: Disambiguation of country variants to create a portal site > (nds-nl.wikipedia.org exists as well). > > The original request is almost 2 years old and didn't seem to have any > clear consensus; is this still desired? > > Creating a portal site could cause difficulties with URL compatibility, > and I don't really recommend making this change without clear consensus > from the community there. > > Note that nds.wikipedia.org includes a link on the front page to > nds-nl.wikipedia.org. > > > == Moldovan == > > mo.wikipedia.org -> mo-cyrl.wikipedia.org > mo.wiktionary.org -> mo-cyrl.wiktionary.org > > The official Moldovan language is the same as Romanian, using Latin > script and same orthography as on ro.wikipedia.org. Latin script was > officially adopted in 1989, replacing Soviet-era Cyrillic script; use of > Cyrillic script is still "official" in an unrecognized, > lightly-populated breakaway region but if people there use it, they > don't seem to edit Wikipedia... > > The 'mo' language code has been officially deprecated from ISO 639-1/2 > as of November 3, 2008; "Moldovan" in general use is just Romanian, and > is covered by ro.wikipedia.org. > > mo.wikipedia.org has not actually been edited since December 2006. > mo.wiktionary.org seems to have.... 4 definition pages, which only > contain translations (no definitions!) Being inactive, these projects > could be closed in addition to / instead of the rename. > > Use of tag 'mo-cyrl' would follow existing IANA-registered language > subtags such as 'bs-Cyrl' and 'bs-Latn' for Cyrillic and Latin script > variants. > > Most likely, for compatibility we would redirect the existing 'mo' URLs > to the new 'mo-cyrl' ones, but they would now be visibly marked by the > subtag as being "yes we know, it's Cyrillic here". If we're going to > lock the site as well, adding a sitenotice pointing to the Romanian wiki > is probably wise. > > > == Belorusian "old orthography" == > > be-x-old.wikipedia.org -> be-tarask.wikipedia.org > > https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9823 > > Some time ago we swapped around the Belorusian Wikipedia, moving the > previous version which was primarily using a non-official orthography, > from 'be' to 'be-x-old', and re-establishing be.wikipedia.org using the > official state orthography. > > There was later a request to rename 'be-x-old' (using a non-standard > code) to 'be-tarask', a IANA-registered subtag which is rather more > descriptive. IMHO this change should not be terribly controversial -- if > we're not closing it, we may as well give it its official RFC > 4646-registered code. > > Old domain and interwikis would be redirected. > > > -- brion vibber (brion @ wikimedia.org) > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
