> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Waldir Pimenta <wal...@email.com> > > So, on one hand I can understand the resistance towards adding even more > domains to that mix: the enwp.org would set a precedence for others in the > same vein, and this would mean up to 7 (projects) * ~200 (languages) > domains. Even if we assume only a handful of these would get enough demand > to be registered, it could easily double or triple the number of domains > currently managed by the WMF. In fact, if we assume only the .org domains I > noted above (9 in total), adding the current shorteners I have knowledge of > (enwp.org, frwp.org, enwn.net) means a 33% growth. > > The above makes a good argument for registering wp.org, wb.org, and wn.orgor whatever TLD. That's a handful of domains and various languages simply become subdomains. I throw my voice behind enwp.org being a poor naming convention and having too much administrative overhead with regards to the other languages. Because it won't stop at en.wikipedia; the other projects and languages will want theirs as soon as Wikimedia sets the precedent.
A previous post suggested a new TLD such as .wmf but I have to mention that it would be a bad idea, as outside of Wikimedia WMF stands for the non-profit World Monuments Fund, for which that is actually an acronym and not just shorthand: http://www.wmf.org -- Adrignola _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
