[Note: The post that I'm replying to didn't get sent to <intlwiki-l>.
Or perhaps it was sent separately; I'm not sure.]
The Cunctator wrote:
Koyaanis Qatsi wrote:
>Aside from that, how would the move to en. be an
inconvenience aside
>from having to log in? And if having to log in is such an
>inconvenience, why do I have to log in every month anyway? Given
>that we do have to log in every month or so, are you perhaps
>splitting hairs in calling the proposed move an inconvenience?
Just for example, that one inconvenience is a major
thing. I'd say it
should be removed 1) ASAP and 2) before we consider doing more
url-redirecting.
Erm, you two have to log in every month or so? I don't.
And we should move the cookie to simply <wikipedia.org>.
Is there any reason why this wouldn't work?
(Other than forcing everybody on every wiki to login one last time.)
What removal means is consolidating the userspaces so
that cookies can
point to .wikipedia.org instead of
xxx.wikipedia.org.
Now *that*'s not a bad idea at all!
Does anybody know (is there an easy way to check),
are there any overlaps between usernames on different language wikis?
(Not counting the same person appearing on different wikis, of course.)
Doing so has many, many benefits for the long-term
health and viability
of the project.
-- Toby