[Wikipedia-l] en.wikipedia.org vs www.wikipedia.org and the Wikipedia family

[lcrocker at nupedia.com]

>...Part of the reason why we
>were getting good vibes from them on reunification is
>due to our then tentative plans to move the English
>Wikipedia to en.wikipedia.org. So without this small
>concession by us, I don't think there is a good chance
>for them rejoining our project. The English Wikipedia
>won't be harmed by being placed at en.wikipedia.org --
>this is the only fair and neutral thing to do.

Poppycock.  There absolutely /no/ technical benefit
to this change, and it will cause massive problems
by changing the URL of every page indexed by every
search engine in the life of the project and increase
server load.  If its only purpose is to placate a few
Spanish-speaking folk, then I say let them get over it.
We're not here to stroke their egos.  We're here to
create a product that will be useful to our users--88%
of whom speak English (estimated from server logs).
We'll make real, substantive progress soon when we get
the non-profit running and better integrate the new
software.  Without that, no amount of symbolic fluff
will matter; with it, the Spanish-speakers will have
no reason to worry about minor little nits like domain
names.

Have patience, all will be well.