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

[koyaanisqatsi at nupedia.com]

>tarquin <tarquin at planetunreal.com> writes:
>
>> But this is a significant move. 
>> Like mav said, it's *symbolic*. it's not the solution, but it's part of it. 
>> It shows that the other languages are siblings -- younger siblings, yes

Gareth responded:
>I disagree.  
>Its only symbolic, and thats why its its neither significant, nor part of any
>real solution.  
>
>It's an inconvenience to the vast majority of the users, and the only gain is
>that it is a meaningless sop to people who (IMHO) don't have a legitimate
>grievance in the first place.

Nothing ends a conversation quite like saying "your concern isn't legitimate."  Regardless of how it's intended, it comes across as "Go away kid, you're bothering me."

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?

kq