Anthere wrote in part:
I have been looking a bit around on the "Trophée
du
Libre" these past two days in case we decide to run
for it.
To register, we must provide an url for the project we
are working on. It seems very natural (obvious) that
the url should be
www.wikipedia.org, don't you think ?
Then, when the jury will look at the project, since
they will be probably french, and very likely on a
french computer, with french brower set up, if they
type
www.wikipedia.org, they could be automatically
redirected to the french wikipedia.
Honestly, do you think a better view of the project
will be given on the fr.wiki or on the en.wiki ???
So, what should we do then ? provide en
en.wikipedia.org adress instead for a better
assessment of what wikipedia is ?
That, for sur, would be a big blow to the
internationals wikis.
So, in case redirection is chosen, which url would you
prefer we give ? Let's think a bit about promotion
also in this decision.
I think that Anthere has a very good argument here.
OTOH, if we browser sniff with Neil Harris' modification,
which puts international stuff at the top of <www.wikipedia.org>
and then put <xx.wikipedia.org> after it, this would still work.
-- Toby