Nicholas Knight wrote:
John Lee wrote:
These changes were made after some discussion on Wikipedia-l, but that's still not the same as talking to those who will be affected.
I must confess I'm confused as to who will be affected.
Anyone going to www.wikipedia.org will be able to click one link to get to the English version (or any other version).
Anyone going to www.wikipedia.org/wiki/anything will be redirected to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/anything, as has been occurring for I-don't-know-how-long.
What's the problem, exactly?
The problem is that the main page is exceedingly dull and off-putting to new users. It's also not clear what we are all about, and gives to good example of the hard work we have put into Wikipedia.
.org is a US domain, a country that speaks primarily English. Those who visit it are reasonably expected to speak English.
TBSDY