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From: Waldir Pimenta <waldir(a)email.com>
So, on one hand I can understand the resistance towards adding even more
domains to that mix: the
enwp.org would set a precedence for others in the
same vein, and this would mean up to 7 (projects) * ~200 (languages)
domains. Even if we assume only a handful of these would get enough demand
to be registered, it could easily double or triple the number of domains
currently managed by the WMF. In fact, if we assume only the .org domains I
noted above (9 in total), adding the current shorteners I have knowledge of
(
enwp.org,
frwp.org,
enwn.net) means a 33% growth.
The above makes a good argument for registering
wp.org,
wb.org, and
wn.orgor whatever TLD. That's a handful of domains and various
languages simply
become subdomains. I throw my voice behind
enwp.org being a poor naming
convention and having too much administrative overhead with regards to the
other languages. Because it won't stop at en.wikipedia; the other projects
and languages will want theirs as soon as Wikimedia sets the precedent.
A previous post suggested a new TLD such as .wmf but I have to mention that
it would be a bad idea, as outside of Wikimedia WMF stands for the
non-profit World Monuments Fund, for which that is actually an acronym and
not just shorthand:
http://www.wmf.org
-- Adrignola