On 14 September 2011 22:40, Andy Mabbett andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:
The Scotland vs. UK debate has reminded me that we're using uk.wikimedia.org which is, strictly speaking, the Ukrainian sub-domain; and should be using gb.wikimedia.org
Is this something we should rectify sooner, rather than later, choosing some pain now over more pain later?
It is correct.
x.wikimedia.org subdomains use country codes (ISO 3166). x.wikipedia.org subdomains use language codes (ISO 639). "uk" is the language code for Ukrainian. In country codes, it is a recognised alternative code for the UK [1].
We prefer "uk" to "gb" since it is actually an abbreviation for the name of our country, rather than being an abbreviation for the name of an island that makes up part of our country.
1. http://www.iso.org/iso/support/country_codes/iso_3166_code_lists/iso-3166-1_...