On 14 September 2011 22:40, Andy Mabbett <andy(a)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…