[Note: The post that I'm replying to didn't get sent to <intlwiki-l>. Or perhaps it was sent separately; I'm not sure.]
The Cunctator wrote:
Koyaanis Qatsi wrote:
Aside from that, how would the move to en. be an inconvenience aside from having to log in? And if having to log in is such an inconvenience, why do I have to log in every month anyway? Given that we do have to log in every month or so, are you perhaps splitting hairs in calling the proposed move an inconvenience?
Just for example, that one inconvenience is a major thing. I'd say it should be removed 1) ASAP and 2) before we consider doing more url-redirecting.
Erm, you two have to log in every month or so? I don't.
And we should move the cookie to simply <wikipedia.org>. Is there any reason why this wouldn't work? (Other than forcing everybody on every wiki to login one last time.)
What removal means is consolidating the userspaces so that cookies can point to .wikipedia.org instead of xxx.wikipedia.org.
Now *that*'s not a bad idea at all! Does anybody know (is there an easy way to check), are there any overlaps between usernames on different language wikis? (Not counting the same person appearing on different wikis, of course.)
Doing so has many, many benefits for the long-term health and viability of the project.
-- Toby