Hoi,
Linguistically it is the same language. There is no reason why it needs to
be a different code. The standard allows for a code that is different. The
code en-simple is not in conformance with the standard.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 25 August 2015 at 18:35, Amir E. Aharoni <amir.aharoni(a)mail.huji.ac.il>
wrote:
Hi,
A question for the respected language code experts in the audience.
Apparently, the Simple English Wikipedia uses "en" as its language code in
the HTML lang attribute, etc.
I never noticed it until recently, when it started causing various bugs
with the ContentTranslation extension of which I am a developer. I somehow
assumed that it uses something like "en-simple" without ever checking it,
and that assumption was wrong - it's just "en".
I believe that the code should be different from what is used by the
English Wikipedia, like it is with other wikis in language variants, such
as be-tarask.
Do you have any suggestions about what code should it be?
en-simple?
en-x-simple?
Something else?
Should I register anything new with any standards organization? (If I
recall correctly, this was done for be-tarask?)
Can I reuse any existing code that would be appropriate?
Is it a bad idea in general and it should be just "en"?
Thanks!
(PS: If you're curious what are the issues, see
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T110190 )
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