[WikiEN-l] Re: www.wikipedia.org no longer redirects to the en main page

[Tim Starling]

Mark Pellegrini wrote:
> I'd like to start out by noting that www.wikipedia.org no longer redirects
> to the english
> wikipedia's main page. Instead, it's been turned into a replica of the
> language template.
> Deeper links ( www.wikipedia.org/wiki/name_of_article ) still work, but the
> main page
> does not.
> 
> First of all, this is a MAJOR, MAJOR change and was totally unannounced. Nor
> did anyone in the community get a chance to object before it was put into
> place.
> (Because I suspect there would have been a major outcry)
> 
> Second of all, I cannot fathom why the this was changed. By now, there's a
> huge
> inertia behind the fact that www.wikipeda.org links to the english main
> page.
> This is going to break *MANY* links, bookmarks, etc. We (the english
> Wikipedia) are
> goings to lose significant number of potential contributors because of this.
> 
> Why the hell was this changed? Why was no one told before hand, or even
> afterward?
> 

Don't you read wikipedia-l? It was discussed there and announced there.

-- Tim Starling