On 31/01/2008, Luna lunasantin@gmail.com wrote:
I also found this curious, from the other thread. From posts there, it does seem to make some difference whether you're linking to an article that has clear use to the project, a userpage that might be a bit more ambiguous, or a jokish "homepage" for a group of users hosted in userspace. Not sure if that settles the issue entirely, on its own, but it seems to be a useful distinction.
I'm at a loss to think of cases where a domain redirecting to a given Wikipedia page is useful to the project. Projects will often have a WP: shortcut anyway, for instance.
But I also find it hard to see it as any more than "mostly harmless."
- d.