[Wikipedia-l] Towards a consensus on Goals (not solutions -- yet)

[tarquin]

Poor, Edmund W wrote:

>There seems to be consensus on user requirements (rather than on solutions):
>1. First time visitors get an enticing content page (TBD: what language should this be?)
>2. Logged-in contributors get their favorite language site; after they choose it from their preferences page.
>3. English language shouldn't appear domineering.
>4. One URL (like www.wikipedia.org) for the organization itself, which explains the international wikis (with English as "just another language").
>
Yes, it's a good idea to separate the debate into the requirements and 
the implementation.

whether we have xx.wikipedia.org or www.wikipedia.org/xx/ is an 
implementation question. There apear to be pros and cons for both of 
these URL schemes.

I'm not really bothered what the URL scheme is, but I would like the 
English wikipedia's URL to be of the same form as the other languages.