[Wikipedia-l] The Wikipedia file format

[Toby Bartels]

Richard Grevers wrote:

>Toby Bartels wrote:

>>>Magnus Manske writes:

>>>>Why not "*.wiki"?

>>Simplicity!

>>I originally used "wiki markup language" (WML) on the grounds that
>>I wasn't going to distinguish between the different wiki markup languages.

>But wouldn't most systems try and parse that as Wireless Markup Language?
>Are there actually any three-letter combinations left unused by Mime types
>and software data formats?

That's already been mentioned.
I wasn't clear, but my comment after Magnus' proposal was one of approbation.
Since *.wml is no good for the reasons given, I support *.wiki.


-- Toby