On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 3:05 PM, geni<[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/6/15 Brian <[email protected]>: >> The WMF hosted version is considered a stable copy - it's safe to link to >> and you have every reasonable assumption that it will continue to exist. > > The project as a whole to an extent. Individual articles not > really.Their habit of being moved merged deleted or otherwise messed > with means that they can hardly be considered stable. > > > -- > geni > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >
Very true! Plain and simple: URLs on the internet are horribly unstable and make for terribly inaccurate attribution. Cool URLs may not change[1], but I think the majority of the internet missed the memo and are content using non-cool URLs :) -Chad [1] http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
