I see. So you'd like to see double the number of site registrations; in this case adding 维基百科.o?r?g? to zh.wikipedia.org
That strikes me as a significant expense for uncertain result; but it would make a good strategy proposal -- especially if you can find users from ar, zh, ru, and indic-language communities to weigh in on how often they visit non-latin-script url's today. [presumably someone who really prefers using non-latin scripts would be visiting sites today whose full url, other than the TLD code, was in a non-latin script.] SJ On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 2:27 AM, Gerard Meijssen <[email protected]>wrote: > Hoi, > In your question the key thing to appreciate is that it is the .org part > that does not need to be in the Latin script any more. What I propose is > that we support the whole "wikipedia.org" part and "wiktionary.org" part > once in each script. > > What the word is for Wikipedia is not my call. This is either obvious or a > choice is to be made. We will gain a lot in usability when our whole > experience can be wholly in the one script that is most comfortable to the > user. It is relevant to note that the language codes we use in front of " > wikipedia.org" need to be transcribed. > Thanks, > GerardM > > 2009/10/31 Samuel Klein <[email protected]> > > > Gerard, > > > > I don't think we currently register wikipedia.cn or > > 维基百科.cn <http://xn--3js032e7ich4g.cn> <http://xn--3js032e7ich4g.cn > ><http:// > > %e7%bb%b4%e5%9f%ba%e7%99%be%e7%a7%91.org/>or > > 维基百科.org <http://xn--3js032e7ich4g.org> <http://xn--3js032e7ich4g.org> > <http:// > > %e7%bb%b4%e5%9f%ba%e7%99%be%e7%a7%91.org/>. When the new > > ICANN policies are in place, as I understand it, there will be four new > > domains possible: wikipedia.c?n?, wikipedia.o?r?g?, > > 维基百科.c?n?<http://%e7%bb%b4%e5%9f%ba%e7%99%be%e7%a7%91.org/>and > > 维基百科.o?r?g? <http://%e7%bb%b4%e5%9f%ba%e7%99%be%e7%a7%91.org/>... which > of > > these are you suggesting using? > > > > SJ > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 7:49 AM, Gerard Meijssen > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Hoi, > > > According to an article on the BBC website, it is now possible to have > a > > > URL > > > that is completely in the script used for a language. This means that a > > > Russian URL would be completely in the Cyrillic script and it would not > > > need > > > to end with .org. > > > > > > I would like the Wikimedia Foundation to get the necessary domains to > > > support the scripts that we have language versions in. The BBC article > > > explains that people do find the need to move from one script to the > > other > > > as problematic and cumbersome. Obviously, we can have the necessary > > mapping > > > from our current Latin based URLs to the ones in other scripts. This > will > > > be > > > an important feature because we want people to easily move between our > > > projects. > > > Thanks, > > > GerardM > > > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8333209.stm > > > _______________________________________________ > > > foundation-l mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
