Yes, that seems like an option. We shouldn't perpetuate institutional racism of other important internet organizations.
On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 3:11 PM, Steven White <[email protected]> wrote: > It seems to me that the best immediate solution is for us to assign them a > q-code, maybe qmp. This has the following advantages: > > It's something we can do without worrying about anyone else. Q-codes are for > local use, so what we do with them is our business. > It's unlikely ever to be overridden by a decision on the part of someone > else (SIL or a successor) to assign the code to someone else. > In order for us to maintain compatibility with ISO-compliant systems, we can > easily redirect arn.wik*.org > qmp.wik*.org, just as we do now with > redirections like yue > zh-yue. > Presumably, if the code arn ever is changed, we could move qmp wikis to the > new code in the future. (OK, this has proved hard even now. But if/when it > gets solved for already-existing cases, it will be solved for this case as > well.) > > I suppose it's possible that someone, somewhere, is using qmp for some other > local use, and that this will interfere. I think the chance of there being a > truly material conflict anywhere is remote. And short of our getting someone > to change the code—which may or may not be appropriate, but in any case is > not directly within our power—this is probably the best solution in terms of > both (a) local ability to implement and (b) unlikeliness of interference in > outside systems. > > The Mapuche test projects on Incubator have not been very active lately. It > shouldn't be too much trouble to move them from W?/arn > W?/qmp. > > Steven White (Incubator administrator) > > > Sent from Outlook > > > _______________________________________________ > Langcom mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom > _______________________________________________ Langcom mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom
