On 14 September 2011 22:50, Thomas Dalton <[email protected]> wrote: > On 14 September 2011 22:40, Andy Mabbett <[email protected]> wrote: >> The Scotland vs. UK debate has reminded me that we're using >> uk.wikimedia.org which is, strictly speaking, the Ukrainian >> sub-domain; and should be using gb.wikimedia.org >> >> Is this something we should rectify sooner, rather than later, >> choosing some pain now over more pain later? > > It is correct. > > x.wikimedia.org subdomains use country codes (ISO 3166). > x.wikipedia.org subdomains use language codes (ISO 639). "uk" is the > language code for Ukrainian. In country codes, it is a recognised > alternative code for the UK [1]. > > We prefer "uk" to "gb" since it is actually an abbreviation for the > name of our country, rather than being an abbreviation for the name of > an island that makes up part of our country. > > 1. > http://www.iso.org/iso/support/country_codes/iso_3166_code_lists/iso-3166-1_decoding_table.htm#UK
There's an FAQ entry here explaining why the primary code is "gb" if anyone is interesting: http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes/iso_3166-faqs/iso_3166_faqs_specific.htm _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
