On 14 September 2011 22:50, Thomas Dalton <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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].
That's not quite true. "uk" has been "exceptionally reserved" at the request of the United Kingdom, as it is "required in order to support a particular application, as specified by the requesting body and limited to such use; any further use of such code elements is subject to approval by the ISO 3166/MA". Therefore it should not be used in applications of ISO 3166, and is not a recognised alternative code -- "gb" is the only official country code for the "United Kingdom". Nevertheless, the use of ISO 3166 country codes for wikimedia subdomains is just a wikimedia convention, and there is no law against us squatting on Ukraine's country code. Andrew BabelStone _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
