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Re: Language Subtag Registration -- "wpsimple"

Michael Everson <everson@evertype.com> Fri, 30 October 2015 15:31 UTC

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Subject: Re: Language Subtag Registration -- "wpsimple"
From: Michael Everson <everson@evertype.com>
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What do you suggest? A private-use tag to be used everywhere on the internet? 

> On 30 Oct 2015, at 11:22, Peter Constable <petercon@microsoft.com> wrote:
> 
> I think that generalization would not be helpful. Once you do that, then foo-wpsimple becomes available for anybody to use with absolutely no convention as to what "wpsimple" is supposed to mean, making it basically useless except in a private context.
> 
> 
> Peter
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ietf-languages [mailto:ietf-languages-bounces@alvestrand.no] On Behalf Of Michael Everson
> Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 6:07 AM
> To: ietflang IETF Languages Discussion <ietf-languages@iana.org>
> Cc: amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il
> Subject: Re: Language Subtag Registration -- "wpsimple"
> 
> On 30 Oct 2015, at 01:54, Peter Constable <petercon@microsoft.com> wrote:
>> 
>> We should have variant subtags that refer to a particular variety. I don't mind if that variety happens to be one associated with a particular organization or application, so long as it has potential utility beyond that organization or application.
> 
> I have already said that wpsimple would be extensible to other Wikimedia Foundation variants. 
> 
> Michael
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