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Re: Language Subtag Registration -- "wpsimple"

Michael Everson <everson@evertype.com> Fri, 30 October 2015 23:25 UTC

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Subject: Re: Language Subtag Registration -- "wpsimple"
From: Michael Everson <everson@evertype.com>
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On 30 Oct 2015, at 12:06, Phillips, Addison <addison@lab126.com> wrote:
> 
> Wikimedia != "everywhere on the internet” ?

Oh come, now. It’s pretty widespread and widely used 

> Even the name 'wpsimple' suggests a vendor-specific subtag.

As does ‘oxendict’. 

> I question whether that is suitable for encoding as a result. Would we accept (for example) 'ibmsimple’?

Too many letters. ;-)

Michael

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