Re: Language Subtag Registration

Michael Everson <everson@evertype.com> Thu, 29 October 2015 05:21 UTC

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On 28 Oct 2015, at 22:06, Doug Ewell <doug@ewellic.org> wrote:
> 
>> "This will lead to en-wpsimple.wikipedia.org” is what they want to do
>> with simple.wikipedia.org because they want to follow standards better
>> than they have in the past.
> 
> Well, bully for them. It's about time.

In fairness, this has long been wanted by many, but there were obstacles, some technical, I am told. 

Michael