Language Subtag Registration -- "wpsimple"

[Michael Everson]

Amir, you need to weigh in.

> On 30 Oct 2015, at 01:43, Peter Constable <petercon at microsoft.com> wrote:
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> From: Ietf-languages [mailto:ietf-languages-bounces at alvestrand.no] On Behalf Of Michael Everson
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>> 6. Any other relevant information:
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>> Problem: The Simple English Wikipedia uses "simple" for the domain 
>> (simple.wikipedia.org) and "en" for its language. This is a problem because:
>> * The domain is different from the language code.
>> * The language code is the same as in the English Wikipedia.
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>> These two problems definitely create several issues for the ContentTranslation 
>> extension and possibly other components. It's possible to work around them, 
>> but it's better to straighten things out by changing the language code.
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>> This will lead to en-wpsimple.wikipedia.org 
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> For purposes of a language subtag, this is not helpful or appropriate. For instance, it's not clear what "the ContentTranslation extension" refers to and what bearing it has on identifying a particular language variant.
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> Also, this all sounds like it's tied to a particular implementation problem for one specific application, Wikipedia, rather than something of general utility to a variety of applications. It may be that there is a language variety here that is useful to distinguish and the registration is unnecessarily tied to Wikipedia, or it may be that this is really all about a Wikipedia-specific problem. I can't really tell.
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> If the latter, then a private-use (sub)-tag may be more appropriate. If the former, then the details of the registration should be revised. But in its current form, I don't think this passes muster.
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> Peter
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