Re: language/country codes

Hello,

On  6-11-2003 you (Chuck Smith) wrote:

CS> Almost all of the people I met in the Czech Republic
CS> and Slovenia (including experienced Internet users)
CS> did not know that the language codes for Czech and
CS> Slovene were cs and sl respectively when their country
CS> codes are cz and si! ...

A good point. Even if it turns out our audience consists of people who do
actually know the Top Level Domain .org, this doesn't necessarily mean they
could recall what the machine name (that's usually "www") would be, and
hence would be forced to go through the www.wikipedia.org portal a lot
until they bookmarked it. A more nation-specific portal under
www.wikipedia.xx would be easier for them there. 

(As would a "bookmark this page" option.)


CS> So basically, I want to say that we should try to
CS> accomodate for all users, because most only know the
CS> country code of their country.  That's what people say
CS> everywhere on the ads that bombard them everyday.

OK, though I'm not convinced about the validity of the original argument, I
can see a reason for this approach.


Sincerely,
-- 
Aliter