He's complaining, in effect, that there are more than one URL for identical content, which is in fact generally a bad idea, but in this case, of course, he's wrong: different *access protocols* are being used, so it's not possible to conform the two...
Whether it is in fact still a Best Practice to make sure that they're the same is another matter; I understand *why* we have a separate domain name for https, architecturally, but I'm not sure I *like* it. Cheers, -- jra ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Huib Laurens" <sterke...@gmail.com> > To: "Wikimedia developers" <wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 10:18:33 PM > Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] secure.wikimedia.org commons sockpuppet site > I don't understand the email also... The secure site has been arround > for years... > > 2011/2/13, MZMcBride <z...@mzmcbride.com>: > > jida...@jidanni.org wrote: > >> Someone posted a link to > >>> https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/wiki/Category:Hogtie_bondage > >> > >> Delving further, we find > >> https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/wiki/Main_Page says > >> Welcome to Wikimedia Commons, when in fact the real site is > >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page . Or is it? > >> > >> In fact on any page on either site, one cannot find any link to the > >> corresponding page on the other site. > >> > >> So now everybody will be passing around two times the amount of > >> links to > >> what in fact is the same material. > >> > >> OK, I found the pattern for converting one to the other: > >> https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/wiki/Category:Hogtie_bondage > >> _________________ > >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Hogtie_bondage > >> > >> One would hope the owners of Wiki[pm]would redirect etc. one to the > >> other, to stem the proliferation of non-canonical links. > > > > What in the Christ are you talking about? > > > > Reading with squinted eyes and a cocked head, it sounds like you've > > discovered the secure site. It's documented here: > > > > * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Secure_server > > * http://wikitech.wikimedia.org/view/secure.wikimedia.org > > > > I have no idea what this has to do with hogtie bondage or why a post > > to this > > mailing list (or the gendergap mailing list, for that matter) was > > necessary. > > > > MZMcBride > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > > -- > Verzonden vanaf mijn mobiele apparaat > > Regards, > Huib "Abigor" Laurens > > > > Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
