MisterSynergy added a comment.
Some remarks: - We should consider these canonical HTTP URIs to be //names// in the first place, which are unique worldwide and issued by the Wikidata project as the "owner" [1] of the wikidata.org domain. The purpose of these //names// is to identify things. - Following linked data principles, it is no coincidence that these names happen to be valid URIs. These are meant to be used to look up information about the named entity. It is okay to redirect a canonical URI to another location, including of course to a secure HTTPS location. - Pretty much every external project (i.e. outside Wikimedia) that has aligned its content with Wikidata in the past 10+ years uses these canonical HTTP URIs. While the canonical HTTP URIs are not very present within Wikidata (but still relevant e.g. in WDQS and hardcoded in plenty of tools/bots), external usage is huge—not necessarily to look information up, but primarily to express identity with names issued by others for the same entity [2]. - To my understanding, HSTS can be used to secure all but the first request of a client (that supports HSTS). - Canonical HTTP URIs are still widespread in many other linked data resources, since many projects have started issueing these before everything transitioned to HTTPS. Some projects have transitioned to canonical HTTPS URIs, however, with GND doing this in 2019 being a prominent example [3]. [1] Yeah, this is legally not super precise but it does not matter here [2] Examples: linked data for the Wikimedia Foundation at VIAF <https://viaf.org/viaf/137022054/rdf.xml> and GND <http://d-nb.info/gnd/10102830-1/about/lds>. The principle is the same everywhere else. [3] Background here: https://wiki.dnb.de/display/DINIAGKIM/HTTP+vs.+HTTPS+in+resource+identification TASK DETAIL https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T331356 EMAIL PREFERENCES https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/settings/panel/emailpreferences/ To: MisterSynergy Cc: MisterSynergy, BCornwall, Bugreporter, Ennomeijers, Nikki, Volans, Aklapper, BBlack, Astuthiodit_1, KOfori, karapayneWMDE, joanna_borun, Invadibot, Devnull, maantietaja, Muchiri124, ItamarWMDE, Akuckartz, Legado_Shulgin, ReaperDawn, Nandana, Davinaclare77, Techguru.pc, Lahi, Gq86, GoranSMilovanovic, Hfbn0, QZanden, LawExplorer, Zppix, _jensen, rosalieper, Scott_WUaS, Wong128hk, Wikidata-bugs, aude, faidon, Mbch331, Jay8g, fgiunchedi
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