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After several years being [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybersquatting | cybersquatted ]], the domain [[ lingualibre.org | lingualibre.org ]] could finally be rent by Wikimedia France a few days ago. **Why?** For a single reason: a " .org" domain is more inclusive than a ".fr" one, less centred on France. Also, this is the TLD every Wikimedia projects use. ** When ** It would be great from a communication point of view to do it when we deploy the new user interface T240552, probably before the end of April. **Tasks to make it effective** * Copy the DNS zone from old to new domain * Add the //.org// domain to the [[ https://github.com/lingua-libre/operations/tree/master/nginx | nginx configuration ]] * Update the [[ https://github.com/lingua-libre/operations/blob/master/deploy.sh | deployment script ]] * When we're ready to do the switch: update LinguaLibre's [[ https://github.com/lingua-libre/operations/blob/master/mediawiki-config/LocalSettings.php | LocalSettings.php ]] config file * Do a complete cache purge to force pages to use the new domain in all internal links (not sure if it is necessary?) * Change the A and AAAA records in the //.fr// DNS zone to CNAME to redirect to the //.org// domain **Other tasks** * Update every links on Wikimedia projects pointing to Lingua Libre (especialy those in templates on Commons) * Communicate about this change broadly - on Lingua Libre itself (site notice + chat room) - on Lingua Libre's mailing lists - on Wiktionaries village pumps - ...

After several years being [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybersquatting | cybersquatted ]], the domain [[ lingualibre.org | lingualibre.org ]] could finally be rent by Wikimedia France a few days ago. **Why?** For a single reason: a " .org" domain is more inclusive than a ".fr" one, less centred on France. Also, this is the TLD every Wikimedia projects use. **When?** It would be great from a communication point of view to do it when we deploy the new user interface T240552, probably before the end of April. **Tasks to make it effective** * Copy the DNS zone from old to new domain * Add the //.org// domain to the [[ https://github.com/lingua-libre/operations/tree/master/nginx | nginx configuration ]] * Update the [[ https://github.com/lingua-libre/operations/blob/master/deploy.sh | deployment script ]] * When we're ready to do the switch: update LinguaLibre's [[ https://github.com/lingua-libre/operations/blob/master/mediawiki-config/LocalSettings.php | LocalSettings.php ]] config file * Do a complete cache purge to force pages to use the new domain in all internal links (not sure if it is necessary?) * Change the A and AAAA records in the //.fr// DNS zone to CNAME to redirect to the //.org// domain **Other tasks** * Update every links on Wikimedia projects pointing to Lingua Libre (especialy those in templates on Commons) * Communicate about this change broadly - on Lingua Libre itself (site notice + chat room) - on Lingua Libre's mailing lists - on Wiktionaries village pumps - ...

After several years being [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybersquatting | cybersquatted ]], the domain [[ lingualibre.org | lingualibre.org ]] could finally be rent by Wikimedia France a few days ago. **Why?** For a single reason: a " .org" domain is more inclusive than a ".fr" one, less centred on France. Also, this is the TLD every Wikimedia projects use. ** **When **?** It would be great from a communication point of view to do it when we deploy the new user interface T240552, probably before the end of April. **Tasks to make it effective** * Copy the DNS zone from old to new domain * Add the //.org// domain to the [[ https://github.com/lingua-libre/operations/tree/master/nginx | nginx configuration ]] * Update the [[ https://github.com/lingua-libre/operations/blob/master/deploy.sh | deployment script ]] * When we're ready to do the switch: update LinguaLibre's [[ https://github.com/lingua-libre/operations/blob/master/mediawiki-config/LocalSettings.php | LocalSettings.php ]] config file * Do a complete cache purge to force pages to use the new domain in all internal links (not sure if it is necessary?) * Change the A and AAAA records in the //.fr// DNS zone to CNAME to redirect to the //.org// domain **Other tasks** * Update every links on Wikimedia projects pointing to Lingua Libre (especialy those in templates on Commons) * Communicate about this change broadly - on Lingua Libre itself (site notice + chat room) - on Lingua Libre's mailing lists - on Wiktionaries village pumps - ...