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m.wikidata.org should redirect to www.wikidata.org
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Description

m.wikidata.org currently goes nowhere, it just gives a timeout. It should redirect to www.wikidata.org (with and without any /wiki/... path).


Version: wmf-deployment
Severity: normal
See Also:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49262
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45005

Details

Reference
bz49261

Event Timeline

bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 22 2014, 1:56 AM
bzimport set Reference to bz49261.

[replacing wikidata keyword by adding CC - see bug 56417]

Change 101787 had a related patch set uploaded by John F. Lewis:
Redirect m.wikidata to www.wikidata.org

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/101787

m.wikidata.org doesn't exist in DNS at all. I'm not sure why the effect you see is a timeout, here it's an immediate "can't find the server".

What would be the purpose of adding an m-dot site that isn't a mobile site but just a redirect to the desktop site? I don't think it's a good idea, but maybe I just fail to see the benefits :)

Change 101787 abandoned by John F. Lewis:
Redirect m.wikidata to www.wikidata.org

Reason:
See bug

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/101787

Per discussion with Lydia, closing this as WONTFIX for now.