Use https: for wikipedia links

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On Monday, 14 December 2015 at 19:40:56 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev 
wrote:
> On Monday, 14 December 2015 at 17:08:46 UTC, Andrei 
> Alexandrescu wrote:
>> At this point, we're heading into "we're wasting time on this" 
>> territory and proceed straight to the well known pattern when 
>> every little argument is fought for and against like someone's 
>> life depended on it. Can we not do that for a change - do as 
>> you wish but please let others be as well.
>
> I really wish you would stop saying this every time we discuss 
> something minor. You seem to use this every time any minor 
> argument doesn't go in the direction you want, and I'm tired of 
> hearing it. I don't know where you get the "like someone's life 
> depended on it" part - this and previous times, I was idly 
> musing about fixing a minor nuisance, not arguing for my life. 
> If you think that something is not worth your attention, you 
> can also choose to not reply.

I agree that discussing matters can be helpful and productive, 
but we sometimes seem to do too much of it and we latch into a 
counterproductive pattern. In this case I could have said 
nothing, but we were again contemplating one of those diffs that 
touch dozens of files to accomplish something not even better. 
This I need to actively stand against.

As an aside: Wikipedia (and other sites) automatically redirect 
to https. What advantages do we have by using https directly? I'm 
sure there's some, but my web-fu could use some guidance. Thanks!


Andrei