Re: wget -m imply -np?

    using -m as a trouble-free no-brainer 
    will get you the complete site neatly done with timestamps.

But then you're saying wget -m http://example.org in the first place.

If you say wget -m http://example.org/some/deep/sub/directory, then my
experience is that the last thing one wants is to retrieve the entire
example.org site.  This typically happens to me because it's a directory
listing, and one of the directory entries is for `..'.

Perhaps my usage is atypical.

    That is wrong, if I understand you correctly. 
    Wget will always stay at the start-host, 

Right, my mistake, I should have said "the entire web site".

Thanks,
k