I can see their use as a URL shortener.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{FULLPAGENAMEE}} gets a bit unweildy at
times, compared to, for example,
http://wp.org.uk/{{REVISIONID}} or
something.
There's no pressing need, but it's a possibility. However, we'd probably
be better off getting something more international for that (
wp.org, for
example).
On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 20:12 +0100, Mike Peel wrote:
With these domain names, there is an extra £10
application fee, and if the domain name is contested then it goes to auction with the
highest bidder winning - so the costs of these domains could be substantially higher than
usual.
If there was a really pressing reason for them - e.g. if they would be well used for
linking to wikipedia - then I think it would be worth getting them. Otherwise, I'm not
sure we're any different from other (bigger) organisations that share the same
abbreviation...
Mike
On 9 Jun 2011, at 19:08, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 9 June 2011 13:16, geni
<geniice(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Because it all adds up and if you actually use
the names you have to
keep paying for them.
It does all add up, but to a very small number. Let's say it's £5 per
year per domain (which I think is about right). 6 domains for the next
10 years would cost us £300. That would mean keeping the fundraiser
going for an extra hour to fund. It think it's worth that.
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